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A Nice Feature of Wikipedia
Posted in General, tagged General on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Soap Making Frenzy Follow-Up!
Posted in Soap Making, tagged cold process, dwcp, rtcp, soap, Soap Making, water discount on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Previously on A Handcrafted Life: I was in the midst of making a whole lotta soap. I tried a bunch of different oils and some new techniques I recently learned at a fantastic workshop with Alicia Grosso.
The soap is out of the molds and on the drying racks. We had to unmold and cut them [...]
Salt: On Your Food, In The Tub
Posted in Bath & Body, tagged Bath, bath salts, essential oil, food, recipe, salt on June 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
According to wikipedia Salt is: a dietary mineral essential for animal life, composed primarily of sodium chloride. Salt flavor is one of the basic tastes, and salt is the most popular food seasoning. Salt is also a key preservative. (And on a personal note, it just plain tastes good.)
I’ve always been partial to salt.
Pretzels, potato chips, sprinkled on freshly sliced heirloom [...]
Bitten by the Soap Making Bug
Posted in Soap Making, tagged Ikea, molds, soap, Soap Making on June 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s true, I’ve got it bad.
I love taking baths, using lavishly scented bars of soap thick with bubbly, creamy lather. I’d scour the city looking for little boutiques, sniffing and drooling over French imported, triple-milled ovals or rustic blocks of handmade ablution heaven.
Then, I became obsessed. Obsessed with making my own soap. For a long time, [...]
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