by Kirsty Nielsen | March 13, 2020 | Recipes & Tutorials
We’ve had so many requests from people asking how to make your own hand sanitiser. The supermarkets and pharmacies are running out of stock due to COVID-19 awareness. The best thing that you can do to keep yourself safe is to practice good personal hygiene, wash...
by Kirsty | July 24, 2019 | Hair Products, Recipes & Tutorials
Myself and my family have been testing various shampoo bar recipes for literally months. We’ve had more than a few duds (a bar that turned to mushy goop as soon as it gets wet, or the bar with un-melted SCI noodles that look like worms to name a few) But now we...
by Kirsty | July 11, 2019 | Lotions, Recipes & Tutorials
REPOSTED 11 July 2019 This recipe was originally posted on our website waaay back in June 2015. Following some recent media coverage on how caffeine powder can be highly toxic and even deadly when ingested in large doses (which it absolutely is!), we thought...
by Kirsty | July 3, 2019 | Bath Fizzies & Soaks, Recipes & Tutorials
Ingredients Powders420g (51.5%) baking soda210g (26%) citric acid130g (16%) epsom salts14g (1.7%) white kaolin clay8g (1%) colloidal oatmeal Oils12g (1.5%) cocoa butter12g (1.5%) polysorbate 80 8g | 1% essential oil blend (3g lavender, 3g ylang ylang, 2g patchouli)...
by Kirsty | June 14, 2019 | Cold Process, Recipes & Tutorials, Soap
I was excited to receive my copy of Milk Soaps by Anne-Marie Faiola. I have all of her books, which I refer back to quite a lot, to come up with inspiration and soap ideas. I love using milk in soap, but in the past I’ve only tried goat’s milk, and more recently,...
by Kirsty | February 22, 2017 | Recipes & Tutorials
I was browsing around the Salvation Army op shop last weekend, and came across this cute little coffee cup so I snapped it up for the grand old sum of $0.50. Seriously, if you have any op shops in your area they are a treasure trove for cheap old cups and bowls which...
