Long Island Soap Making Classes I enjoy sharing my love of soap making with others. I hold Long Island soap making classes in my studio in Bethpage. We first talk about safety issue using lye, where to get soap making equipment and how to use an online lye calculator. Then we get down to business and make soap. Since the class is small, everyone …
Natural Perfuming – Fougere Workshop
Natural Perfume - Fougere Workshop This past Sunday I did it again. I took 2 trains and 2 subways into Brooklyn to attend Herbal Alchemy's Fougere Workshop. …
Soap making with Argan Pulp
Soap Making with Argan Pulp One of the more interesting ingredients I have used in soap making is argan pulp. A few months ago I was fortunate to meet a woman who sold argan oil at an event. She told me her husband’s family grew argan trees in Morocco and processed the oil themselves. She had argan pulp (what remained after the oil was …
Herbal Alchemy Perfuming Class
Herbal Alchemy Perfuming Class I had planned to drive, but with the snowstorm they said was coming I opted for mass transit. Two trains and two subways later, I was on the doorstep of Herbal Alchemy in Brooklyn, to take the second part of Julianne Zaleta's Natural Perfuming class. I met Julianne when I was her assistant for …
DYI Bran Muffins
Do It Yourself Bran Muffins One of my customers, Sue, called me the other day. She needed soap and wanted to stop by. I told her I'd be home all day because it was a cooking day. I try once a week to cook as many things as I can and freeze meals for days when I'm busy. When Sue stopped by I had just taken bran muffins out of the oven so I …