There's a reason why I make the unofficial Large Lip Balm of Long Island. I got tired of losing mine in my bag! It's obvious why a larger lip balm rocks. First, they are hard to lose. I can reach in my handbag now and easily find my tube. If it's out on the counter in the kitchen, it's easy to see. And you know when you're in bed and …
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It's been 24 hours and it's time to do some soap cutting. Getting the soap out of the box for cutting is easy. I take off the tape... ...turn the box upside down.... ...and out drops the block of soap. Check it out! Brian calls this an bar of soap for an elephant lol. Now it's time to trim the soap. I …
It's soap making time! Time to make that Lavender Lemongrass soap! Time to pour the lye into the base oils. I try to pour slowly so there are no splashes. Here's a close up. Once the lye is poured in, it's time to mix the soap batter. The soap looks so creamy! (Don't you love these close ups?) Time to …
There's a lot of prepping that goes into each batch of soap I make. Watch me as I take you step by step into a batch of soap. One of the first things I do is to line my mold. My dad made these for me. It would be much easier to use silicon molds, but I won't. I love that I still use wood molds he made for me. It's easy to do once …
We visit my daughter and her family in Virginia a few times a year. We drive through Pennsylvania and like to stop in Strasburg to check out antique shops (for me) and train museums (for Brian). What I never realized, is that my friend Cindy's shop, Candles and Supplies, was pretty close by. I needed a few things for my Bath Bonanza …
