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I’ll never forget the day the doctor told me I needed to have chemotherapy. He said the tumor had started growing again. I was afraid, even though they assured me that the treatment would be successful. If I didn’t deal with this thing growing inside of me it would consume me. My husband has often [...] Continue Reading

Last year I had the opportunity to visit Cove Fort, a historical site in Utah, where there was a big pioneer event going on. Among the many fun things I was excited to see was this ash hopper, a tool that was used in pioneer times and back through history to make the lye needed [...] Continue Reading

What’s happening with SkinTastic Creations? Thanks to Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, we have a new focus on our next stage of growth. Our products were ready to be on the shelves of other retailers a couple years ago, but we realized that it would be impossible to keep up with supply when we were […]

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Have you heard about the benefits of charcoal soap? Charcoal is known for its ability to pull toxins. Because of this is it used in situations like when a person overdoses on a drug. But it can be used for so much more. When added as an ingredient in soap it is effective in helping […]

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This beautiful girl has an sad, but inspiring story. She is also outgrowing the equipment she needs to keep progressing. Sabine was shaken as a baby, which changed her entire life. It was a sad day for her family and over the years I’ve watched them move forward and deal with this tragedy in positive […]

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I have seven new varieties of lotion on my SkinTastic shelf. Here you see the seven batches at the cooling phase. At this point I am stirring and using the stick blender to work them into that perfect consistency as the emulsion sets and becomes stable. What are the new fragances? Drumroll please… Red Roses […]

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When I re-batched the soap I talked about in yesterday’s post, I learned something. I needed to add the oil I’d forgotten to add when I first made the soap. I was initially going to use avocado, but had recently read something that reminded me that castor oil helps give great lather. When I read […]

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Several months ago I made a batch of soap and forgot to put the avocado oil in at the trace stage to superfat my soap. This is a pretty important step if you want a soap that is mild and not lye heavy. I don’t really want to be making “Grandma’s scary lye heavy soap”. […]

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Once a soapmaker, always a soapmaker. Three years ago I made a really difficult decision to close SkinTastic Creations. I had to for personal reasons. The business had reached the point that I needed to hire somebody and let it get bigger or to make it smaller. In the end I closed it and sold […]

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