Susun Weed on Making Herbal Infusions

At the moment I have some dandelion flowers infusing, it’s a yearly ritual for me. I would hate to see those babies go to waste! I am planning to write an article on it this week as soon as time allows. But today I receiced Susun’s newsletter which is FULL of great infusing info and a [...]

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Does Anyone Else Find This Disturbing?

I just turned on the radio to hear the weather and Muskoka has got a smog warning already. This warning just started turning up on the radio a few years ago, smog warnings in Muskoka where unheard of less than 5 years ago. I expected some kind of fuss, but it seemed to be a new thing [...]

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Handmade Selling Site

I came across this website that may be of interest. It isn’t specifically for handmade skin care products, but it is for handmade items. Here is the seller info page if you’d like to have a http://www.etsy.com/how_selling_works.php It was on a blog that highlights many interesting companies http://blog.etsy.com/ Technorati Profile

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Shea Butter Hard to Spread

Hi Jan, Thanks for the order. It arrived so quickly! I have a question about the shea butter: I found this particular one the organic, unrefined Togo to be pretty sticky and hard to apply to the skin. Do you have a shea butter that tends to be creamier, that goes on and absorbs a [...]

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Do I need to refridgerate my oils?

Question: I’ve taken a small amount out of the bottle and put it in a jar so i have some in my bathroom, and stored the rest in the fridge. Does it need to be refrigerated? I’ve refrigerated all my other oils (olive oil the exception of course), and figured that i didn’t want it [...]

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Deodorized Cocoabutter

Through a series of unfortunate events, I’ve somehow aquired 3 boxes of 3 different kinds of deodorized cocoa butter (and I was trying to simplify!). Fair Trade Beige - No Scent Fair Trade Lighter Beige/Ivory - No Scent Light Beige - Light Scent I’ve put one of them on sale - Buy 2 get 1 free. You can see [...]

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