Peppermint Candy Cane Bath Salts Recipes Candy Cane Bath Salts – Red, White and Green Candy Cane Striped Bath Salts Peppermint Candy Cane Bath Salts By Jane Lake Candy cane bath salts make a wonderful gift in a jar, particularly suitable for Christmas, birthdays or Mother’s Day. Either of these recipes look great layered in a glass jar, decorated with a ribbon and bow. Because food jars vary in capacity, I’ve designed these recipes to make one cup of bath salts. If you don’t know how many cups a jar holds, fill it with epsom salts then empty into a measuring jug before proceeding with the recipe. Candy Cane Bath Salts – Red, White and Green For each cup of bath salts, you will need: 1 cup of Epsom Salts (or 3/4 cup epsom salts mixed with 1/4 cup of sea salt)1 teaspoon of Sweet Almond Oil3 drops of Peppermint Essential Oilred and green food coloringmixing equipment: bowls, egg cups, measuring spoons, mixing spoons, funnel, glass jar Divide the epsom salts, placing 1/3 cup into three separate bowls.
Fish-in-a-Bag Soaps These adorable novelty soaps will get the kids to actually want to take a bath! You Will Need: Instructions: 1. Cut your soap base into chunks and melt in the microwave in 30-second increments until completely melted. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. To Use the Soap: Make a small cut in the bag and tear it off of the soap. 12 LinkedIn secrets to supercharge your social networking To know me is to know that I love—love—LinkedIn. At 150 million members and growing, LinkedIn is a powerful professional networking tool, and it’s not just for job seekers. Frankly, if you’re in the professional world and not using LinkedIn, I’m not sure what you’re thinking. Our team at V3 uses it for new business development, competitive research and analysis, participating in groups and discussions, and engaging with and learning from peers—and, of course, it’s the go-to site for savvy job seekers everywhere. One of the cool things about LinkedIn is there’s always something new to learn. I do a lot of corporate LinkedIn training and these are some of my favorite tricks and tips: 1. Want to ditch a connection? How to wield this magic? When you’re logged into LinkedIn, Select Contacts in the main navigation bar. 2. Sometimes it makes sense to operate in stealth mode. Click the drop-down menu under your name in the top right corner of the page, then select Settings. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
s Homemade Soap Recipe by Robert Wayne Atkins Grandpappy's Homemade Soap Recipe Copyright © 2007,2008 by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E. All rights reserved and all rights protected under international copyright law. Click Here for a Microsoft WORD printer friendly copy of this article. Introduction During hard times sooner or later everyone runs out of soap. To make soap you only need three things: rainwater,cold ashes from any hardwood fire, andanimal fat from almost any type of animal, such as a cow, pig, goat, sheep, bear, beaver, raccoon, opossum, groundhog, etc. Soap is not difficult to make and it does not require any special equipment. Soap is a "perfect consumer product" for the following five reasons: Soap is a legal product.Everyone everywhere uses soap.Soap is completely used up in a short period of time.When people run out of soap they want to buy more.Soap is relatively low in price so almost everyone can afford it. There are three major differences between homemade soap and commercial quality soap: Basic Soap Making Equipment
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Yummy Fudge Soaps Yum! These soaps look and smell good enough to eat! Enjoy the look and smell of freshly made fudge, without the calories! You Will Need: Instructions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Paper Punched Easter Eggs Tutorial by Nikki In Stitches Some of the best projects are also the most simple, and it doesn’t get much more “back to basics” than these paper punched Easter eggs. Simple and classic, they take just a few minutes to make and will last for many springs to come! Materials: 5/8″ paper punch Decorative paper Styrofoam egg Straight pins Glue Directions: Scroll through the pictures below. ~Nikki Find more from Nikki on her blog Nikki, In Stitches Tagged as: craft projects, craft tutorials, Easter, Easter Projects, How To, nikki in stitches, Paper Punched Easter Eggs
Natural Hair Dye, homemade hair color, for fashion sheep and trendsetters Making and using your own Natural Hair Dye is waaaaay more fun than anything you can buy out there. And we’re not even speaking of the safety aspect, those store bought chemical hair dyes are packed with?…yes, 1000 points for you: Chemicals!! This is for all who want to keep it natural, obviously. These homemade hair dye recipes contain pure natural ingredients. And yes, it will take you a bit longer to get to the same sort of result, because these natural hair color recipes are not as concentrated. Not only are they easy and fun to make, but also very affordable or downright cheap and you probably have the ingredients already somewhere in your kitchen cabinet Adding color never hurt anyone Not for Sheep… We want to make a point about Skin Tone and choice of color, at least what others lead you to believe; your new hair color should complement your skin tone. E.g. But of course you can also use these homemade hair color recipes to cover or slightly accent your current style. How to do it:
Embedded Bug Soaps These soaps embedded with fake bugs are sure to creep out anyone this Halloween! You won’t believe how easy this fun project is! You Will Need: Fake Bugs or SpidersClear Melt & Pour Soap Base (Clear Glycerine or Hemp Seed Oil work great)Bath & Body Safe FragranceBath & Body Liquid Colorant (optional; do not use powdered colorants such as micas)Soap MoldMicrowave-safe dish or measuring cup Instructions: Cut the soap base into chunks and microwave in the measuring cup for 30-second increments until completely melted. Stir in your favorite fragrance and liquid colorant. Pour the soap base into the mold and add the bugs. Allow your soaps to cool completely before removing them from the mold. Now you can display this creepy soap in your bathroom at your next Halloween party! Tip: Try making an amber-colored soap using fake flies and mosquitos for a prehistoric fossil soap!
a pretty autumn wreath Today I have a tutorial of sorts to share. It is not a full tutorial because 1. I learned to make the flowers from an already pretty amazing tutorial and 2. I left my camera in Ryan’s truck and was too impatient to wait to put it together until he came home so I don’t have photos of the actual attaching to the wreath phase of the project. This wreath is a combination of a regular grape vine wreath you can purchase at the craft store, lots of coffee filter flowers and a few acorn and berry sprigs. Okay, so on with the tutorial. I wanted fall-ish colors for my flowers, so I used yellow, pink, red and orange paint. Mix your paint with water, stir well, scrunch in a stack of coffee filters and let them soak up the paint. I dried some flat on paper towels, but then ran out of room and made a clothes line to dry the rest. Okay, now on to the flower making part. For flower #1, fold three coffee filters into quarters, cut a scalloped edge along the top and then a scalloped center.
Bramble Berry Soap Making Supplies | Mineral Make-Up Want to make your own all natural mineral make-up? Maybe you want to know down to the last ingredient what you put on your skin or maybe you just can't find that perfect shade of lipstick. Bramble Berry has everything you need to make customized mineral make-up. Info and Inspiration Learn how to get the perfect smoky eye and a fabulous mossy green eye shadow recipe over at the Soap Queen Blog. Learn the seemingly complicated technique of foiling and find a recipe for the perfect delicate pink at this tutorial.