I'm happy to be part of a lively community of creative people in my new home town of Austin, Texas. One of my favorite groups of creatives is the food blogging community. I've met amazing folks who love to cook, can, and bake, and it is striking how many of them, for one reason or another, stick to gluten free… Continue Reading Creating Gluten Free Cosmetics: Ingredients to Avoid
New Fragrance Oils at From Nature With Love
Our newest Fragrance Oils at From Nature With Love are simply superb! I enjoyed reviewing and describing them nearly as much as I will enjoy using them up! Along with my descriptions, I've given some ideas for how to use these Fragrance Oils. While my ideas are dandy, I would love to hear yours! Have you used any of our… Continue Reading New Fragrance Oils at From Nature With Love
A Question For Our Readers
We have an important question for our Natural Beauty Workshop readers. What was your favorite handmade beauty or soap making related discovery of 2011? What ingredient or techniques did you start using (and loving) for the first time this year? Did you start using a new oil in your cold process soaps? Maybe you learned how to make salt bars… Continue Reading A Question For Our Readers
Trial and Error
For every finished recipe that makes it onto The Natural Beauty Workshop, or into a kit on From Nature With Love, there are countless test batches and tinkering that go on behind the scenes. Often, readers ask me adivce on formulas that they are working on, and more often then not the answer I give them is experimentation. Trial and… Continue Reading Trial and Error
Introducing Botanical Origins
We're excited to announce the addition of Botanical Origins to our family of web sites. Botanical Origins will offer a line of ethically produced and environmentally friendly retail products for home and personal care. The site has launched with its wonderful line of Monoi based personal care products, wonderful for skin care, hair care, and natural beauty. We'd like to… Continue Reading Introducing Botanical Origins