Recent content by quirky_rikku

alright, so as you all know I am still quite a noob. a couple months ago, I had purchased about 16 ounces of castille soap, used a little over half of it to make body wash (which was kind of fail) .....and then used what I had left to make shampoo about 3 weeks ago. At the time, I did not...

Uh oh. I was going to make a bath salt blend for a friend's baby shower, and i was going to put them in re-purposed baby food jars (glass) ...can i just omit the baking soda? I was going to use epsom salt and dendritic salt as well. I worked so hard painting the lids all cute that I don't want...

I was mostly wondering if there was an alternative to using an oil in the summer since some people really dont like putting oil on their face when it's hot, and I was wondering what I could use to maybe give more of a cooling sensation besides adding more peppermint? LOL I only mentioned the...

I made an oil blend in a carrier oil specifically designed for a theraputic purpose. I plan on buying little roll-on containers I can start putting them in. For now It's just in a regular 1/2 ounce amber glass container with a lid and i just pour some on my fingers to rub on my...

Thanks everyone! I am so excited to be doing all of this, I appreciate the nice welcomes! Thanks for the links, Hazel, I will definitely give them a read at some point..i havent been home. I have lots of plans for things I want to make...My first goals is to replace commercial products that I...

Re: Can you use essential & fragrance oils in the same produ Genny you might be right about the sniffing. I made a beeswax lotion from what had hardened up from the balm i made in my measuring cup (added a little extra oil and remelted)...at that point i added more EO to make up for what was...

I am happy to have found a forum of this magnitude for me to sift through and ask questions and learn things. I have a blog, quirkyrikku.blogspot.com ... it's a craft blog. It kind of tells you what I've done so far but I have to say I am a complete noob and there's so much I want to learn...

Re: Can you use essential & fragrance oils in the same produ Oh! another example of this would be like, if I had a sandalwood FO because i cant afford the real thing and i wanted to blend it with an EO in the same product would it be worth it? i guess it would be the same kind of thing...

Hi there! I'm very, very new at all this. I was just wondering, actually. Is it possible to use EO's and fragrance oils in the same product? I am wondering because I made a beeswax lotion out of my leftover chapstick material (I made chapstick and what hardened in my measuring cup I added more...