Hey, Norai, I'm a library clerk too. I worked in a large public library for 20 years. Then I decided to leave the city for the country and I now work in a college library.
Calendula comes in a range of colours from deep orange to pale yellow, double and single petals. I grow and use the whole range in my soaps and healing calendula cream. If you are interested go to this site and click on seeds then calendula. They have three choices there with some...
Why, thank you!! And of course you're right :D Somebody told me a few days ago that 50 is the new 30, so 40 would be the new 20 and 60 the new 40.
Heck, I'm just a spring chicken!! 8) 8)
WOW! Those are beautiful soaps. I really love the mood idea for scents and naming.
My mood is "despondant" right now. It snowed again last night......sigh. Will Spring ever come? It's so difficul for a Gardener not to be in the garden. :cry:
Here is a link to a BC company that has some nice natural colourants:
www.essencesupply.com
I'm quite sure that Voyageur doesn't charge a handling fee. I use them all the time too.
Shipping from the US with Fedex would cost more than $18.00 because of the high customs brokerage fees...
Yes, it does. The citrus fades and the patchouli holds. You have to wait about three weeks for everything to meld, but then it smells yummy.
Keep me posted and let me how it turns out for you :)
Where do you live Naturliche? I have used Soap & More from time to time and found their S&H to be quite reasonable. I haven't used them for awhile. I only use them for items I can't find anywhere else because they are a little pricey. But they do have some cool looking resins I would like to...
I use approx 1.5 oz. ppo in all of my soaps. It may vary a bit depending on the EO's. So for 100 oz. of oils, I use 9 oz. of EO. For a citrus patchouli blend that would be:
Orange - 5oz.
Lemon - 3 oz.
Patchouli - 1...