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At the HSCG conference in Las Vegas last year, I did a few instructional videos. Here’s the second one about making a lip scrub with just three ingredients! Click here for my instructional video! If you want more information, check out these posts… Yummy pear coconut lip scrub Jojoba and peppermint lip scrub Plumping peppermint...
Can you tell I’m off work for the week? I’ve created a new SnapGuide visual tutorial on making soy candle wax tarts! I starting making these when my massage therapist mentioned how much she loved the idea but hated the fragrance choices, and I was so happy to see Voyageur Soap & Candle had the...
This lying in bed in pain thing is really working for me! I’ve created another visual tutorial, making whipped butters, which you can find on SnapGuide. I have a few more ideas, but I’d like to know what you think would work as a visual tutorial. Let me know!...
I’m lying in bed with a spasming piriformis muscle, so I thought I’d write up another SnapGuide! This time we’re looking at lotion bars! The next one? Why whipped butters, of course! Just in time for the Newbie Tuesday post! I’m gathering new pictures for these tutorials, so let me know what you want to...
I found this thing called SnapGuide tonight, so I created a guide to making an emulsified sugar scrub. I’ll be posting more on my channel – which is under my name, Susan Barclay Nichols, not Swiftcraftymonkey – when I have time! I only have the one guide so far, but I would love to hear...