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Body splashes are a great way to achieve a perfumey fragrance with a lighter strength. Here are some tips for formulating your own body splash recipe!

For many, the transition between their hobby becoming a small business is fairly seamless. Once you begin selling your products, however, you need to be well versed in the regulations regarding how products must be labeled.

Cucumbers are scientifically known as Cucumis sativus and belong to the same botanical family as melons (including watermelon and cantaloupe) and squashes (including summer squash, winter squash, zucchini and pumpkin). Cucumber is very high in water content and very low in calories, making it a popular staple at health clubs and spas. It is a creeping vine that bears cylindrical fruits that are used as culinary vegetables. Having an enclosed seed and developing from a flower, botanically speaking, cucumbers are classified as pepoes, a type of botanical berry. Much like tomatoes and squash they are often also perceived, prepared and eaten as vegetables. Even though the long, dark green, smooth-skinned garden cucumbers are familiar vegetables in the produce sections of most grocery markets, cucumbers actually come in a wide variety of colors, sizes, shapes and textures. You can find white, yellow, and even orange-colored cucumbers, and they may be short, slightly oval, or round in shape. Their skins can be smooth and thin, or thick and rough. The human olfactory response to cucumbers seems to vary. Most people report a mild, almost watery flavor or a light melon taste, while others sense a bitter taste with perfume qualities, attributable to the chemical compound, cucurbitacin.

Roses aren't just a pretty flower. They are packed full of nutrients and other qualities that make them a great treatment for abraisons, burns and numerous other skin conditions.

Typically, beeswax is used to naturally harden formulations or to serve as a base. Crafter’s Choice offers 3 different types of beeswax: Beeswax - Ultra Refined & Bleached, Beeswax - Yellow Pastilles, and Beeswax – Ivory. Each of these three waxes can be used in the same way, to harden or be a base. Choosing between the three really comes down to preference, but there are a few differences between each. Here is what makes each type unique:

Customer service can be challenging, but by keeping this simple rule in mind you can avoid offending your customers, while simultaneaously creating return customers!

When we list our excuses out loud they often sound ridiculous. What are your excuses? Let’s examine your goals for the New Year. How can you set yourself up for success, rather than revisit failure?

Your competition wants your customers. So if you’re spending most of your time trying to gain new customers, step back and take a look at what you’re doing to hold onto the ones you already have.It costs far more to attract new customers than to keep the existing ones. Marketing and advertising expenses alone exceed anything you might do to reward loyal customers. More importantly, it costs nothing to avoid the kind of mistakes that would cause a customer to leave you.

There’s no definition for the word “natural” – it can be applied to any cosmetics – but there are some ingredients homecrafters avoid when it comes to making plant based products. 

With the start of a new season, artisans can bring the tropics to customers with a few exotic ingredients. Mango butter and coconut oil can be great additions to any summer product. Not only are they well-known for their tropical origin, but they also possess hair and skin loving properties. Formulating products with these fruity favorites will send customers on a vacation with their skin and hair care.

Looking for inspiration for your next soap bar? Look no further than your kitchen drawers! Many kitchen gadgets can be used to create unique and ornate designs in soap. One of our favorites is the vegetable peeler. When a vegetable peel is used on melt and pour soap the thin soap slice naturally curls. These curls can then be used to decorate your soaps! Read more to learn how we used a vegetable peeler to create the cute rose design seen in the pictured soap.

With an already demanding schedule, the holiday season can take an extra toll on not only you but also your business. Here are some tips to remind you to also give back to yourself during this time of the year. It will not only be beneficial to you but also to your business by making you a more effective and productive entreprenuer.