This Holiday season the HOTTEST thing is Frozen, the movie from Walt Disney. It's not just girls, it's boys too! I have three kids, girls who are 17 & 19 and a son who is 11. They are fanatics! I can't tell you how many times I heard "Let it go" in the car, at the dinner table, on the sofa, during the movie! It's everywhere! My niece who happens to be turning 4 in a few months however was my real inspiration today. I kept thinking "What would a little girl like?" when it comes to something in body products.
When our office sent me the list of scents on sale in October, I KNEW I had a winner! How about Frozen inspired solid perfume and body & room spray?! I think so too!
Here is everything you will need to make these great products that will have ever little girl cooing for more!
Body & Room Spray
Holographic Glitter
Cyclomethicone
Frost Bite Fragrance
Clear 4 oz Bullet Bottles
Black 2 & 4 Oz Spray Caps
Instructions:
Add 1/2 oz. of Frost Bite Fragrance to the bottle, then fill with Cyclomethicone and add a small pinch of the glitter. Place the cap on the bottle and shake well. Label and it's ready for sale!
Solid Perfume Sticks
Lip Balm Base
Holographic Glitter
Frost Bite Fragrance
White Lip Balm Tubes
Instructions:
For 6 tubes melt .9 weight oz of base in the microwave just until melted in a small pyrex measure cup (1 cup size works well), add .05 weight oz of the Frost Bite Fragrance. Add the glitter and allow to cool until it stays suspended then pour into the tubes. Label and it's ready for sale!
Hopefully this project makes for a happy little girl in your world too!
Happy Crafting!
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I am maybe a bit fanatical about my Candy Corn but this time of year is my favorite because of it! Did you know that October 30th is National Candy Corn day? It's a day set aside for others like me who can't get enough of the sweet candy treat. I really can sit down and eat the whole bag ;)
So this months project is a simple one but one you can sell starting now through the end of October and even until Thanksgiving, Candy Corn Melt and Pour Soap. This a simple project and when Halloween is over, you can change your scents and make them for other holidays as well. Layered soaps have always sold well for me and attracted a crowd.
Materials:
Melting the Soap Base:
- Microwave Method: Cut the Melt and Pour Base on the score lines and place it in a microwave
safe dish. (Pyrex measuring cups work nicely) Place the dish in
your microwave. Using full power, heat the base for one minute at a
time until it begins to melt. Once it has started to melt, decrease
this to 30 second intervals until it is fully melted stirring often.
*The melted soap should be between 130-140̊ F.
Adding the Dye:
- Once your
soap is melted, just add the dye a drop at a time, stirring after
each until you reach your desired shade. The amount used will vary. For the yellow part, just use the yellow the white can be left uncolored and for the orange, two drops of yellow to one red until you reach your desired shade of orange.
Adding the Fragrance:
- For Melt and Pour, it is safe to use up to, but no
more than ½ Weight Ounce of fragrance per pound of soap base. Each
block of Melt and Pour Base is Two pounds. For one full block of
soap, you would use up to 1 ounce of fragrance. Stir well after
adding the fragrance oil to the melted & colored soap base.
Pouring into Molds:
- Pour
your scented and colored soap base into the molds in layers. Use a fine mist
spray bottle filled with Rubbing Alcohol to lightly mist the tops of
each of the just poured soaps to remove any bubbles. Allow to cool, then re-mist the tops with the rubbing alcohol jsut before pouring the next layer and again spritz after to remove air bubbles and repeat. Allow the
soaps to cool at room temperature until completely cooled, about 4-5
hours then remove from the molds. You may need to pull the edge of
the mold back to get the soap to release.
*You
can place the mold in the freezer for a few minutes if removal is
difficult but I typically suggest waiting longer instead before
resorting to this method.
This fun theme can be carried into jar candles, wax melts, pillars etc! Its fun to layer different scents into jars that coordinate well too! Have fun with this project and enjoy a handful of candy corn for me!
Happy Candy Corn Eating!
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