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Archive for February, 2008

New and Improved!

This is the new look of my Special Bars. I skipped the trimming of the top portion to give them a more natural, more handmade approach. Don’t they look beautiful? I love how imperfect they look…just PERFECT!

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Hundreds of thousands of these animals are poisoned, blinded, and killed every year in outdated and ineffective product tests for shampoos, household cleaners, cosmetics, hairsprays, and other personal care and household items. Although more than 600 companies have banned all animal tests forever, some corporations still force substances into animals’ stomachs and drip chemicals into [...]

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Souvenir in Sinamay Pouch

Here is another addition to my souvenir photo collection. The motif was aqua and lime.
The couple had requested for their names to be engraved on the handmade soaps and I really like how it turned out. It gave the bars a very personal approach, truly the couple’s.

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Read and view what REALLY goes on “behind the scene”.
Horrible…just horrible…

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HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, EVERYONE!
My Charitable Handmade Soaps (CHMS) have been changed.
From February 15 - March 14, the CHMS will be:
Gentle Lavender
Simply Jasmine
Sweet Sampaguita
Lavender Treat
They are all have floral scents.
Thank you very much for those who have already made orders of my Charitable Handmade Soaps! I look forward to your continued support.
 
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The Wonders of Oatmeal

Oatmeal is one of the best natural treatments for the skin. It helps relieve dryness and it restores natural moisture which aids in the healing of minor irritations. These minor irritations can be due from the skin’s sensitivity to certain ingredients in skin care products, chemicals found in household cleaning products, excessive exfoliation, [...]

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Sleepless Nights

DL2 is down with a really nasty, phlegmy cough. He breathes with the crackling sound of sticky phlegm. For three (3) nights now, he would wake up in the wee hours of the morning coughing and crying just because he couldn’t breath properly. Whenever he would attempt to breastfeed, he would choke [...]

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Overload

I started the year 2008 with a loaded month of January. It was a mix of work, preparations, personal and family celebrations, and pet responsibilities (one of our dogs got operated on over the holidays and, at one point, his wound opened up. I had to make sure that it closed well [...]

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