Scent Trail

[...] , that fragrance oils are cheaper than essential oils, but many essential oils are of a reasonable price, and you don't need to use a huge amount, so you can easily use [...]

[...] , and a furry scarf just do not mix but try telling him that. I have a week off and some new essential oils to play with. I have a specific "project" in mind and it is going to be fun trying [...]

[...] . This week, I have made two different layered soaps. The first one is a rosey blend of essential oils and the top layer is coloured with pink clay. The second one has a blend of essential oils [...]

[...] I have been playing with essential oils again, and I have come up with what I think is a gorgeous blend which will make not only a [...]

[...] of a particular place (to be revealed at a later date) I wanted to add a touch of Violet Leaf. I love Violet Leaf, but fully acknowledge that it is not to everyone's taste. It can be [...]

[...] to the blend, I needed to find something which was capable of coping with its tenacity. Violet Leaf is a kind of slap you in the face fragrance that is not of the shrinking variety! I had a [...]

[...] . Violet Leaf on the other hand, has its feet anchored firmly in the ground. Smelling it neat in the bottle, [...]

[...] alternative to Rose essential oil, is Rose absolute which is a good deal cheaper. Violet Leaf: One of my current favourites,and another expensive oil. Violet Leaf absolute (Viola [...]

[...] scrubs. These are fragranced with Lavender essential oil, and I am going to be making some with May Chang, which is an absolute favourite. I have had to change the packaging for the scrubs and I am [...]

[...] more than that at the moment) and I think it is gorgeous. I have created a blend containing May Chang and Violet Leaf. May Chang is a lovely, light, lemon-sherbet fragrance which seems to float like [...]

[...] , because it is horribly expensive, you don't need much. I have used the aforesaid Violet Leaf, May Chang, Pettigrain and Vetivert, and have ended up with a rather heady blend which needs to be [...]

[...] with maps and books, it also needs to have a lightness to it, which may come from Pettigrain or May Chang but we shall see. [...]

[...] is also the thorny question of packaging. I have found some fabulously gorgeous bottles for the bath oils, but they are not cheap, so I will have to think carefully about my pricing structure. These [...]

[...] at the company which sells the bottles I want (and so far they have not replied to me) the bath oils will follow shortly. [...]

[...] of four soaps made with Babassu and Silk forming the backbone of a new product range, including bath oils. I have to decide what to use as colour in the other two soaps and then off they go into the [...]

[...] oils. It worked and is probably my best seller. I am planning a new range of products including bath oils, and I need four blends. These blends need to be absolutely fabulous and make the bather feel [...]

[...] it is going to be fun trying to get a blend that is suitable for it. So far, except for my Geranium blend which was a happy accident, I have stuck to very simple blends of no more than three [...]

[...] successful blends I have manage to create to date have tended to be happy accidents.  Take my Geranium blend for example. This is something created by throwing everything I had into the pot, because [...]

[...] of essential oils including Ylang Ylang, Lavender and Orange with the addition of some more smokey oils to add depth and mystery. The top layer is coloured with turmeric. The line on both is made [...]

[...] in the photo. This soap set up really quickly and the depth of colour really surprised me. Soap packaging has had a revamp. The boxes will be made of plain, coloured card and labels will be in a [...]

[...] , like me, you have horribly expensive taste, a blend using a combination of cheaper and more expensive oils is the perfect solution. Essential oils are volatile oils obtained from various parts of [...]