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Don’t let today be another manic Monday!
Here to help is today’s feature blogger, Sara Ivy.
I’m Sara from Sara Ivy and I’m excited to be today’s featured blogger. My blog is filled with the most random of things from my head. Whether I am giving my opinion on my favorite (or not so favorite) make up items in my Make Up Monday posts, lusting over something from my Wednesday Want List posts or just gabbing about what I am doing, places I’ve been, tales of being a part time nanny to a little Princess or my latest adventures in soap making it is all contained there on the blog.
Sara Ivy wants you to read these 3 favorite posts:
You know what to do! Comment below then go to Sara Ivy and spread plenty of comment love!
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Hi Sara! I am so glad I found your blog. I am really enjoying it. I wish I was as crafty as you ๐
In spite of if seeming almost spring-like, as I slipped and slid down my driveway this morning on that pesky black ice, I was reminded that winter is still here and we’ll still be seeing more of these guys:
http://snapshots-morgan.blogspot.com/2013/01/snowflakes.html
Happy SITS Day! I love your picture! It’s great. Hopping on over to your blog to say hello…
What a fun blog! Happy Sits Day!
Happy SITSday!!! I’m excited to check you out. Just based on the picture, you’re already my type of girl!!
Happy SITS Day, on my way over to your blog now!
Happy SITS day!
Happy SITS day! Your blog is lovely! ๐
Love the picture and the fun blog! Happy SITS Day! On my way over…
Happy Sits day!!! Heading over to your blog right now!
Happy SITS day!
Happy SITS day!!
Happy SITS Day ๐
Happy SITS Day!
Do you use organic, nontoxic ingredients in your soaps? Do you have soaps for sensitive skin or babies?
I’m wondering if you are the same person that asked this question on my post. If so, I answered it there as well but I will answer it here too just in case. In short, sometimes, yes, and yes.
I try to use organic and nontoxic ingredients but sometimes it is not possible. There are so many ways to make soap and I’ll try to break it down into simple terms. For example, using any type of melt and pour soap base means I don’t get to select the ingredients used. They’ll use whatever ingredients they want (including preservatives that I DO NOT use in my cold process soap) and I have to roll with it. Some people think Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) is good to use, others HATE it. You can get detergent free base but it will still use some preservatives in it. Melt & Pour will never be organic and whether you think it is nontoxic depends on your opinion of the ingredients used. Then there are colorants and fragrances to consider.
Cold Process or Hot process soap making is different. Those are the ingredients that I can control. I pick what oils go into it as well as what I color the soap with if I choose too and if I want to add herbs or fragrances, ect. I moved from strictly working with melt and pour to cold process for this very reason. In order for the bar to be considered organic everything used has to be certified organic. Typically I try to use organic ingredients but all soap is made with Lye, which in it’s initial form is toxic and to my knowledge cannot be considered organic. There is no way to get around that. By the time it comes to you, the consumer it is no longer caustic or irritating to the skin as it has been combined with oils during the saponification process (see post for graphic).
I can make any type of soap that you’d like using the cold process. I can make something specifically for you geared towards sensitive skin or even for babies. If you are allergic to perfumes I can make an unscented bar or if you are allergic to cosmetic or food dyes I can make one with no coloration or color it using natural ingredients like Annato seed or Rosemary. It depends on what you want or in this case don’t want and that’s the beauty of soap!
I hope this answers your questions and if it doesn’t or you have more feel free to e-mail me.
Happy SITS Day to you! Heading to check out your blog now.
Happy SITS day Sara! I love the names of your themed weekly posts!
Ok, you caught my attention! Heading over now to check things out. ๐ Happy SITS day!
Congrats on being featured! Can’t wait to check it out. ๐
Happy SITS Day! Heading over to check out your blog! ๐
Looking forward to reading more!
I’m a soaper too.. Can’t wait to check everything out
Happy SITS day, looking forward to reading your blog!
Love the attitude! ๐ Can’t wait to read more…
I’m a big fan of blogging about whatever strikes you at the moment!
Sounds like a fun and informative blog-looking forward to reading it! Love your picture!
Happy SITS Day!
Happy SITS day! This must be a humor blog with that funny photo. lol
Your picture on here is just PERFECT – these are the faces I make when the camera turns to me…my grandchildren will never know whether I was just goofy, or always looked like that ๐
Hahaha! YOU KNOW MY SECRET! (See blog for shouty capital explanation)
Happy SITS Day Sara!
Sounds like quite an interesting Blog, cannot wait to check it out. Fun pic!
Jeanine
Hi Sara! Excited to check out your post on fake eyelashes…still never been able to figure them out! Hoping you have some good tips ๐
Enjoy your day!
I have had SEVERAL blunders with fake eye lashes that I didn’t write about in my tutorial. Including having them end up glued to my finger rather than my eye (bobby pins or tweezers – use the end to apply pressure to your eye lid) but thankfully they come off easy. It’s just frustrating.
Oh and let’s not forget a rather scary hissy fit I threw just before a concert. I was adamant that these fake lashes be on because other wise my dream boat of a performer wouldn’t fall in love with me. LOL Oh to be 14 again.
She looks fun! Heading on over…
Cannot wait to try fake lashes!
happy SITS day!! Love your picture ๐
Happy SITS Day! Can’t wait to check out your site!
Happy SITS day to you! Do you all have a special aunt? Today I blogged some super cute artwork just designed for aunts! Come see me and happy Monday:)!
Crap, I actually can’t comment because I don’t have any of those accounts, you should open your commenting up, pretty please ๐
Those are the google standards for blogger and I can’t change them unfortunately. There should be an option to use just your name and e-mail. I’m signed into my Google account at the moment so I can reply to blog comments but I’ll look into it and see what I can do. Thanks for the heads up!
That’s a great Monday face in that picture! Happy SITS day!
i LOVE that pic. I just know we are going to be friends.
Happy SITS day…off to read your posts now.
Happy Monday! I’m checking out your blog now! Love the pic.
You are brave to take a funny photo of yourself. You must have a good sense of humor! Happy SITS day!
I actually just can’t take a serious picture. Whenever I do I always say to myself that I look dredful. So now I just kind of do it on purpose. If its meant to be funny/silly/awful what have you then when someone comes along and says “that’s really an awful picture” I can just go, “duh.” LOL
P.S: I think my sense of humor is good, but then again I’m biased. ๐
Love your name, headed to your blog now! Happy Monday! ~ Paula http://www.callmepmc.com/2013/01/extreme-rice-call-me-pmc.html
{Melinda} Happy SITS Day! ๐
Happy SITS DAY! I love being a nanny as well. I started about three weeks ago and I love it. I have two of the most adorable sweetest kids. I will start posting The Nanny Tales on my blog in a couple of weeks! Have a wonderful Day!!!
Beware of the attachment that goes with it. I left my little one a month ago and when I was Facetiming with her I bawled my eyes out. It’s awful. They are going to be coming out to California where I now am in the summer so I’m excited to see her again. She’s gotten so big since I left. ๐ But it truly is the best experience I have ever had. Can’t wait to read your posts!
Happy Monday everyone! This looks like an awesome blog (love the pic). Off to go give it a nose poke!
Happy SITS Day!! Off to peruse your blog! ๐
I love the name of the blog…
I love makeup as well and I talk about beauty on my personal blog…. so I def would like to check yours out.
Happy SITS Day!
OMG love the pic!!! What a great thing to see on a Monday!
LOL Thank you. Looking back it may not have been the best picture to use but it really does explain me pretty well. ๐