Pampered Princess Milk Bath

We are currently looking for product testers for our new Pampered Princess Milk Bath.  This milk bath contains whole milk, buttermilk, coconut milk, silk peptides and roses.  This item is limited to 20 testers.

Please visit my facebook page for details and for product tester application.

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Avocado and Honey Deep Conditioning Hair Mask

So I have been truly thinking about this one.  Running a couple of ideas in my head but I would like to see what you guys think.

So the base will definitely be a kaolin clay, my favorite clay to use.  I will also add my avocado powder.  But this is where I am stuck.  Do I add my honey powder and then a conditioner type base?  If that is the case, adding silk protein becomes a problem too.  Do I had the hydrolyzed version or the powder version. 

If I don't add the conditioner base, do I make this a dry mask and have the customer add water?  Some people want there stuff ready to go.  If I make this a dry mask, I can add the avocado oil for richness.

See why I haven't completed this one yet?  I may have to make 2 different versions for the product testers and ask them which one do they prefer.  See what happens when you think too much?

Chocolate Body Scrub

While in the midst of designing a few products for a dayspa here in Philadelphia, I came up with a scrub that I think you guys will absolutely love.  It is as the title says, a chocolate body scrub with all the yumminess that you would expect from chocolate.  It has raw sugar, raw unprocessed cocoa, unprocessed first pressed cocoa butter and a blend of rich oils including vitamin E.  I swear you will just find yourself sniffing the jar.  As soon as I finish this order plus an eye and night face cream, I will have this bad boy or girl on the market. 

Honey Moisture Spritz Revamped

I must love you guys, I am on vacation and I am still blogging.  It's because I am on vacation that I decided to revamp the Honey Moisture Spritz.  I mean its great as is, but the sun down here can be brutal on the hair, as I am finding out.

So I decided to add an antioxidant blend for sun protection.  I might even see how I can boost the moisture factor for those who leave in the intense heat.  Too bad, I am not here long enough to test anything.  Darn.

Guess I will have to take another vacation to make sure that this new formula is just right. :-)

Peach Coconut Hair Milk

So technically I am on vacation but I need to get this idea out there before I forget it.  Coconut Hair Milk.  Yes I know it has been done before but I haven't done it.  I want of course the coconut oil but unlike other hair milks mine will actually contain coconut milk and possibly a little concentrated coconut cream.  Here is the other twist:  I am researching the benefits of peach extract on the hair.  If everything looks promising I will be adding that to the blend as well.  In addition, this will be gentle enough the young ones.  I want to use my naturally derived preservative for this one.  This is made from a glucose sugar and benzoin,  Cross your fingers.

And in case I didn't mention it I will be working on a few yogurt lotions/ creams.  Yogurt is a natural softening agent so it should work well on dry cracked hands and feet.  Perfect for this nail salon I will be working with.   So I have  a lot do my friends when I get back, but you know I like the hustle and bustle of it all.

Oily hair shampoo update

So I completed part of the shampoo, finally.  I did do a tea infusion with some nice astringent herbs and I added acai extract.  I may add more extract but time will tell.  I will let my product testers have it soon.  In anycase, my new scale should be here when I get back from vacation (yes my dears, vacation) and I will able to better calculate a final amount.  I did add a fragrance and then I changed my mind and decided to use eo's instead.  But sill me not thinking, I added it to the batch with the fragrance.  I am glad I did.  This accident gives the shampoo a unique scent that should conjure up images of clean.  New thought:  Acai Mint.  Would this be a good name for a shampoo?  Give me your thoughts people.

I started part 2 tonighit, which is a mid day refresher.  It has the same herbs and extracts as the shampoo but I making this into a gel.  I am letting it sit now, because I am so tired.  I want .5% of acai and ended up doing 5%.  I will do a quick test in the morning and if everything is ok, I will contact my testers.

Peppermint and Orange Astringent

Ladies and gentlemen with oily skin:  I have made an astringent.  I thought about this one last night and decided to make it today.  See what I can do when the flea market gets rained out? 

This astringent has an orange and peppermint tea infusion boosted by essential oils of orange, peppermint and manuka.  Manuka?  Manuka is like an Australian tea tree without the medicinal smell.  So while you are removing excess oil, you can treat the break outs that you have. 

Oh and I so sorry for not letting you into my thought process for Hydration Mist.  This is an oil free moisturizer and yes its a keeper.  Its good for any skin type but especially those with oily skin.  It contains hyaluronic acid, something our skin loses as we age.  This acid acts like a reservoir holding moisture in  and so when we lose it, we lose our ability to retain moisture.

Okay guys, my next adventure will be a yogurt lotion.  Haven't decided what the base oil will be, maybe something like apricot kernel oil or grapeseed oil, but I definitely know that it will have a yogurt powder.  The yogurt's natural lactic acid should help soften the skin.  I am thinking of making a base and then adding what ever scent later.