my city: a teeny bit bipolar
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rivendellroseIt's summer! All of a sudden!
That's right - two days after being cloudy, rainy, nasty and grey, Seattle is now Bright And Sunny and 85 degrees, headed for 90, as if it'd been summer for weeks. This morning was a rush to find my straw hat, my sunscreen (don't laugh... I'm uber-pale and my skin burns easily), my sandals and a tank-top that would work with the skirt I wanted to wear. Oh, and a white blouse to wear over the tank-top. And then to close our blinds so that our living room doesn't bake while we're gone today. Don't get me wrong, it's lovely and beautiful and I'm happyhappyhappy to finally have summer here, but... a little warning or build-up might have made it all easier. Still, it's great fun being outside in it.
Which makes it sad that there is a baseball game tonight, which is bound to balls up my commute so badly that it could very well be past sunset by the time I actually make it back home. And, while I'm nattering about nothings - BPAL has a lovely line of limited edition perfumes themed around varieties of moths and butterflies, and I'm trying to decide which one I should get. My favorites are:
GYPSY - Bourbon vanilla, Egyptian musk, tonka, white sugar, and cardamom.
LUNA - Touareg tea, Asian pear, carnation, lime sugar, green musk, armoise, and thyme.
ROSY MAPLE - Lemon blossom, vanilla bean, huckleberry, sweet pea, rose sugar, acai berry, and candyfloss.
SPICEBUSH SWALLOWTAIL - Brown sugar, sassafras, clove, and wild plum.
I'm leaning toward the Rosy Maple and maybe the Luna, but they all look lovely, and I'm not totally sure about the huckleberry in the Rosy Maple one - sometimes fruit scents overwhelm everything else, and that would make me awfully sad. At least I have until August 26 to make up my mind!
That's right - two days after being cloudy, rainy, nasty and grey, Seattle is now Bright And Sunny and 85 degrees, headed for 90, as if it'd been summer for weeks. This morning was a rush to find my straw hat, my sunscreen (don't laugh... I'm uber-pale and my skin burns easily), my sandals and a tank-top that would work with the skirt I wanted to wear. Oh, and a white blouse to wear over the tank-top. And then to close our blinds so that our living room doesn't bake while we're gone today. Don't get me wrong, it's lovely and beautiful and I'm happyhappyhappy to finally have summer here, but... a little warning or build-up might have made it all easier. Still, it's great fun being outside in it.
Which makes it sad that there is a baseball game tonight, which is bound to balls up my commute so badly that it could very well be past sunset by the time I actually make it back home. And, while I'm nattering about nothings - BPAL has a lovely line of limited edition perfumes themed around varieties of moths and butterflies, and I'm trying to decide which one I should get. My favorites are:
GYPSY - Bourbon vanilla, Egyptian musk, tonka, white sugar, and cardamom.
LUNA - Touareg tea, Asian pear, carnation, lime sugar, green musk, armoise, and thyme.
ROSY MAPLE - Lemon blossom, vanilla bean, huckleberry, sweet pea, rose sugar, acai berry, and candyfloss.
SPICEBUSH SWALLOWTAIL - Brown sugar, sassafras, clove, and wild plum.
I'm leaning toward the Rosy Maple and maybe the Luna, but they all look lovely, and I'm not totally sure about the huckleberry in the Rosy Maple one - sometimes fruit scents overwhelm everything else, and that would make me awfully sad. At least I have until August 26 to make up my mind!
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Date: 2010-07-08 10:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-08 10:13 pm (UTC)I can make lotions and creams wiht fragrance oils in them. Make the stretch.
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Date: 2010-07-09 02:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-09 04:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-09 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-09 10:34 pm (UTC)do you have:
1) non food safe stick blender
2) stainless steel bowl or plastic dedicated jug.
3) some base oils (I like grapeseed, almond, sunflower even)
4) teh willingness to buy preservative, fragrance and maybe liquid silk? (not much, depends how much you plan on making. You need maybe an ounce or two of each. My source: mountain majestic sage. I use liquid germal plus as my preservatives). you also need emulsifying wax (maybe 4-8 oz, same site).
5) tubes (same site) or other containers.
and 6) can you make packet soup? As its about as hard.