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Mangosteen Fragrance Oil
We’re bringing in the New Year with new fragrances, and Mangosteen is already on my favorites list. It is absolutely bursting with fruity goodness and is a combination of mangosteen, guava, and green...
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A Sure Thing
Out of all the hundreds of molds and fragrance options, you really can’t go wrong with our best selling Oatmeal Milk and Honey fragrance oil paired with it’s matching mold. I have yet to come across a...
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Essential Oil Spotlight: Star Anise
This sweet smelling essential oil smells just like black licorice. It is often used as a flavoring agent cold and cough medicines, and used as a rub to relieve muscular aches and pains (when diluted...
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Got Monkey Love?
We do! New arrivals at Otion include the banana-rific fragrance oil, Monkey Love, and a bunch of specialized extracts including aloe, avocado, evening primrose, mallow and green tea. Extracts are...
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New Fragrance at Otion!
Our newest addition, Lavender Chamomile Huggies (Type), is powdery fresh and lightly floral. Back by popular demand, this fragrance is absolutely delicious in baby products. It’s soft, sweet and just...
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My Favorite Summer Scent
Beat the summer heat with a refreshing watermelon slice… of soap! We can’t get enough of this popular fragrance oil in these cute melt-and-pour loaf bars. Anne-Marie did a fun tutorial on watermelon...
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Coffee Break
I think most female Pacific Northwest residents will agree with me when I say we love coffee, but we love coffee and chocolate even more. I happen to love it in soap, and so should you! (This is Kat...
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Ylang Ylang Love
Hi everyone, it’s Kat! Yesterday I had the pleasure of teaching a one-hour private class on in-the-pot swirling and made this fun 3 pound loaf. The colors are yellow mica, cellini red mica, activated...
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New! Pinot Grigio Fragrance Oil
I love this new fall scent! Pinot Grigio is a perfect blend of floral and fruit. Plus, it isn’t overpowering like most wine scents I’ve smelled. I paired it with our new(ish) Bubble Tray Mold to create...
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Colorful Classes at Otion
We have been packing our weekends full of fun classes, and the projects have been so bright and cheerful! On Thursday and Friday, April visited us from Illinois and made everything from bath fizzies...
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Candy Corn Swirls
Do you love Halloween? How about candy corn? If you do, we have the perfect recipe! Recipe: 13.9oz Distilled Water 5.9oz Sodium Hydroxide 1.7oz Castor Oil 11.3oz Coconut Oil 11.3oz Palm Oil 17.6oz...
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Melt & Pour Class
Have you ever wondered how melt & pour soap is clear? Or why you are able to get such amazing detail work into a bar of soap? Then this class is for you! Otion instructor Alesia will take you on a...
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Opposites Attract: M&P Embeds in CP Soap
Earlier this year we debuted an out of this world project: Embedding CP soap into M&P soap. We had so much fun with our project we decided to try it again…Only inverted! This M&P embedded in...
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Rancid Oil Loaf
You may be asking yourself “why would I ever use rancid oil? Yuck!” Most soapers avoid rancid oils due to the icky smell and dreaded orange spots. But as you well know we love to test fate Normally...
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Lotion Bar
What You’ll Need: 2 oz White Beeswax 4 oz Deodorized Cocoa Butter 2.1 oz Coconut Oil 1.2 oz Apricot Kernel Oil 0.7 oz Jojoba Oil 0.3 oz Evening Primrose Extract 0.3 oz Rose Clay 0.2 oz Tapioca Powder...
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St. Patty’s Day Gold Peppermint CP
What you will need: 5.4 oz Apricot Kernel Oil 2.7 oz Castor Oil 10.6 oz Coconut Oil 9.4 oz Palm Oil 8.3 oz Rice Bran Oil 12.6 oz Aloe Vera Liquid 5.15 oz Sodium Hydroxide (Lye) *Superfatted at a 6%*...
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Tye Dye Cranberry Pomegranate
What You’ll Need: 5 oz Avocado Oil 3 oz Castor Oil 9 oz Coconut Oil 12 oz Olive Oil 6 oz Palm Oil 3 oz Shea Butter 12 oz Distilled Water 5.24 oz Sodium Hydroxide (Lye) 2 oz Cranberry Pomegranate...
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Happy Easter
Happy Easter! We hope you all have a wonderful holiday with your family and friends! We’d love to hear and see what fun Easter projects everyone has going on. We decided on a cold process soap...
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DIY Air Fresheners
Does anyone else spend too much money on air fresheners for their cars? I know I can’t be the only one! I can’t ever seem to find the right smell, or if I do, once it’s in my car I don’t like it...
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Fun with the Girls
A few months back we had the pleasure of having Lindsey and Crystal come in for some private soaping fun! They were a blast to say the least, and the best part was they were able to make some fantastic...
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