http://witchsbrew.nourished.com.au Traditional skin care the way grandma used to make it Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:31:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been wanting to make up a cream with all the smelly, folksy remedy good stuff for quite a while now, and have finally decided to give it a go with my base cream. Ingredients: base cream 50gm, cod liver oil  10gm, comfrey infused lard, 10gm, sauerkraut juice 10gm, onion juice 10gm, ... http://witchsbrew.nourished.com.au/playing-with-base-cream/ Hallo Nourishers! I have had a well rested break, and am back with more fire and energy.   Thanks to all for support and encouragement!  I have been doing some studying and found out I am a Hedgewitch!  Decided to give myself a new witchy name, and decided on Comfreya.  Based on ... http://witchsbrew.nourished.com.au/witchs-brew-is-back/ Hallo Nourishers, I am downscaling my Witch's Brew business due to personal reasons, and closing the ebay store.  You can still purchase products by contacting me directly through the Witch's Brew website, and I will invoice you and give details for bank deposit or paypal.  Once a product runs out of stock, ... http://witchsbrew.nourished.com.au/no-more-ebay/ Hallo Nourishers, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years!  Latest News:  Whilst researching preservatives, I came across a rather interesting article online, regarding the efficiacy of Grapefruit Seed Extract.  It interested me because I have been having trouble getting it to emulsify into the creams.  I also had to remove one of ... http://witchsbrew.nourished.com.au/grapefruit-seed-extract-fraud/ Hallo all, Merry Christmas!  I hope you all have marvelous holidays!!  I'm going home to Adelaide to be with my parents and so will be shutting down my store from the dates of 21st - 29th Dec '08.  You can put in orders during this time, but they won't be processed ... http://witchsbrew.nourished.com.au/a-happy-little-witch/   Being a good little witch, I try out all my creams and concoctions on myself and friends, but until recently have never needed to use my comfrey ointment.  I had a rather large heavy object fall directly onto my open foot while working at my part time job, and a ... http://witchsbrew.nourished.com.au/witchy-news/ Hallo Nourishers! I have a new website up and running.  Its at http://www.thewitchsbrew.net I've also been researching and experimenting with shampoo bars.  They are not up and running yet, but still gestating!  I'm very excited about them though.  The cleanser bar will be more castor oil and olive oil based, and quite ... http://witchsbrew.nourished.com.au/witchs-brew-new-website/ Hallo all, I have been going through some family emergencies and emotional times this month, and so apologise for lack of blogging, and delays with ebay purchases. I have however, decided that my product line is getting an overhaul.  I've discovered a shampoo bar during my time away, and absolutely love it!  ... http://witchsbrew.nourished.com.au/witchs-brew-update/ I have been doing more research on food grade and natural emulsifiers, and have started experimenting with soy lecithin - (non gmo), and gelatin.  Together they work really well and I'm quite excited about using these possibilities. It would be perfect for the anti-ageing cream as I can lower the price back ... http://witchsbrew.nourished.com.au/witchypoo-needs-some-advice/ Hallo Nourishers! Freebie sale was super quick!  Great to clean out the closet.  :-) One of the best thing about small scale cottage industry is that you're not locked into a certain set of ingredients dictated to by packaging and bulk labels.  Nothing is set in stone.  My new moisturisers and cleanser ... http://witchsbrew.nourished.com.au/spring-clean-over-new-ideas/