Nickel 'N Dime

Make Your Own Soap - Be Eco Friendly

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:36:00 +0000

The new generation is becoming more aware of environment friendliness as the days go on. They are also thinking of cost effectiveness. One way to be eco friendly is to make your own soap at home. To do this you must have some ingredients at hand and you can choose which fragrance to use.

To make your own soap can bring your peace of mind in two effective ways. You are no longer be a part of the chemical pollution that is harming the environment as the soaps are produced industrially and you can ensure that the ingredients you are using to make a soap are all natural and won’t do any harm to your skin.

When you make your own soap it might be time consuming but if you can make a handful of soap at a time it will be beneficial for your skin care and your pocketbook. You can use one of these three oils; like palm oil, olive or coconut oil as ingredients. You have to mix up this oil with water and lie. All you have to do is heating lye and water separately from the oil. When both lye and water meet the desired temperature they will combine together. You would want to stir or whisk this mixture until you are able to see stir lines on the top.

This is almost similar to making a pancake batter and the batter forms a raised line on top when a spoon is drugged across it. That is the consistency you are looking for when you make your own soap. Once this consistency is fulfilled you would want to add the natural ingredients you have collected to make the soap your own. For instance, you can add beeswax to make it smooth or even cocoa butter to soften the skin. To make your own soap a successful natural soap, you will want to make sure that you only use natural ingredients.

Once you have instilled the additives that you collected then you have to pour the soap mixture into pre-oiled molds. Normally the molds are brick shaped or tubular and you have to make sure that they have made greasy with a vegetable oil otherwise at the time of removing the soaps from the molds they may no slide out easily without breaking. The soap mixture has to be left in the molds for about 24 hours.

During this period of time the soap making procedure will experience many changes, for example, it may darken in color and begin to bubble and might get too warm. The changes you will see are all natural when the lye/water/oil mixture is set to rest after being emulsified together. This period of time neutralizes the soap and makes it fit to set into the chosen mold. Finally it is very important to make sure that the molds have been made oily otherwise you would not be able to remove the soap from the molds easily to continue the process.

You will need to get a cool, dry place ready ahead of time to let your soap place after you have released it from the mold. The soaps then can be cut into any desired shapes and then needs to be placed on wire racks lined with preferably wax paper, and then set in the dry, cool, dark place to cure.
The whole curing process varies from 3 to 8 weeks. But when this curing process is done and the soap has dried out all the moistures it left, you will finally reach to a finished product.

Most people are confused what they are using for their body washing and become relaxed knowing that the soaps they are using to clean their bodies and faces with are healthy and environment friendly to the community. This lesson can be passed to our next generations to come and is really a precious one.

So when you make your own soap, remember to have fun! You will be smelling and feeling great in no time at all!

Bare Necessities

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:01:00 +0000

12/16/09-12/18/09 - Get it by Christmas - just $8.95 for 3-day express until 2 p.m. 12/18

Free 30 Days at LIFELOCK

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:02:00 +0000

30 days FREE plus 10% off on a monthly and annual subscription! Use coupon code DECEMBERCOUPON. Offer good through 12/31/09

I$10 off Disney' Back!!m Back!!'s G-Force DVD/Blu-Ray Combo Pack

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:17:00 +0000

Disney's G-Force Blu-Ray combo pack (includes blu-ray, DVD, and digital copy)

Link to Coupon

Thanks to PYP

I$10 off Disney' Back!!m Back!!'s G-Force DVD/Blu-Ray Combo Pack

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:06:00 +0000

Sorry it has been so long since I have put any extra deals up, but here is a great one!

K-MART TOY DEAL

Buy six Transformers RPM Mini Vehicles $3.99 each

Total=$23.94

-$5 off $20 Kmart Toy coupon

Plus, use 3 buy one get one free coupons from Coupons.com(will deduct $3.99 for each coupon)

=$6.97 for 6 transformers!

That's ONLY $1.16 each!

Thanks http://goodorfreedeals.blogspot.com

FREE DAY AT ZIONS

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:09:00 +0000

FREE Admission to Some National Parks

The National Park Service is offering FREE admission to some of the National Parks on; June 20-21, July 18-19 and August 15-16. Click HERE for more information on which parks are participating.

Free I-pod touch!

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:20:00 +0000

PYP is giving away an I-Pod Touch!!

Click here to see details.

Albertsons Deal

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:00 +0000

There is an Unadvertised deal at albertsons this week. If you buy 1 gram crackers; 1 6-pak of hershey's chocolate bars; and 1 bag of marshmellows then you get $3.00 off instantly.

There is also 2 coupons you can use:

$1/1 gram crakers WYB 1 6-pak hershey's and 1 bag of marshmellows (smores SS 5/17)

$1/2 hershey's 6-pak (SS 6/28) you must buy 2 sets of the smores deal to use this coupon.

Also, some of the store have a display of the smores deal with peelies on them for a $1 of each product. I have been told they are towards the back of the store. HTH

THIS IS WHAT I AM GOING TO DO:

2 marshmellows
2 gram crackers
2 hersheys choc bars

-$6 instant smores promo
- 2x $1/graham crackers when you buy mellows and hersheys
- 1X $1/2 hersheys

final price $5.18

THANKS PYP

NEW REDBOX CODE

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:55:00 +0000

This code is for JUNE 22 thru JUNE 23

RBXTHXU6

Just go to any Redbox and use the Rent with Promo code button (below the rent a dvd button)!!

Great Pic.

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:26:00 +0000

I had Teresa do my pic for my girls and they turned out so so good! She did a great job.

Check out her site to contact her for your own session.

http://mypocket-fullofposies.blogspot.com/

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:16:00 +0000

Macy's PRINTABLE $10 off ANY $25 purchase

Save $10 on ANY $25 purchase at Macy's using this PRINTABLE coupon! Coupon is valid June 19th-20th ONLY!

$7.00 FOR GROCERIES

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:33:00 +0000

I had a picture but my computer is acting funny, I will get it posted soon!

1wish-bone salad deressing
4 skippy peanut butter
4 I can't believe it's not butter
2 Snuggle liquid fabric softener
4 All small n mighty laundry detergent
3 ready serve Jell-O
1 Turkey (8 lbs)

Total Cost: 98.01

total paid: 25.44

Money back 18.40

MY COST: 7.04

savings: 93%

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:16:00 +0000

Staples Paper DEAL
I have seen this deal online and on a few websites and thought

some of you may want to give this a try;

Buy 8 packages at $6.99 each ($55.92)
-$10/50 PRINTABLE Office Depot Coupon (they take there competitors coupons)
=$45.92 + tax
BUT get back $47.92 in REBATES
=FREE

The rebate is for $5.99 back for every one you buy, NO LIMIT!!! Making it only $1 each after rebate. (REBATE SKU# 554638).

(Rebate) Detail Info:
Product: Staples 8.5X11 Printing RM
Rebate reward: $5.99 Check per ream
Purchase dates: 03-15-2009 through 05-09-2009
Postmark date: 07-08-2009
Promotion: $5.99 Rebate on a Staples 8.5X11 Printing RM (SKU 554638)
at Staples Stores Only

The printable coupon expires 4/6/09

RED BOX CODE

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:38:00 +0000

Red Box code for APRIL 1, 2009

FREE RED BOX CODE: MMM401

This code expires at midnight tonight!!

1 year fee subscription to Golf Digest Magazine

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:59:00 +0000

1 year Subscription to Golf Digest FREE from Rewards Gold.

SAVED 63% AT THE GROCERY STORE

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:25:00 +0000

SMITHS

This week at smiths I got:

12 boxes Quaker Chewy Granola bars $1.07/box

4 bottles of Ketchup $ .84/bottle

Total Cost $34.84

Out of Pocket $17.24

Savings $17.60

RITE AID

8 Boxes slim Fast $4.31/box

Total Cost $69.44

Out of Pocket $34.48

Savings $ 34.96

ALBERTSONS

4 Boxes frosted flakes (large ones) $1.49/box

1box cocoa krispies $1.99

2 boxes pizzas $2.99/box

2 bottles spray 'n wash $1.25/bottle

6 instant Jello puddings $ .66/box

7 boxes Bagelfuls $1.75/box

4 bottles of Sauve Lotion (17 oz) $.75/bottle

3 boxes crystal light on the go $1.34/box

4 Sauve deoderants $ .50 a peice

1 Sauve shampoo $ .50

1 Sauve conditioner $ .50

24 boxes Mac 'n cheese $.38/box

2 Gallons of milk FREE!!

Total cost $163.89

Out of Pocket $52.82

Savings $111.07

The Grand total for my Shopping week was:

Total Cost $268.14

Out of Pocket $104.54

Savings 163.60

THAT IS A 63% SAVINGS!!!

$ .08 Salad Dressing

sinclairhall@q.com (Sinclair-Hall's) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:04:00 +0000

WALMART

Kraft Salad Dressing $1.58

-$1.50/1 ss 3/29

= $ .08

Some papers got $1.75/1 making them FREE!!

Check out all of the great deals

at Walmart this week.

Just click the Grocery list page

then click walmart on the right side.