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DIY Eyeball Soap for Halloween
October is here which means Halloween just around the corner! We’re excited to decorate our shop and make it more suitable for the occasion, but while we were taking all the old props out of their storage boxes, we got the idea to make some that can be used for other purposes as well 👻…
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Lifecast with Alginate and Plaster of Paris in 6 Steps
Life-casting is a craft where you create a three-dimensional representation of a subject from a mold of their living body. It allows for the creation of exact portraits and body reproduction—works which may have artistic and/or personal value. In other words, it’s perfect for capturing details and keeping something frozen in time. Fun Fact! Life-casting…
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All Natural Watermelon Clay Face Mask for Glowing Skin
As the Malaysian weather flip-flops between humid/dry heat and heavy rains, we’ve noticed that our skins are getting duller, breaking out or losing moisture (and thus, producing more sebum to compensate this which then leads to more breakouts and the cycle never ends). Normally, we can confidently say that this is due to the ever-changing…
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Craftiviti’s Heading in a New Direction
Hi Crafters! 2020 has been a pretty crazy year so far and there’s just as many ups as there are downs for us. Nevertheless, we’re always grateful to be here and to be a part of a community where people are passionate about handmaking their own personal care products like we are! For those unaware,…
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Guide for Adding Honey to Melt and Pour Soap
Hi Crafters! Some of you have come to us, explaining that your honey soaps made using melt and pour soap bases are too soft or have honey leaking out of them. So, we’ve come up with this little guide for you using our Crystal Glycerin Soap Base and our Organic Longan Honey. PS: If you’d…
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Choosing the Right Carrier Oil for DIY Personal Care
Carrier oils are used in quite a number of DIY Personal Care products, ranging from soaps to toners, to oil blends, balms and more. But, what are they? How are they made? What’s the difference between refined and unrefined carrier oils? There’s so many things to learn about carrier oils so here’s a post to…
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Types of Wicks and Which to Use for Candle Making
Hi Crafters! Making candles on your own can get rather complicated since there’s a vast variety of materials to choose from. To make things a little easier for your candle making journey, we’ve come up with this post for you to refer to when choosing wicks for your candles at our store 😊 *PS: Measurements…
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3 Soothing and Healing Face Oil Recipes to DIY
Hi Crafters! As many have taken to wearing masks daily, some of us have gotten some undesired reactions, either due to allergies or skin sensitivity and such. So! Here’s three quick and easy DIY Soothing and Healing Face Oil recipes we’ve whipped up and have been using to soothe our skins (if you’re unsure on…
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Crafti-Express Launch – Malaysia’s First DIY Personal Care and Therapeutic Crafts Bar
Hi Crafters! First of all, a HUGE thank you to those who popped by and checked out the Crafti-Express bar! We launched it a few days ago on the 11th of July and are blown away by your response. For those unaware, the Crafti-Express is located at our retail store (located here). Based on the…
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Basic Cold Process Soap Recipe
Hi Crafters! For those who are looking to try cold process soap making at home, we’ve a basic cold process soap recipe (click here to read about Cold Process Soap) here today for you to try out! What you’ll need: 200g of Refined Coconut Oil 450g of Pomace Olive Oil 350g of Refined Palm Oil…
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