It's August, babycakes!

It's back-to-school time here...
yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far and also the hottest August 3rd on record!
It was also our Family Day - we arrived home from Ethiopia with our 3 babies a year ago last night!

Now for the some updates and scent-of-the-month info!

• I had several requests for a repeat of Lavender for August, but...I've been working on making my own essential oil out of basil and rosemary. It's been "brewing" for several weeks now and it's looking great! Therefore... I am going to do TWO for August!

          1. Lavender
          2. Summer herb!
          Please be sure to specify which scent you would like when you place your order!
          There is a "notes to seller" section on paypal that you can write whatever you like!
          Thank you, babycakes! It will help keep me sane!

• Babylips is selling out every time I make a new batch! If you have not tried it yet, it is SUPER popular locally so you may want to add one to your next order! I have one lady who buys 10 at a time! 

• Be patient with me on your orders this month... I am sending my baby girls off to Kindergarten and their schedule is a little insane with the "staggered start" our district does! I will get it to you as soon as I possibly can, but let me know if there is a rush!

• Check the ingredients here on the blog, but I will begin including ingredients lists with your order. I have added hemp oil as well as a couple of other healing oils to my blend recently!

• You may notice up in the browser title... I bought my very own domain name! www.lovemybabycakes.com! Share the love, tell a friend!

Happy August, babycakes!

July!

Happy July, babycakes!
I hope everyone is having a nice summer so far!
The scent-of-the-month for July is a minty combo of peppermint and spearmint!
It's cooling and lightly scented, making it (at least *I* think so) a nice choice for hot summer nights!

Some other summer housekeeping...
It's hot out there, babycakes.
Like REALLY hot.
Drippy, outside-kid-smell hot.
I do my best to take these packages to the post office late in the day on Monday or Tuesdays only, that way they get sorted immediately and go out that night, and shipping priority, get to you in 3 days or less.
But that's still three days.
In the drippy, outside-kid-smell heat.
I am letting you know, your babycakes may melt.
Mine did.
Of course I left it on the deck...
but that's another story.

Here are your choices when that happens:
1. Use it solid. It's harder to scoop out, but it melts in your hands like always.
2. Pour the melted stuff into a small bowl and whip with a hand mixer, then scoop it back into the jar! There is always some stuck in the bowl and stuck to the beaters, so line up the kids and lotion them up from the bowl!

On another note...
Yes, it's true!
I'm experimenting with some additional products! Yay!
I've made two versions of a detangler, two versions of a light-hold gel, and I'm working on a body wash... all natural, all highest-quality ingredients I can find.
Here's my thing.
I don't want the products to be "really good... for all-natural!"
I want them to be really good for ANY comparison purposes!
Right now, I think we are at the "...for all-natural" level.
I will let you know what I think after this weekend...
I have several local families testing my 4 current samples and taking notes for me on what works, what they like and don't like, etc.

While I'm at it...
any other products you'd like to have?

Stay cool, babycakes!

June scent and other love for my babycakes friends!

Well, babycakes... where has the year gone??
It's nearly half done already, can you believe it?
Here in Tennessee we are up to our knees in the 13-year Cicadas (think Biblical plague), heat, humidity, and kids home for the summer!

I asked a few friends on facebook to chime in and vote on their favorite scent idea for June and overwhelmingly the #1 request was for a "Mounds candy bar" or Coconut/Chocolate scent!
So... I have acquired a delicious organic black coconut scented oil which I am using to enhance the natural coconut scent and the cocoa (as always) comes from the cocoa butter!

Now, babycakes.
We need to chat for a sec.
When I created my hair and body butter, its original intent was to be something for the whole family to use.
Me, with my wheat/gluten thing...the littles with their gorgeous brown skin and dark black thirsty hair, my 13 year old daughter for her rough heels and itchy patches of skin, it even works to heal minor skin abrasions!
What it's NOT is a scented body lotion ala Body Sh0p or Bath&Body W0rks. Get the drift?
I personally LOVE a good coconut lime body lotion as much as the next gal, but I don't want my baby boy smelling like the 13 year old at the mall either.

This isn't meant to be a long lasting, this-is-my-scent-today kind of lotion.
It is MILD.
MILDLY scented.
You will love it coming out of the jar, your kids will think you are rubbing them with a melted candy bar, but you will not attract hungry passers by.

While I've got your ear (eyes?)...

Dearest babycakes, you are more than welcome to purchase the same oils and butters from your local health food store, online purveyor, or wherever you can attain such products, melt them together in whatever ratios you like, and make your own hair and body butters. You can make your own lip butter. Surely, if I can make this with 7 kids running around... you can do it too. However, I have many batches of not-awesome body butter at my family's disposal from  my trial runs. It's not cheap.
But please, don't ask for my formula/ratio/ingredients other than the list of what is here on the blog.
Babycakes helps me bring the ends closer together for this larger-than-average family. It helps me with birthdays and anniversaries, and it helps me donate to adoptions and family preservation programs all over the world that are near and dear to my heart. If you want to just make it yourself, that's great and I wish you well... but please don't ask for my help then decide to be my competition.

With much love to my fabulous, well-moisturized, yummy-scented friends out there!
Happy June!

PS: If you have any questions... just email me at babycakesbutter@gmail.com

What's in stock?

Well hello there, babycakes!

I just placed another order for supplies, so what I  have in stock today is what I will have until this order arrives and I make another giant pot of babycakes butter!

Here's what I have RIGHT NOW:

6  5 jars (4oz) Natural/unscented babycakes SOLD!

2   1 left! (4oz) Orange babycakes  SOLD! 

2 (8oz) Natural/unscented babycakes  SOLD! 

1 (4oz) lavender babycakes (April's scent)  SOLD!

Lip butter- PLENTY of jars! :)

If you order today (May 19) and live north of the Mason/Dixon line... I will ship this afternoon!
(*please order by noon CST so I can get it packed up and to the post office!)
If you live in Texas, Death Valley, or Venus...
I will wait to ship on Monday so it won't sit on a hot postal truck all day Sunday!

I expect to have my supplies by Tuesday of next week,
so I will make more that week and be ready to ship new jars by May 30th,
but that puts us right at the release of June's scent-of-the-month!
It's yummy... the natural cocoa scent of babycakes
mixed with a little extra coconut essential oil brings us
"Mounds" scent for June! (like the candy bar... only not as sticky.)
Feel free to pre-order, just leave me a "note to seller" in PayPal letting me know you want the June scent and I will ship it ASAP after June 1st!

Much love, my babycakes friends!

April scent...Lavender!

Well, hi there, babycakes!

Are you ready for spring?

I sure am!

The Scent-of-the-month for April is Lavender!
I think you will love it!
It's great for night-time baby massage (even if your baby is a big, tough man!) or after-shaving moisture!

As with the other scents... this isn't a perfume. You won't notice the scent hours later, so don't worry about using it during the day or with other scents!

As always, natural/unscented is available too!

Happy Spring, babycakes!

April scent coming soon!

Hello, babycakes!

April is almost here and with it... a new babycakes scent!

I'm not letting you in on it just yet... but I think it will nice and "ahhhh... spring!"

Orders placed from March 17th-27th will ship on Monday, March 28!

Priority Shipping takes 3 days and I am going to ONLY ship orders on Monday or Tuesday so that they do not sit on hot USPS trucks over the weekend! 

Have a great week, friends!