The ingredients that go into Shepherds Cottage Soaps, the benefits of using quality, natural ingredients from trusted sources.

I’ve been thinking a lot about censorship lately, and the power of words. Since I wrote about my summer reading list, I’ve read a lot more!

Lean into the chaos and challenge and delight that is working from home.

Top tips for running a business from home! Running a small business from home is hard, but it is also manageable.

Olive oil bars are for everyone. Even those with the most sensitive skin. It is a staple soap making ingredient, found in most homemade soap

So we’re back from our holiday, just in time. It seems that summer has finally arrived in Scotland and as I write this the sun is beaming...

The Shepherd's Cottage Summer Reading List. None have anything to do with self-improvement, making soap, running a business or contemporary!

Last week was a busy one: with four days at the Royal Highland Show and all the time spent preparing, packing and travelling, I am so...

Early, early golden mornings and late violet-sky nights – summer in Scotland. The weather hasn’t been exactly blissful so far, but the...

Dunollie is just outside of Oban, and the ruined castle stands proud on a cliff overlooking Oban Bay.

Rosehips are the fruit of a rosebush. When roses die and are left on the bush, they leave behind bright reddish-orange, spherical fruit....

One of the key ingredients in my body whips is Sweet Almond Oil. Almonds are actually not a nut but the seed of the almond fruit, which...

Suddenly the business is very busy. And so too is every other part of my life – although maybe it’s always like that, and it just seems...

It’s busy, busy here in the Shepherds Cottage kitchen, as I’m making up a large wholesale order of gorgeous body whips for an independent...

It was National Gardening Week last week, and I wish I could have caught it sooner because when I saw the lovely flower crowns people had...

My girls turned six on Saturday, and we had a lovely party with a house full of people: big ones and little ones!

Ideas for change: to make every day Earth Day.

I’ve learnt a lot since my first craft fair, and here are five things I always take with me.

Lambing is in full swing, it’s finally started warming up, and Easter is nearly here! Any future with chocolate in it must be a good one!

April is finally here! Spring! A few days of sunshine and warmth, and then snow, below freezing temperatures and hailstorms. In like a lion,