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Soaps Make Great Gifts
Recently a friend did a favor for me. To her the favor wasn’t that big of a deal, but it really helped me out in a big way. I knew she wouldn’t take money, and might even be insulted if … Continue reading
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How Natural is Your Soap?
This question is asked so often that we decided to address it here. First we’ll start by saying that we don’t have a single “cookie cutter” recipe. Each of our soaps are unique, using a different combination of oils, scents, … Continue reading
Why Should I Use Natural Homemade Soap?
Before we explain what natural soap is, first let’s cover what it isn’t. What is really on the store shelf? We’ve become accustomed to harsh, synthetic, chemical laden commercialized soaps in our daily lives. In fact, most of what we … Continue reading
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Some Days are Just Rough
Some days are just rough and you just know nothing is going to turn out right. I woke up extra early with the plan of being extra productive. I was making soap, hand cream and lip balm. All before I … Continue reading
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Tagged cold process soap, lotion, lye spills, milk soap, olive oil
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Buyer Beware: a Story About Deception
This weekend I participated in a small local craft show that had been recommended by another vendor. I was not expecting to be directly side-by-side with another soap maker, and worse, I was not expecting this young inexperienced soap maker … Continue reading
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Soaping: The Perfect Recipe
There are so many great oils out there that it is difficult to settle down to just a few. I’ll admit that once I get a particular soap how I like it and customers are happy with it, it’s pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged cold process soap, creating a recipe, homemade soap, soap making, soap recipe
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Lye? Saponification? What do They Mean?
As with any specialized manufacturing, there is a lot of jargon that goes along with soap-making. We’ll cover them here in glossary format. This list will grow as we continue to add terms. saponification – the chemical reaction that takes … Continue reading
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Tagged cold process soap, homemade soap, saponification, soap making
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Tips to Make Your Soap Last Longer
Learn how to care for you homemade bar of soap as well as how long you can expect it to last under normal usage. Continue reading
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Tagged cold process soap, homemade soap, make soap last longer, natural soap, soap care
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Soap INS Values
Calculating the INS value of your recipe can shorten trace time and complete saponification faster. Continue reading
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Tagged calculating INS, cold process soap, INS value, soap recipe calculation
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Who Uses Homemade Soap?
I thought I knew who used homemade soap, but quickly learned that I was completely wrong. Continue reading