Monthly Archives: January 2019

I’ve had lots of fun making all of the comparison recipes with Shea Butter and Sal Butter. My last project for this series was to make soap. Since my normal soap recipe contains multiple luxury oils, I went back to the basics and used our 6-5-4-1 recipe guide. This recipe […]

Shea Butter-Sal Butter Comparison Soap

in Cold Process Soap / New Products / Special Features by Denise

Yesterday, I thought that my first comparison batches of body butter were too greasy. With my opinions in hand, I turned to our trusty technical support team for formulation assistance and advice. (Our tech support folks are great at helping!) After discussing my original formula as well as what I […]

Shea Butter-Sal Butter Comparison Body Butter, Take 2

in Lotions and Creams by Denise

Creating a light lotion with these two different butters made me wonder how much more prevalent these two butters would be in a creamier mixture. I took my recipe for the lotion I’d made before and tweaked it to get more viscosity. The first thing I did was to reduce […]

Shea Butter-Sal Butter Comparison Body Butter

in Lotions and Creams by Denise

My favorite lip balms always contain Shea Butter, so I was eager to compare Shea and Sal Butter in a lip balm. I used the Make Your Own Lip Balm as a starting guide for my comparison formulation. I’ve kept the basic bones of the guide and adjusted for ingredients […]

Shea Butter-Sal Butter Comparison Lip Balm

in Lip Balms by Denise

Shea Butter is an industry standard in skin care. Its luscious creaminess gives lotions a heavenly texture and great moisturizing ability. It’s a solid oil, but not brittle, making it easy to work with. Sal Butter is remarkably similar to Shea, but it stands on its own as a dry […]

Shea Butter-Sal Butter Comparison Lotion

in Lotions and Creams by Denise

A friend with two growing boys asked me recently what I’d recommend for helping with growing pains. She said her boys sometimes wake up with pain in their legs, and she wanted something that would comfort and relax them so they could go back to sleep. The real medicine of […]

Making Spuds

in Cold Process Soap / Fragrances in Cold Process Soap by Denise

My son bought the cutest soap mold as a Christmas gift for me, and I could hardly wait to use it! I pondered what wonderful soap I’d create for this mold. I’ve been using the same recipe a lot lately, and I wanted to mix things up a bit. (Plus […]

Beer Soap in my Christmas Gift

in Cold Process Soap / Color / Color In Products by Denise

Comparing the hardness of finished bars of melt and pour. — Recently we had a customer ask us how to make their melt and pour soap firmer, so I have been busy in the blog kitchen doing some testing. I have three methods that I have tested to see whether or not they make melt and pour soap firmer. First things […]

Is it Possible to Make Melt and Pour Soap Firmer? ...

in Melt & Pour Soap by Katy

How much does getting your period affect your everyday life? Probably not much. You grab a pad or tampon, and you go about your usual day. Maybe you have cramps or a headache, but you can take a pill to manage that. Now imagine how that would all change if […]