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Using Lard in Soap, Day Two

January 15, 2013 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

I’ll admit it, I actually made this soap back in December. However, I wanted to test the soap before I shared my experiences with making the soap. If you recall, I wrote a post about how I rendered my first batch of lard at the end of November. I had […]

Using Lard in Soap, Day One

January 14, 2013 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

I hope you have all had a wonderful and safe holiday! I’m glad to be back in the saddle working on more formulas. (I still have a mountain!) Before I continue with today’s post, I have a question for you. Would you like us to continue the “From the Cupboard […]

Soap and Lip Balm with Ingredients from Thompson’s Cupboard

December 27, 2012 in Challenges and Q&A / Lip Balms / Soap / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

I’ve only received one soap request from the Quick Gifts from Your Cupboard blog post Cindy wrote, “I want to make a soap that has great lathering capability, is long lasting, moisturizing, and feels good on the skin.” As Cindy has a fairly standard soap maker’s cupboard, I decided to […]

Soap with Ingredients from Cindy’s Cupboard

December 20, 2012 in Challenges and Q&A / Cold Process Soap / Soap / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Our R&D team tests lots of fragrances in cold process soap. Well, we had such a collection of soaps that we were running out of room on the testing lab shelves! So…we cut these soaps into small sample bars to send out with orders. We have over 100 sample soaps […]

Fragrance Testing Soap Samples Now Shipping in Orders

December 6, 2012 in Fragrances / Soap by Andee

If you remember, last week I posted a teaser photoof my first batch of rendered lard. I had so much fun with this project and I haven’t even gotten to make soap yet!I referenced our Soapmaker’s Forum as well as Punk Domestics and A Little Bit of Spain in Iowa. […]

Rendering Lard

November 27, 2012 in Soap / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

I wanted to try my hand at a soap with silk. A soap with silk entails that you put some silk fiber into the lye solution prior to mixing your soap. The lye causes the silk to dissolve, allowing the silk protein to move throughout the entire soap. I am […]

Silk Soap – Cultivated Silk

November 5, 2012 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

Yesterday, I started the Empty Cupboard series with my basic equipment and containers. I’m really beginning to enjoy looking at what I consider necessities and what I consider fun additions. Handmade soap is one of those things I can’t bring myself to live without so I put together a soapmaking […]

Starting with an Empty Cupboard: Basic Soapmaking Ingredients

October 30, 2012 in Product Assistance / Soap by Andee

Today I wanted to go over some terms that I have wondered about as part of my introduction to soapmaking. Now that I have quite a few batches under my belt I want to learn more about what I am doing. Since I am using the same recipe on all […]

Beginning Soap Lessons Day 4

October 25, 2012 in Cold Process Soap by Joy

Today I made another 6 batches of soap using the same recipe as Monday. I did these batches completely on my own without assistance. I felt a little more confident in my skills and took my time. Soap making requires more patience than making a batch of lotion or lip […]

Soapmaking On My Own

October 24, 2012 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Joy

There was such an overwhelming amount of comments and questions when I announced this week’s blog topic that I had to spend a day just answering questions. Thank you all so much for your support, thoughts, and questions! Jamie Greer asked: Is there a general rule of thumb to determine […]

Soapmaking Question and Answer

October 23, 2012 in Challenges and Q&A / Cold Process Soap by Joy

The day has finally arrived when I get to make my very first batch of soap. I was a little nervous. I know the dangers of using lye, but I put on my goggles and gloves and was prepared to dive in. This week I am plowing through 20 batches […]

Introduction to Soap Making: Making a Basic Batch of Soap

October 22, 2012 in Cold Process Soap by Joy