Thoughts and ideas from the world of Majestic Mountain Sage.

Soap

People can spend a lot of money on soap molds for cold process soap. We try to use what is easy to find for our test batches. Certainly we aren’t looking for equal-sized bars or perfectly shaped edges. We make soap in disposable cookie trays like the elf cookies from […]

Cold Process Soap, Day Two

February 24, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

Today I won’t go into depth on the hows and whys of our soap recipe, but I will give you one. I want to cover the basics of how to get ready as our primary focus. HAIR If you have long hair please pull it up in a clip or […]

Cold Process Soap, Day One

February 23, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

I’m a crazy melt and pour soap nut. I’ve always been fond of making these great soaps. For a finale for Valentine’s Day, I’m going to show off some of the beautiful heart soaps that I made for the holiday. All of these pretty soaps are made with white or […]

Valentine Soaps

February 10, 2009 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts / Fragrances / Melt & Pour Soap by Andee

Lately, we have had many phone calls and e-mails to our Technical Support staff about cold-process soap. I thought that I might be able to help those who want to try their hand at soap making but need some more encouragement. Today I’m going to start with a list of […]

Cold Process Soap Week Coming Up

February 6, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

Have you ever wondered how we choose the fragrances that go into our catalog? There are several tests each prospective fragrance goes through to be possibly added to the catalog. The cold process soap test is the hardest test and one that most fragrances fail for one reason or another. […]

Fragrance Testing at MMS

January 20, 2009 in Cold Process Soap / Fragrances by Andee

I was helping a customer today and I was asked what the Mokalata looked like used in a cold process soap. I was baffled how to describe what it looked like on the outside and inside. Then I realized that photos give the description I never could. Before cutting. After […]

Mokalata Pictures

January 7, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee