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 […]
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1 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? ...
This batch of soap was a great example of several small mistakes turning into a disaster! I have a tiny test batch-sized recipe that makes two bars in the mold I wanted to use, but I wanted to make 8 bars. So I recalculated the recipe and set out to […]
Well, That Didn’t Go As Planned
We recently had a technical support call concerning the use of Cranberry Fiber in cold process soap. Our advice is to use one tablespoon per pound of oils in your recipe. Since I have some Cranberry Fiber I have wanted to use, I grabbed my soaping supplies to make some […]
Using Cranberry Fiber in Cold Process Soap
Today in our #40daysofgiving we are jumping with excitement to reveal our latest book: “Liquid Soapmaking: Tips, Techniques and Recipes for Creating All Manner of Liquid and Soft Soap Naturally!” By Jackie Thompson The book offers clear explanations, color photos, tables, and charts to set you off on the adventure […]
40 Days of Giving – Day 32 Gift!
When I was younger, my mom bought me bath crayons so I could do what every kid wants to do – draw on the bathroom walls. Now that I am grown, I miss the bath time fun I had when I was younger. I always had to bring in all […]
Fun in the tub with Bath Crayons
Do you know kids who love Halloween? Here’s an easy project that will have them “oohing” and “aahing” while they help make gifts for friends and family! Come join us in the blog kitchen for this easy project! Ingredients Melt & Pour Soap Base, Transparent Punch Party Fragrance Purple Raspberry […]
Halloween Treats: Easy Melt & Pour Soap with Embedded Toys
1 Halloween has been my favorite holiday for a long time! I love fun Halloween themed bath and body products because they bring the holiday into my self-care routine and allow me to celebrate for just a little while longer. This year, I decided I wanted to bring Halloween into my […]
Halloween Treats: Subliminal Messages Bar Soap
Sometimes during the dog days of summer, our pets can find the best adventures that really weren’t fun until someone got dirty! Today, we’re going to make a batch of soap for dogs because a dirty digger dog is only cute until they want to come inside. When our furry […]
The Dog Days of Summer – Part 2
4 In my previous blog post about losing lavender, I talked about the scent fading in soaps. Today, I’m going to share some of our favorite ways to maintain scents in finished bars of soap. Here’s our favorite list of physical techniques to help maintain or increase scents in your soap. […]
Safely Increasing (and Maintaining) Scents in Soap
5 We’ve recently had some technical support calls about losing the lavender scent in soaps, and today I’d like to share some of our thoughts, observations, and results from recent test batches. Come join me for a cup of tea ☕ and let’s chat about soap! Our recent calls about lavender […]
Losing Lavender in Soap? Thoughts from Technical Support at TheSage.com
If there is one color I get asked about how to achieve by soap makers, it has to be the color red. Red has long been a difficult color to achieve and light fast reds are often more difficult. Have you ever seen a poster that has been exposed to […]