Now you have your adorable curls and cutouts. As cute as they are now, unfortunately they don’t last very long as individual soaps. One thing you can do is place them inside a larger translucent bar. Now your masterpieces will last longer! How fun! You will need: Curls and Cutouts […]

Placing Curls & Cutouts

I have always loved making sugar cookies and making fun shapes with either a cookie cutter or a knife. I love making hearts and stars and clouds. They are so fun and cute! It made me wish I could show everyone my masterpieces. I am going to show you have […]

Soap Cutouts

My name is Taylor. I will be assisting Andee, the blog mistress, in sharing with you the coolest projects, new processes and more. I love to read, garden, cook, and overall, have a good time. I am looking forward to learning and sharing with you on this blog. Now, back […]

Soap Curls

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On Friday I promised I would show you how to make soap petals. What are soap petals? Soap petals are silk flower petals dipped in scented melt and pour soap to make a one-time-use soap. There are two different methods for making soap petals that I will show today. Collect […]

Making Soap Petals

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I have started giving the pronunciation for various MMS products, and now it is time for the fixed oils! Don’t forget, if you have other products you would like to hear the pronunciation, e-mail me and I will add a pronunciation to the blog. Borage Oil: Bor-ij. Have you seen […]

Pronunciation Guide to MMS Products, Part 3

Monday and Tuesday had some great posts from jaspersgarden and shelikesspring. Both of you rose beyond the call of duty and had some wonderful pictures and text! As I promised, both of you will be sent the gift certificates as well as some very fun gifts. Thank you for sharing […]

Pronunciation Guide to MMS Products, Part 2

We have an Audio Version of this blog at the bottom of this post. Don’t forget to download these audio versions of the blog! If you have been watching the New Products section of the catalog lately, then you will know that we have released several new fragrances. Some of […]

Pronunciation Guide to MMS Products, Part 1

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Andee, I’m not sure exactly what you are looking for regarding the Hot Process Soap submission, nor have I ever written any blog. So here it goes – toss it if you need to. 🙂 I’m very new to Hot Process soap making and fairly new to soap making in […]

Hot Process Soap by shelikesspring

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Hello fellow soapers! My name is Kathy and I have volunteered to be a guest writer for my method of Hot Process using a Crock Pot. Equipment Needed: Mold for soap – line with freezer paper while soap is cooking 😉 Recipe (handwritten) and a print out of the MMS […]

Hot Process Soap by jaspersgarden

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This is one of the questions I hear answered by our Technical Support Department while helping soap makers when they call wanting help. I thought that I could share some pictures previous soap batches I’ve made and show what you are looking for as indicators of the trace. First things […]

What is Trace?

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Last week I shared my experiences at the local Gardener’s Market as well as my thoughts that officially felt like growing season now. I’ve been pulling weeds out of the garden and arguing with chickens over the spots they can dig. Not that the chickens argue back, they just tilt […]

Gardener’s Hand Therapy

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Yesterday, I made a Sparkling Body Butter, but what about those out there that want a light summer lotion, but tell me, “Please! Forget the glitter!” I searched our recipe archives and found a great lotion. Sun-Flower Power is a light lotion that will give you a great summer lotion […]

Sun-Flower Power Light Lotion