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Dear Soapmakers, Recently I have become aware of some difficulties soap makers are having while trying to figure their water needs. Let me try to help clear the air (water?) here. 1) Water is needed in your soap making process. This is not an ingredient that needs to be weighed […]

Soapmakers: Thoughts on calculating water or using discounts

Collecting the supplies to make lip balms!
What is another fun activity to do with the kids this summer? Making lip balms of course! The Lip Solutions Gift Kits comes all complete with your choice of Lip Solutions (Vegan, Lanolin, Shea or Mango), pipettes, jars and lids, flavor oil, and LABELS! This is a fun project that […]

Summer Fun with the Kids: Lip Solutions Kit

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Masks. What a super easy and fun activity to do with your kids! My teenagers love to create and use their own clay masks. They love clay masks so much that I often find containers in their bathroom with the residue of their clay concoctions clinging to the container.  Kids! […]

Summer Fun with the Kids: Clay Masks

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I am so thrilled to announce that the Yellow Lip Balm Color is back in stock! I have been dying to make a few projects using this color and haven’t been able to get any. I know I haven’t been the only one trying to get some. Well, it is […]

Wahoo! The Yellow Lip Balm Color is back in stock!

The kids had so much fun with making the bath bombs that we decided to do another fun project with Melt & Pour Soap. We had the kids pick some fun molds that they wanted to use. They chose some animal and flower molds! They also wanted to embed some […]

Summer Fun with the Kids: Melt & Pour Soap

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Summertime. What a fun time to hang out with friends and family at the pool, beach, park or backyard! I really enjoy the sunshine and fun family activities that come with the summer season. BBQ parties, hiking, swimming, fishing, or even just sitting on the porch; it is nice to […]

Summer Fun with the Kids: Making Bath Bombs!

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OK, folks. I need to lean on your shoulders for something that is really bugging me right now. It is GMO, or more accurately, non-GMO. I don’t want to discuss whether GMO is right or wrong, what I want to discuss are the terms to describe whether a product is […]

GMO – Help!

Soap makers are artists and scientists rolled into one and anyone who says differently needs a day shadowing a soap maker. Soap makers work with a media that can be unpredictable in shape or even colors but when things turn out just right, we all want to celebrate! Karen submitted […]

Beautiful Botanicals Challenge Soap Submission – Karen

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I think we are lip scrub junkies here! Lip scrubs are easy to make, and they are great additions to gift baskets and product lines. If you already offer body scrubs and lip balms, then you should try lip scrubs. They are easy, fun, and even tasty! Are you still […]

Coffee Lip Scrub

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One of my favorite things about summer is the garden. I find great delight in sitting in the garden, watching the butterflies, birds and bees. I also find great humor in watching the neighbor’s fat, orange cat slink through the plants only to be startled. Many bees and other insects […]

Beautiful Botanicals Challenge

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We all have heard the adage that we should measure twice and cut once, right? Well, let me add a new perspective on measuring twice. The issue this week has been email addresses that are typed so fast and not verified before sending or submitting that I can not reply […]

Best value: Double check your work

Summer is here and while I am getting plenty of quality outdoor time, my lips have definitely gotten dry. It must be all of the garden time. I wanted to make a lip balm that was able to handle the summer heat but was gentle enough that it wouldn’t hurt […]

Strawberries and Champagne Silky Smooth Lip Balm