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Father’s Day is this Sunday and that means it is fast approaching. Ack! Do you have gifts planned out or are you like me and stunned the holiday snuck up on you? Well, I am officially in panic mode. I though it would be good to go back through the […]

Father’s Day!

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This is my last post about CSW and I saved an incredible entry last! Let me tell you about Kenna Cote of Central Soapers Workshop, Modern Soapmaking.com and Gratitude Soapery. Kenna put together the Central Soapers Workshop (and I use the term “put together” loosely because events like this are […]

CSW 2014 Special Spotlight: Kenna of Central Soapers Workshop

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Yesterday we made a fabulous oatmeal face scrub but I felt it was a little gummy and sticky in texture. I wanted something that can gave the same after effect without feeling so, well… pasty! I have attempted to light this formulation with the addition of Natrasorb. Come join me […]

Daily Oatmeal Scrub – Day 2

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I wanted to make a facial scrub that was gentle enough to be used daily yet still contributed a smooth, supple sensation to the delicate skin of the face. I started with finely ground oatmeal. Oatmeal has long been used in the world of cosmetics and beauty because it is […]

Daily Oatmeal Face Scrub – Day 1

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Recently, we offered a beginners soap making class, we had a few students that never made soap before and some that had made a few batches but wanted to focus on the cold process soap-making techniques. During this class each participant had the opportunity to make several batches of soap […]

Caffe Latte Cold Process Soap

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This is my second to last post about CSW! Let me tell you about Tanya Rasley from Baby Duck Soap Co. Tanya held some demonstrations in the Soap Lab and she gave her demonstrations with a smile and didn’t let our little rustles of box folding distract her or her […]

CSW 2014 Special Spotlight: Tanya of Baby Duck Soap Co

I’m almost done talking about CSW! Let me tell you about the hilarious mother and daughter we met at CSW, Ranea Underwood and JaRee Carey from Natural Textures. This mother/daughter pair had us rolling with laughter as we listened to their good-natured banter. JaRee helped us fold boxes for the […]

CSW 2014 Special Spotlight: Ranea and JaRee of Natural Textures

In my last post about CSW, I told you a little about one of the people who made our time at the Central Soaper’s Workshop so wonderful! Today, I’m going try to share our experience with another marvelous person. Let me tell you about RuthAnn Matthews from Divine Scents Soap […]

CSW 2014 Special Spotlight: RuthAnn of Divine Scents Soap Company

In my last post about CSW, I told you a little about one of the people who made our time at the Central Soaper’s Workshop so wonderful! Today, I’m going try to share our experience with another marvelous person. Let me tell you about Shonna Hilliard from Red Shed Soap […]

CSW 2014 Special Spotlight: Shonna of Red Shed Soap Co.

I have more photos for our Fragrance Testing Series! This is a long series of blog posts that shows the testing of our fragrances in Cold Process Soap. We are testing ALL of the fragrances in our catalog at their maximum recommended usage rate for Cold Process Soap and showing […]

Fragrance Testing in Cold Process Soap: Juicy Grape, Gardenia, Snow ...

Memorial Day is a great day where we celebrate and honor the men and women who have and who continue to make great sacrifices for our country. From everything to parades, gravesite decorations, flags and backyard BBQ’s we each have our own way of honoring these great people. We hope […]

Memorial Day is Here!