Posted on June 10 2015
Beauty Bars, Cleansing Bars and Soap One of These Things is Not Like The Other Beauty bar and cleansing bar companies cannot use the term soap on their labels. Why is this and what is the difference between beauty or cleansing bars and real soap. Let’s begin by exploring [...]Posted on September 02 2014
Glycerin and Glycerol in Skincare and Soap Making Over the last few years I have noticed more and more participants in my classes have been concerned with using glycerin in their hand made products. This surprises me since I have always thought of glycerin as one of the major reasons [...]Posted on January 29 2014
Wabi Sabi and Soap Making What is Wabi Sabi? It sounds a lot like a sushi condiment, but it’s quite different. Wabi Sabi is the art of finding beauty in imperfections. This is a Japanese phrase and is usually related to nature. I was introduced to Wabi Sabi in a feng shui class [...]Posted on November 18 2013
How to Decide on The Amount of Soap Making Products to Bring to a Craft Show Preparing to sell soap and bath products during the busy craft show season is always a challenge. How much soap, lotion, baths salts, body mist, night cream etc. do you need to prepare? I have heard so [...]Posted on July 09 2013
Soap Making – A pretty top for your Hot Process Soap One of the many questions new soap makers ask me is how to make the tops of their Hot Process Soap look more like the tops of their Cold Process Soap. The truth is there is no real way to do this. The texture [...]
