Starting Tuesday this week, you will have the opportunity the enter a giveaway for three Great Cakes Soapworks fall soaps, plus a small jar of your choice of unscented or Vanilla Hazelnut shea butter. The Reynolds Mom is hosting another Made With Love Event, and she has already posted her review of the unscented Whipped [...]
First, we have the Black Raspberry Creme soap, which has been a Great Cakes Soapworks favorite since 2005. It’s not always in stock, but it does make its appearance at least once a year! Such a sweet, yummy, fruity scent, and there are a couple Jojoba-Shea lotions available in the same scent as well. Next, [...]
It’s getting down to the wire, folks! Just two more weeks until the Olathe Farmer’s Market opens on the 23rd! I am busy making and wrapping and labeling, leaving less time for blogging. My friend Kathy came over and helped me bag and seal about 200 soaps this morning: I still have to shrink and [...]
I’ve been selling Smell Through Shrink Wrap to other soapmakers for several years now. It’s what I use to wrap all my soaps. I had a short photo tutorial posted on the website, but I’ve been meaning to create a video tutorial for awhile now. Over the weekend, my hubby was kind enough to help [...]
It was such a close call! Almost Paradise was ahead from the beginning, and stayed that way most of the time the poll was open. There were a couple of times that it was tied with Moonlit Woods, and ended up just barely ahead! I really believe that any of the names would work well [...]
I’m talking about laundry soap! I made a batch of homemade laundry soap, and I’ve been using it on our laundry for the past several weeks. Here is my recipe: 1 bar Great Cakes Soapworks Orange Essence Lye Soap, grated with a cheese grater. 1 c Borax – 20 Mule Team (get it from Walmart [...]
Our insect repelling arsenal is fully loaded! Bye Bye Bugs products come in three different applications, made with the same effective essential oil blend. If you are looking for a natural alternative to DEET, this is it! Not stinky either like some natural insect repellents can be! I love this story from Fiddledeedee (from last [...]
After hearing about Autumn’s experience with using my Old-Fashioned Lye Soap in her homemade laundry detergent, I decide to tweak the recipe a bit and add some fresh-smelling orange essential oil. If you’d like to try making your own laundry detergent similar to Autumn’s, I found a great recipe at the Modern Cottage blog. I [...]
That’s what Autumn of Autumn Asks Why set out to discover. I sent her three bars of my Old-Fashioned Lye Soap several weeks ago for her experiment. Autumn’s recipe is a combination of washing soda, borax, oxygen booster, and grated bar soap. She has tried four different types of bar soap for in her quest [...]
Once again, I am happy to announce that the Dead Sea Mud Facial Masks are back in stock! The benefits of the minerals are extraordinary. After just one or two applications, it is not uncommon for the skin to appear firmer and toner. The mask will also lightly exfoliate and reveal a much smoother, healthier [...]
