I’ll say it up front: this post is more for soapmakers. Everyone else is welcome to read and learn more about the elusive phenomenon that can show up in handmade soap that we refer to as DOS. DOS (dreaded orange spots) are definitely showing up on the tops of my soaps that have iridescent glitter [...]
I have to ask because I don’t know the answer yet. I got my Vanille EO blend from Essential Oil University on Monday (which is no longer in business), and the only thing I’ve been confident enough to use it in is the Hand & Body Lotion. Made a new batch of Grapefruit Parfait since [...]
I want to start by saying that for being a relatively small industry of handmade soap makers, we have some highly talented bloggers! There were some really, and I mean, REALLY tight races in a couple of the categories. I am so blessed to be part of such a wonderful and sharing community. Here are [...]
Voting for the Best Handmade Soap Blog Awards will be closing this evening at 10pm CST. Please visit this post to place your votes. I hope you have found some great new blogs in this process, because I know I sure have! Huge thanks to everyone who has already voted – as of this moment, [...]
The nominations are in, and the poll has been made. I have removed this blog from the nominations, because while I appreciate the good word, I feel that it’s my award to give, not to receive. I’ve added my own nominations as well. Here are the blogs that have been nominated in each category, listed [...]
With the 83rd Annual Academy Awards just announced recently, I would like to create a similar extravaganza honoring handmade soap bloggers! There are lots of great handmade soap blogs out there, and I would like to gather them up here and showcase the best ones. No prize involved, just the satisfaction of being the best, [...]
After making soap for nearly nine years, I finally joined the Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild. The Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild is the only registered non-profit trade association giving a voice to the handcrafted soapmaker. The mission of the Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild is to promote the handcrafted soap industry, to act as a center of communication among soapmakers, [...]
That is the question! Whether tis nobler to insulate such soap and allow it to gel, or to take arms against the heat of saponification and use fans to prevent gelling – that is what I am trying to discover. (Pardon me for writing another post that will only make sense to other soapmakers.) Do [...]
Ok, soapmaking friends. I know you’ve never done something stupid like I did and order the same fragrance twice. Oh yeah, I did. A couple months ago I ordered some Pumpkin Pie fragrance along with several others I was running low on. Then last month I was placing another order and thought, “I need to [...]
I didn’t write a post for Memorial Day, but I wanted to share my favorite quote from the many I saw floating around through the social media channels over the weekend: “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” – General George S. [...]
