While sitting on a Long Island beach, I saw some beautiful green seaweed. I thought it might be fun to try to make soap with it, and while I was at it, use seawater to do it. Brian had a bag to collect the seaweed, and I used empty water bottles for the seawater. Soon I had everything I need for my seaweed seawater soap. Making Seaweed Seawater …
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Soap Making
Remember that book, All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten? Well, all I really needed to know I learned from soap making. After twenty years, I’ve decided that making soap and life have a lot in common. Both involve a long learning process, can be joyful and frustrating and have taught me many things. …
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My Kitchen Timer
I need to be more efficient with my time. Who doesn't? I decided to buy an old fashioned timer, the kind my mom had in the kitchen when I was growing up. The timer on my phone can be easily set, …
Retired
I have officially retired. Sort of. Not from soap making, but from my day job. Let me give you the back story. For the past 20 years I worked days for the science department of the North Shore School System. One night a week for the past 12 years, I worked at Farmingdale College. And I also started Alegna Soap® 10 years ago. …
Essential Oils Verses Fragrance Oils
Essential Oils A natural oil typically obtained by distillation and having the characteristic fragrance of the plant or other source from which it is extracted. Fragrance Oils Also known as aroma oils are blended synthetic aroma compounds. They can be made with both synthetic and natural …