Soap

Soap Making Suppliers I Love

I've been making soap for 21 years now, and I have a list of soap making suppliers I love. When you first start, it's easier to get everything from one supplier. Base oils, lye, fragrance and essential oils, molds, botanicals, colorants, you name it, both Brambleberry and Wholesale Supplies Plus carry it. I still purchase a few items from …

If you have the choice, choose soap over sanitizer

Have you noticed stores are out of hand sanitizer? That's why there are so many DYI sanitizer recipes on the internet. And there is a place for a hand sanitizer. When you need to wash your hands and have no access to water, a sanitizer is a great alternative. But that's all it is, an alternative. Here's why you choose soap over sanitizer. …

Sometimes I Amaze Myself

I posted the above picture of myself on Facebook a few weeks ago. I was recording a podcast for "Pants on Fire". One of my High School friends commented "You amaze me" and I responded "Sometimes I amaze myself". …

Can washing improve your mood?

Can Washing Improve Your Mood? My girlfriend Karen gave me this article out of the 2012 January/February issue of Health magazine. She thought it was interesting and wanted me to read it. The article quotes Spike W.S. Lee, a doctoral student at the university of Michigan. According to a study he did for the department of psychology, Mr. Lee …

Growth, or What a Difference Ten Years Makes

Ten Years Ago I came across this picture in my Facebook feed. It shows my growth as an entrepreneur. It's a picture of my table the first time I did the Country Fair at Argyle Lake in Babylon. Remembering back, I was terrified. Argyle Lake was my first "big event". How much product should I bring? …