At any event or fair I do, I'm asked at least once "Do you make a liquid soap?" The truth is I have, but I don't want to. I'm a bar soap girl. I like holding a bar of soap in my hands. Wetting a washcloth and soaping it up. Pressing the sliver of the last bar into a new one. Being able to smell the bars sitting on my shower shelf and …
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Soap Making In Turks and Caicos
I almost was able to do some soap making in Turks and Caicos. …
How to Blend Essential Oils for Soap
I've been asked more than once how to blend essential oils for soap making. I'm not an aromatherapist, and I don't really care what properties the essential oils I work with have. All I care about is what they smell like, how they go together, and how long they last in my base oils. …
My Favorite Soap Making Oil
Every oil in a soap recipe is there for a reason. Coconut gives us big fluffy bubbles, Palm hardens a bar and enhances a lather, castor seems to extend the life of coconut's bubbles. But an olive oil soap stands alone. That's why it's my favorite soap making oil. …
My First Soap Making Class
My First Soap Making Class I had been making soap about 10 years when I received a catalog for The Open Center in NYC. I was looking through it and saw there was a class on cold process soap making. When I wanted to learn how to make soap, I went to my local library and took out a book on the subject. There were no classes that I could find …