Here is a tutorial for a great embedded bug soap for an easy melt and pour project. There’s still a week left before Halloween to make these!
Find the directions here.… Read More ...
Solid shampoo recipe
The Soap Kitchen has a very detailed recipe for a solid shampoo for cold process soap makers.
Please visit their site for all the details!… Read More ...
Halloween melt and pour soap tutorial
David Fisher has got a great tutorial for making making melt and pour soaps with Jello molds and muffin tins. It’s a great family project or for the weekend crafter wanting to learn basic soapmaking!
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Shaving soap recipe
Teach Soap has yet another wonderful recipe to share. This shaving soap recipe is for cold process soap makers and is a nice standard recipe to explore making shaving soap.
Ingredients:
12 oz. Coconut oil
12 oz. Palm oil
12 oz. Olive or Canola oil
14 oz. distilled water
1 heaping tablespoon of clay ( … Read More ...
Southern Soapers sale
Southern Soapers Fragrances is having a sale to celebrate its second anniversary. All prices are as marked and no coupon codes are needed. All exfoliants, emulsifiers & thickeners, botanical extracts, preservatives, packaging items and more are discounted 10% or more through September 28th. They also have a wide range of fragrances on sale this week … Read More ...
Nova Studio classes
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, The Nova Studio in Point Richmond has fantastic soap making classes, including cold process and multiple day boot camp classes. They also have candlemaking and other craft classes. Highlights for September and October include a 4 day business boot camp intensive, a natural perfumes class and … Read More ...
Soap and lotion making classes
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make cold process soaps or lotions but don’t want to learn out of a book? OTION in Bellingham, Washington has a lotion making class in September and a cold process soap making class in October. Both are only $25 each, one of the most affordable soap classes … Read More ...
Strawberry Heaven
Mmm Strawberries and cream or better still strawberries and Chocolate… This post is dedicated to my little red friend the “Strawberry”
You can literally eat, live and bath with strawberries. Here is a quick Strawberry Bubble Bath recipe to tempt the kids into the bath with or how about some strawberry bath dust recipe.… Read More ...
~Bath and Body Elements~
ElementsBathandBody.com has a wide variety of supplies, packaging & ingredients for your creative needs. Best of all – they don’t have a minimum order! Be sure to sign up for their newsletter so you can find out about their sales and clearances 😀
Want great smelling potpourri for the holidays?
Then you need to start getting all of your ingredients together now so you can start blending in September! Yes, I know it’s months until the holidays but what many people either forget about or may not know is that the longer the potpourri ages – the better smelling it is.
Potpourri presents make wonderful … Read More ...
50 Ways to Use Essential Oils
1. For Scent-Sational smelling towels, sheets, clothes, etc. place a few drops of your favorite essential oil onto a small piece of terry cloth and toss into the clothes dryer while drying. Add 5 drops essential oil to 1/4 cup fabric softener or water and place in the center cup of the wash.
2. Potpourri … Read More ...
Packaging!
One can never have enough sources when it comes to packaging your hand-made creations!
For glass vials, glass & plastic jars, perfume bottles, bath salt jars, spice jars, gourmet packaging and an assortment of other packaging needs you might want to visit Sunburst Bottle.
Sunburst doesn’t have a minimum order, has reasonable shipping prices … Read More ...
Tips & Tricks: Filling Cosmetic Tubes
Making your own cosmetics can be fun, but sometimes filling those little tubes and containers with hot from the stove product can be a bit tricky. Here’s a method that will help.
Fill a cake pan halfway with layer of uncooked rice, lentils or small beans. Stand the tubes or containers straight up so their … Read More ...
Be Non-traditional!
Bored with the same old soap molds? Try using non-traditional molds instead! You might be surprised at the result.
-plastic ice cube trays
-shoe boxes*
-plastic drawer organizers
-milk cartons*
-plastic Easter eggs
-clay flower pots
-PVC pipe
-tuna or sardine cans
-plastic sand toys or sand castle molds
-storage containers
-Jell-O molds
*Molds that … Read More ...
A Close Shave – DIY Soap Recipe
Father’s Day is only a few days away! Why not make that special guy something this year? An classic shaving soap is something that most men can use, and he’ll be delighted to know that you made it especially for him. Unlike a lot of commercial soaps, this shaving formula won’t dry out his skin.… Read More ...