New Lip Butters!

I made some new lip butters yesterday – not that my regular customers haven’t seen these before, but it’s been awhile!! The Orange Creamsicle has been out of rotation for two years, and by special request, I’ve brought it back […]

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Final Results of the Multi-Colored Gradient Challenge

Congratulations to Julie Ignacio of Little House Homestead Home Made Soap!! She is our grand prize winner for the Multi-Colored Gradient Soap Challenge, and will receive a $50 gift certificate from Nature’s Garden!! This is her Werewolf soap which goes […]

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Soapcrafting Blog Tour: Avocado Moisturizing Bars

Welcome to another stop on the Soapcrafting Blog Tour! We are celebrating the release of Anne-Marie Faiola’s new book Soapcrafting with step-by-step techniques for making 31 unique cold-process soaps. The first part of the book is all about how to […]

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A Soap Giveaway to Celebrate a New Novel!

If you’re familiar with Downton Abbey, Jane Austen, or Charlotte Bronte, you may be interested in a new novel that is making its debut: Born of Persuasion by Jessica Dotta: Jessica has created a Tea Party Giveaway to celebrate her […]

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Holly Swirl Soap Challenge Winners

The Soap Challenge Club just finished up for this month. We conquered the Holly Swirl (named for Holly of Missouri River Soap Co) and did a bang-up job!! Check out our grand prize winner this month, Dianne Forrester of Queensland, […]

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Guest Post: Even Layering Soap Tutorial

I am so excited to share this tutorial with you from Erin of Inner Earth Soaps, a super talented soapmaker from Sydney, Australia! If you’re anything like me, making even layers in cold-processed soap is a struggle! I’d much rather […]

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Coloring Your Cold Process Soap

If you’ve made the time to experiment and measure out how much color you use each time you make soap, you may know how much color you’ll need to achieve the results you’re looking for. But if you’re somewhat new […]

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Feathered Mantra Swirl Tutorial

After tackling the mantra swirl for last month’s Soap Challenge Club, I have seen so many variations on this beautiful technique!! One of them was posted by Ramy Sanchez from Spain on her blog. Ramy was kind enough to share […]

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Congratulations to our Winners (with a twist!)

Our monthly Soap Challenge Club is off to a great start! We’ve had well over 100 members for the first and second months, and we will be starting up the third month on Monday. I am behind on announcing the […]

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Who Wants to Learn the Mantra Swirl?

Registration for the next Soap Challenge Club opens on Monday! We will be learning TWO different mantra swirl techniques this time – members will choose ONE to enter for the challenge. Only members of the Soap Challenge Club will have […]

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