Formulating New Shampoo Bars

Before I started thinking about reformulating my regular cold-process soap recipe, I was playing with a new formula for a shampoo bar. The Beer & Seaweed shampoo bars that I currently offer are already my second best selling soap. They […]

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Shampoo Bar Official Announcement

I’ve been considering discontinuing the Beer & Seaweed Shampoo Bars. They have been out of stock for almost a month, and I requested that anyone who would like to see them re-stocked would send me a message to that effect. […]

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Another Shampoo Bar Convert

One of my customers (and faithful blog reader) just sent me some great photos of her hair that she took after the first time using the Beer & Seaweed Shampoo Bar, which seems to work best for dry/normal hair: Candy […]

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Shampoo Bars Now Available!

The Beer & Seaweed Shampoo Bars are finally available! According to testers, these just might be the best shampoo bars around for normal to dry hair. It’s definitely my own personal favorite right now. If you’ve been following this blog […]

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What Do You Mean You Don’t Comb Your Hair?

These were my exact thoughts as I was reading the feedback from one of my shampoo bar testers. One of the questions was about how easily the tester was able to comb through her hair after washing it with my […]

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Shampoo Bar Testing Results

I sent out samples of my latest shampoo bar to 13 ladies at the beginning of November. They were given the task of using the shampoo bar for a full 14 days, keeping notes about the changes they saw in […]

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The Great Shampoo Bar Exchange: The Beer & Honey Bar

This is it! My final review in the Great Shampoo Bar Exchange! The last shampoo bar came the farthest – all the way from Spain! Jennifer of Naturalmente Mediterraneo sent us three different bars, but asked us to focus on […]

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The Great Shampoo Bar Exchange: Tierra Verde Rosemary Citrus Shampoo Bar

And, now back to our regularly scheduled program! In case you missed it, background info on the Great Shampoo Bar Exchange can be found here, and I just reviewed the Heirloom Soapworks Pooh Bar here. This is my review of […]

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The Great Shampoo Bar Exchange: Heirloom Soapworks Pooh Bar

In case you missed it, background info on the Great Shampoo Bar Exchange can be found here. Somewhere along the way, Jennifer (instigator of the exchange) started having issues with using shampoo bars and hasn’t pinpointed the problem just yet, […]

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The Great Shampoo Bar Exchange

I am participating in a shampoo bar exchange with three other soapmakers: Michele of Tierre Verde Soaps in Texas Becky of Heirloom Soapworks in Illinois, and Jennifer of Naturalmente Mediterraneo in Spain Jennifer instigated this exchange at the beginning of […]

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