Soap Porn: A Breath of French Air

Single Use Bath Petal in French Tub

French Tub Soap Dishes in a Variety of Colors
I love the name of this shop and I love these little French tubs! Elizabeth from A Breath of French Air gives us a good example of how to use accessories to sell your soap. The single use flower petals that [...]

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Portable Product Portfolio

These Photo Flipbooks are super cute and would make excellent product portfolios. I’m often asked about my soaps when I meet new people and I rarely have more than a business card on me. When I saw this Photo Flipbook from SnapFish, I thought it would be the perfect solution. It is professionally done and [...]

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I need your help!

I’ve been writing on this blog for approximately three months now and I think it’s time to do a survey. I’d like to hear what I’m doing wrong, what I’m doing right and what you would like to see that I am not currently doing. The whole point in writing this blog is to share [...]

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Promotional Item Idea - Sample Soap Boxes

The following video is a tutorial on how to make small chocolate boxes, but you can see how soap samples would fit inside as well. They’re adorable and can be customized to fit your tastes. While they seem a little labor intensive to create in large amounts, I think they would be perfect for giveaways, [...]

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Soap Porn: Savonara

Glacier by Savonara
This soap is brilliant! Aptly named Glacier, it looks just like a glacier with the soap shards ruggedly piercing through the top of the soap. And, it smells of crisp and yummy peppermint - which is what we usually associate with cold, ice and snow. Sher from Savonara uses icy shades of white [...]

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Whystle Stop Soap

Blended African Black Soap
I haven’t had much experience with African Black Soap (ABS), but I find the process used to create this soap and the end results very intriguing. Depending on the region you purchase the ABS from, it can contain up to 48% shea butter. Frieda from Whystle Stop created the ABS soap pictured [...]

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Comings and Goings…

Hello! It’s been a crazy few weeks and there are a few things I would like to share with you.
First off - Lisa Lam asked me to write a guest post for her CraftBoom blog about streamlining social media applications. It was great fun working with Lisa and I learned a lot from the process.
Autumn [...]

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White Lye Handmade Soap Co.

Serengeti Cocoa Butter Soap
I’ll just bet that Char Simon has a great time making this festive soap at the White Lye Handmade Soap Co. The color combo of the brown base (achieved by using cocoa powder) and the green and pink confetti swirls is very hip and trendy right now. Cocoa butter in the recipe [...]

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Soap Porn: Goodscents Bath Company

Love Charm Swirly Curly Soap
“Necessity is often the mother of invention. Frustration helps, too.” Cari owned a gift shop but was unable to find a quality AND reasonably priced bath and body line to sell in her shop. So she started her own line.
The soap and packaging pictured above is indicative of Cari’s style. All [...]

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