MMMmmm…coconut…I so wish I could smell this! I’ve never used a hair conditioning bar and it has me very intrigued. The Courmet Bath Shoppe makes them in several scents to go along with their shampoo bars. This bar is thick and smooth and the rounded edges look wonderful. The ingredients look great too: cocoa butter, [...]

As the debate over the issues surrounding Palm Oil heats up, many soapmakers are looking to replace Palm in some or all of their recipes. Gracefruit.com has posted lovely recipes that are both all vegetable and Palm free.
I’m not advocating that people leave Palm behind right now because of it’s current controversy. We each have [...]

Today’s soap porn post is very special to me. I met Jen from Star of the North Primitives at the Bitter Creek Forum where I first learned to make candles and then found my love for CP Soap. In fact, the first soap recipe I tried was one that Jen (aka Flicker) shared with everyone [...]

Great soap CAN be fun! Sometimes we take ourselves way too seriously which is why I love this playful soap made by Wendy from Wendy by the Bay. (That would be Galveston Bay, Texas) This soap bar is a full 28 oz. and measures 6″ in length and 6″ in width. There’s no added color [...]

Soapers tend to use way more coconut oil than we could make ourselves, but I thought you’d find this tutorial interesting anyway. The Chezlin blog gives step by step instructions on how to make your own coconut oil. It’s amazing how little oil you get from each coconut. It really gives you the sense of [...]

Late yesterday afternoon I purchased a crochet pattern set from Sandy at CapecodConsignments. The pattern is for washcloths and soap savers for gift sets I am working on. As with most e-patterns bought on Etsy, it would be emailed  to me within 24 hours of purchase. But Sandy sent the pattern to me within an [...]

Guinness Handmade Soap by Anhoki

MMMMMMMM…Guinness. I love Guinness and I love this soap made with Guinness by Anhoki Smith. It’s unscented and gets it’s rich tan color from the beer alone. This soap has me looking forward to Fall and Football and FOOTBALL PARTIES! I’ve tried my hand at beer soap myself a few times [...]

Aloe Vera Handmade Soap by the Soap Store
Lissa from the Soap Store/Arcadia Aromatics is a certified neuromuscular massage therapist who started out making massage oils and lotions to use in her practice. She eventually added handmade soap to her product listings and I am so glad that she did. One look at her soaps and [...]

How fun! Who wouldn’t be impressed to get a bag of M&Ms with your logo or soap pic on them? Replace that cute little face in the pic above with your soap pic, put your biz name on the back and you’ve got gold! They’re not cheap at $3.99 per party favor size bag, but [...]

Thanks to ZAJA Natural for recommending this tutorial on the forums, and thanks to Nizzy for writing it! When I’ve used PVC pipe  and other verticlal soap molds in the past - I wasn’t able to get a consisent swirl from top to bottom. BUT - I think Nizzy’s tutorial would help me to fix [...]