What Do Lye Spots and Lye Pockets Look Like in Soap? Discovering unexpected white spots or liquid pockets when cutting into a fresh loaf of soap can be alarming — especially when the soap looked perfect on the outside. The good news? This is a common soap-making issue, especially for beginners, and understanding what you’re…
Exfoliating soap – what to add to your soap?
How to make exfoliating soap When washing with an exfoliating soap it will help to remove oil and dead skin, also removing any dirt that may be clogging the pores, this then helps the skin to absorb moisture. When the skin is able to absorb moisture it will look and feel so much better. What…
Beeswax Lip Balm Recipe
Homemade Lip Balm Making your own lip balm recipe is so much better than buying any tube of lip balm or chap stick from the store, and probably not near as natural as making your own beeswax lip balm. There are a few companies that now make all natural lip balms, so you can find…
What to Do With Soap Scraps: 10 Easy Ways to Recycle Leftover Soap Pieces
If you’ve been making handmade soap for any length of time, you’ve probably accumulated a collection of soap scraps, end pieces, trimmings, and small bars that seem too good to throw away. I know I certainly have. Whether you’re making soap for personal use, gifts, craft fairs, or selling online, those leftover pieces can quickly…
Handmade soap storage and care
Storing your handmade soap How to care for your soap? The first thing you need to know about homemade handmade soap is that it needs to breathe. This is important to help the soap cure – the longer it cures the harder the bar will get. It will stay hard so long as it is…
Best Shampoo Bars – Natural Shampoo Bars
Natural Shampoo Bars: Benefits, Best Ingredients, and How to Use Them Natural shampoo bars have become increasingly popular over the last few years, and honestly, it’s easy to see why. These solid bars are simple, long-lasting, eco-friendly, and made with nourishing oils that can leave your hair and scalp feeling clean without relying on harsh…
Water on Soap
Soap and Water Hard and Soft Water A nice bar of soap will lather well with hard or soft water, but soap does lather way better in soft water.
Shrink Wrap Soap – should you shrink wrap your soap?
Shrink Wrap Soap Lately I have had a few people asking me about shrink wrapping their soap, I guess one of the benefits to this is that people will not touch the soap, put it to their noses when smelling it (that one always drives me nuts) but is wrapping it in shrink wrap good…
Homemade Laundry Soap Recipe (Powder and Liquid)
Making your own homemade laundry soap is one of the easiest ways to save money while reducing the number of chemicals used around your home. When I first started making natural soap, it was because of severe eczema and sensitive skin issues. Over time, I also began making my own laundry soap because many commercial…
Olive Oil for Hair
Olive oil for hair…..Yes! Olive oil is amazing for your hair, and thankfully being a soap maker I have lots of it. My hair was getting damaged from the sun, cold winter, and our hard water, I had tried many conditioners, but nothing seemed to work. One day as I was pouring Olive oil into…