Selling handmade soap at a local farmers market can be one of the best ways to grow your soap business, meet repeat customers, and build a loyal following in your community. I sold soap at farmers markets for many years, and while it can be a lot of work, it’s also one of the…
Natural Ways to Help Dry Itchy Skin (My Experience With Eczema)
I can speak from personal experience about how miserable dry itchy skin can be. Growing up, I struggled badly with eczema. There were times when my skin was so itchy that I could barely sleep comfortably at night. My skin would become dry, irritated, and sore from scratching. At the time, we used heavily scented…
Eco-Friendly Soap Labeling: Environmental Claims and Greenwashing Explained
Eco-friendly labeling has become increasingly popular in the handmade soap and skincare industry. As more customers look for natural products and environmentally conscious businesses, soap makers are finding new ways to explain what makes their products different. But using words like green, natural, sustainable, or eco-friendly on a soap label isn’t always as straightforward as…
INCI Names
INCI Names for Essential Oils Carrier Oils and most ingredients you’ll use in your Homemade Products
What is INCI
INCI it is a listing of Latin Names for Cosmetic Ingredients and is the shortened name for “International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients”
Cocoa Butter and Soap
Cocoa Butter and Soap Super moisturizing cocoa butter in soap and other skin care products Cocoa Butter in soap and other bath products creates a super moisturizing and skin protecting formula. This butter is high in Non-saponifiable content, making your soap very moisturizing.
Benefits of Shea Nut Butter
Shea Nut Butter A Natural Treatment for Skin and Hair 100% pure and natural benefits of Shea Nut Butter include being an all-natural Vitamin A Cream. This tropical butter has shown to be a superb moisturizer, with exceptional healing properties for the skin.
Clay in Soap – and much more
Adding Clay to your soap is a great way to color your soap naturally or make special purpose soaps. Clays come in different colors and are a great natural way to color your soap. These clays are not limited to coloring your soap, some of them have wonderful minerals that can be used to benefit…
Rosehip Oil benefits Skin – better than store bought moisturizers
Rosehip Oil benefits the Skin Rose hip Oil is also known as Rosa Mosquieta it comes from the rose family and found growing all over north and South America as well as growing abundantly throughout Chili, rose hip oil could easily replace all your un-natural lotions.
How to Make Goat Milk Soap (Cold Process Recipe Guide)
Goat milk soap has become one of my favorite soaps to make because it leaves the skin feeling soft, creamy, and moisturized. Many people use goat milk soap to help with dry or sensitive skin, and it’s a wonderful addition to homemade cold process soap recipes. Goat milk contains natural fats, vitamins, and alpha hydroxy…