Santa came early this year to Bramble Berry, and he brought a whole host of new products with him! With winter quickly approaching, we want to highlight some of our new products before the busy soaping season starts. We’ve got a few exciting new tools, several fragrance and essential oils and a library’s worth of books and e-books. If you have any suggestions for products you’ d like to see Bramble Berry carry, be sure to let us know in the comments below.
In the past few months, we’ve been working hard on some new soaping tools that will change the way you swirl. Our Easy Swirl and Comb Swirl Tools (also available in our Swirl Tool Kit) are a cold process soaper’s dream. Instead of spending time painstakingly getting those peacock or frog foot swirls just perfect, these tools make the designs possible in a matter of minutes.
Our two newest essential oils — Cedarwood Atlas and Palmarosa, are fantastic for any all-natural recipe. Cedarwood Atlas Essential Oil is said to have aromatherapy benefits, and it’s it’s been said to be helpful for acne-prone skin. In cold process soap, this essential oil has a lovely woodsy scent. Palmarosa Essential Oil, on the other hand, has a soft floral aroma vaguely reminiscent of rose and blends well with citrus-y oils such as Bergamot or milder oils such as Chamomile. We used Palmarosa in the beautiful Fall Leaves soap we cut earlier this week.
To achieve a beautiful blue jean-blue, we’ve introduced a Natural Indigo Powder that can be dispersed in isopropyl alcohol and used in melt & pour or added to the lye water for cold process coloring. Indigo requires a super hot gel phase to go blue and we found that adding it directly to lye water gets you the most blue color. For the below video, we added it, pre-dispersed, at trace. We used Indigo Powder, Safflower Powder and Paprika Powder to color our Celine Swirl. Check out the cut below:
Easy Grip Silicone Ladle, Round Silicone Spoon, Silicone Spatula, & Square Silicone Spoon
These easy-grip silicone tools have been our go-to tools for our soaping sessions. They’re also easy to clean and sanitize. The rubber handles have a non-slip grip and can resist temperature up to almost 500 degrees Fahrenheit. You can purchase the tools individually or purchase the entire Silicone Tool Set.
Do you want to learn more about making your own lotions, cremes and emulsified scrubs? These three new e-books — Back to Basics, Formulating Lotions & Cremes, and Lotion Making 101 — will give you all the information you need to start formulating your own recipes. And at the very last moment (minutes before this post went up), we added this 194 page e-book on Hair Care Products. With this e-book, you’ll have a comprehensive overview of hair chemistry, how shampoo and conditioner work and most importantly, how to formulate great quality hair products for everyday use. They’re available for quick download and instant formulation gratification.
We added three new molds for your melt and pour & cold process soaping (or chocolate or plaster or wax crafting). We couldn’t help but add the Ornaments Mold, and the Guest Goat Milk Tray Mold and an art-deco inspired Filigree Bee Mold were too cute to pass up.
In Bubbles to Bucks, veteran soapmaker Elin Criswell explores what it takes to turn your soapmaking hobby into a business. She gives you useful advice on starting a small business so you’ll have the tools to succeed. This is a must-read for any soapmaker wanting to start or grow their business.
We also snuck a brand new fragrance oil into our line. Introducing the Amazon Lily & Rain, which smells like florally fresh line-dried linens. If you want a sneak-peek of how it works in cold process, check out our Rainbow Squirty Swirls (it performed beautifully!). Also, be sure to also check out the refill for the Guava Shave Ice Fragrance Oil, which is part of the SoapyLove Island Style Soap Colorants Kit. It’s a great way to keep this perennial summer favorite in-stock.
To achieve the perfect decorative finish for your bath bomb cupcakes, soap meringues, or even your fluffy soap filling, use this brand new Basket Weave Frosting Tip to take your designs to the next level.
Now you can get all your major soapmaking oils in one place. We’ve introduced Canola Oil to our fixed oils line for an affordable, inexpensive oil to use in your recipes. We like using Canola Oil as a partial substitute for Olive Oil when we’re trying to get precise colors in soap because it doesn’t discolor the way Olive Oil sometimes can.
Have you used any of these new products yet? If so, we’d love for you to leave a review on our website. Not sure how to do it? Learn how to leave a review on our website here.
Hi! I’ve seen many clips where you are cutting the loafs of soap. So I tried to find the cutting board/mat you use on the Bramble Berry homepage but it seems like you’re not selling it, am I right?
In any case I have never seen anything like that before and I would love to know where to get my hands on one, so my question is: What are they called and can you recommend where to get one? 🙂
Thanks alot! 🙂
Good morning, Thomas!
We do not sell the cutting boards and mats that you see in the videos, but you can purchase them at a local kitchen supply store. You can also check out our multi-bar cutter which helps to evenly and easily cut the loaf soaps. I hope this helps!
Multi-Bar Cutter: https://www.brambleberry.com/Multi-Bar-Cutter-P5256.aspx
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Love the new swirl tools. Great idea. ell done. It should make our lives a LOT easier
Hi Odette!
All of us here just adore the new swirling tool and can’t wait for our customers to try it out. To see it in action, check out these tutorials:
Frog Foot Swirl: http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/cold-process-soap/frog-foot-swirl/
Peacock Swirl: http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/cold-process-soap/soap-challenge-peacock-swirl-2/
If you end up getting it, we’d love to see how your soaps turn out. =)
Happy Soaping!
-Becky with Bramble Berry
What I would really like from Santa (and BB) is faster turnaround on your website orders. Waiting 5 days for an order to get shipped out of your warehouse is not good customer service.
Hi Anna!
Thank you so much for your feedback, we do appreciate it when our customers let us know what would work better for them. If you ever have a concern about your order (or its whereabouts), feel free to contact customer service at info(at)brambleberry(dot)com or call them toll-free at 1-877-627-7883 and our customer care gals will be able to help you right out. And, we are actually implementing new shipping systems and procedures as we speak to make sure that everybody gets their orders on time! =)
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Yay Im excited about the indigo
Hi Julie!
We are so excited about the natural indigo powder as well and can’t wait to feature it in tutorials in the future. Be sure to subscribe to the Soap Queen blog so you know when the next tutorial comes out. =)
-Becky with Bramble Berry
I’m so excited to see that you’re now carrying indigo–I’ve been wanting to try that for some time. It’ll be on my next order!
Hi Amy!
We can’t wait for you to try it out — it works great in cold process soap and we’d love for you to share the final photos of your soap with us. =)
Happy Soaping!
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Love everything!! Really, really hoping though that you’ll start to carry a folded lemon essential oil that will stick in cold process. That is my dream. 🙂 I’m placing an order around Chtistmas and it will be fantastic if you guys happen to have that by then.
Oh, I agree, I’d love to see a folded lemon! I love the lemon essential oil I have from BB, but I have to do HP instead of CP which isn’t my favorite method (I’m addicted to swirling, I can’t help it).
Hi Juli!
We love hearing what our customers would like us to carry, and don’t ever hesitate to let us know what you want. =)
Happy Soaping!
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Hi Toni!
That is such a great idea and I will pass it onto our Product Development Team — thanks for the suggestion! =)
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Hey! I’m a little stuck on designing labels for lip balm display boxes. Mine are from wholesale supplies plus. They are rectangular with an arch, that area is where I want to be put a label. However I don’t know what size or how to go about making a clean label for it. It’s not so much the design I have trouble with (I know what I want it to look like), but the shape. I’m not sure where I can get this shape of label or create one that is completely smooth (rather than me putting a circle label on top of a rectangular one) please help. Thank you!
(I asked this question before but it was answered in regard to lip balm labels on the tube itself. I am fully aware of how to do this. HOWEVER, my question above is about the labels on Lip Balm DISPLAY BOXES.
With all due respect, demanding an answer to a question about another supplier’s product is not appropriate. Shouldn’t you ask WSP this question?
Hi Ana!
We always try to help our readers and customers figure out what would work the best for them. If you ever have any questions, let us know! =)
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Hi Gabi!
It really depends on what size boxes you have, but you can check out our free labels (for all sorts of products) here:
https://www.brambleberry.com/Search.aspx?k=label
I would also suggest checking out the Teach Soap Forums to see if any of the crafters or soapers there have some ideas for you.
http://www.teachsoap.com/forum/
And, Avery does have labels that work on a variety of different types of boxes and packaging. =)
I hope that this helps!
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Thank you! Didn’t mean to be rude in any way, you guys are just really great with responding to all interested in soapmaking, etc.
Hi Gabi!
We are totally here to help answer any soapy-type (and bath & body) questions you might have, so don’t ever hesitate to ask. Let us know how your lip balm labels turn out. =)
-Becky with Bramble Berry