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Happy Presidents' Day! The Soap Queen TV crew and I just finished up a whirlwind weekend of filming. We whipped up a body butter, a colorful melt and pour project and a fresh, citrusy, and herby cold process project using the vertical mold. The day was fast paced and filled with soapy fun, healthy … Continue Reading
Seriously, doesn't this look like our little red-haired Jamisen? The artwork is done by my friend Jess (want routine laughs? Follow her blog!) who is working on her own cartoon book (thanks to Kickstarter - check out her project here). How talented is she?! I backed her Kickstarter project and that … Continue Reading
Fresh Bamboo is an bright fresh smelling fragrance oil that has gone completely under the radar. So we snuck Fresh Bamboo fragrance oil samples in the Bramble Berry packages going out the door for the month of February to get the word out. Have you seen our new featured sample idea page on the … Continue Reading
You may have heard the word 'Pinterest' lately - or maybe you're ahead of the curve and you're already using (eh hem, obsessing!) Pinterest. I saw a joke on Facebook the other day that said, "So, while all the girls are on Pinterest, let's talk about them." And, for the most part, that's totally … Continue Reading
I know you're distracted by the little bum and that Cupid has caught you with his arrow but there are cute Valentine soaps in the background. Click here to get your last minute (like, very last minute) soap wraps! … Continue Reading
It has been a while since we've done a Soap Queen interview and this is one you don't want to miss! It's with the super sparky founder of You Smell Soap, Megan Cummins. Her packaging, design and soap concept is strong for but that's second to her drive and desire to start up her soap business. Megan … Continue Reading
I recently went curling. For those of you not in the "know", it's an Olympic sport that involves sliding a heavy rock thing to an end zone and scoring points by getting into progressively smaller, more precise areas. It's sort of like shuffleboard on ice. It involves more abdominal work than you … Continue Reading
EEEP! Valentines day is next week. I have a good excuse for forgetting and that reason just learned to crawl like a big boy - no more army crawling for him. But I digress ... If you're still wondering how to wrap up your valentine soaps, I've got an easy (and free) last minute idea for you. This … Continue Reading
Soap Weekend Intensive 2012: Who will be there? This is the fabulous Kat from Otion teaching her famous swirling class. Wednesday January 8th, 2012 Local soap supply company will be hosting their 4th annual weekend of soapmaking lead by Anne-Marie Faiola, CEO of Bramble Berry Soapmaking … Continue Reading
Bramble Berry recently received a whole mess of new loot! SCORE! Check out our super cute molds, tools, stamps and reed diffuser kits. We love our new molds so much that we've already done a tutorial with the Mini Hearts and Love molds. Check it out on the Soap Queen Blog: Love Mold and Hearts in … Continue Reading
Guest blog by Simona in Marketing - and her feelings off the Crazy Sexy Cleanse. Today is Day One of "Life after the Crazy Sexy Cleanse". I can’t tell you how clear-headed I felt with all these vegetables and lack of processed foods! Technically I started this cleanse a day early so that I could … Continue Reading
Breakthrough! This week the cleanse finally started to feel comfortable to me. It wasn’t the initial change that was difficult but the following through and sticking with it for a full 3 weeks. The more comfortable you get with something, generally, the easier it is to slip up (eeps) which happened … Continue Reading
Yes, there is an easy way to swirl melt and pour soap. All you have to do is get your soap to the sweet spot temperature and it couldn't be easier. We call it the "Faux Melt and Pour Swirl". Check out the original melt and pour swirl on Soap Queen TV. If you make this soap (or a variation of it) I … Continue Reading
Bramble Berry donates 5% of our profits every year to worthy non profits (and has since 1998). This year, we would love to bring you into the mix with a portion of our charitable giving. Rather than have you vote on what charities to give to, we're hoping to involve you in a personally meaningful … Continue Reading