Tutorials on soapmaking, bath fizzies, lotions and more
Click here for Part One of the Pinwheel Soap Tutorial. Step 5: With a very small bladed knife make a mark in the center of the circle.Proceed to cut the round soap into eight sections using the mark as a starting point on each cut.You get extra bonus points if you cut the sections curved. It's … Continue Reading
Bramble Berry just added a new fragrance - Smoky Patchouli. It smells suspiciously like firewood in the bottle but in cold process soap, smells like a rich, deep and expensive Patchouli. You can find it here. The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to browse … Continue Reading
Over on the TeachSoap Forum, Erin asked for a tutorial on making the exciting Peppermint Candy Soaps that I made at Christmas. Here is a tutorial on making Peppermint Candy Soaps - but redone for Spring with happy pastel colors. The set up is simple: White Melt and Pour Clear Melt and … Continue Reading
Phew, though we got through inventory counting months ago, we're finally now we get to do the fun stuff - numbers crunching. Sharing the wealth of knowledge with Soap Queen readers, here are Bramble Berry'sTop 10 Best Selling Fragrances and Essential Oils for 2007 In order of popularity: Oatmeal, … Continue Reading
Thank you New York Times Bitten Blog for making my evening that much sweeter. For their book, Hello Cupcake!, cake artists Karen & Alan made this amazing sheet of cupcakes and frosted it in an extraordinary way. Though, as a cupcake connoisseur, I suspect some of that frosting is so darkly … Continue Reading
Bath Fizzy that Ate the World! Originally uploaded by brambleberry22098 The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to browse Bramble Berry. Have a question about this blog post? Come join us at Bramble Berry's Facebook page and we can help you … Continue Reading
Thank you TechCrunch for the dismal miserable news about another venture capital funded business, Akimbo, headed down the toilet. Akimbo raised $56million to compete in the digital media space, apparently without much success. If those Venture Capitalists (the same ones that don't fund any of … Continue Reading
The Soap Queen blog will be doing a multi-part tutorial on making these fun Pinwheel Soaps, starting tomorrow. The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to browse Bramble Berry. Have a question about this blog post? Come join us at Bramble Berry's … Continue Reading
I appreciate how detail oriented these Starry Night soaps are by Crater Lake. Having recently had a major disaster with impatience and soap, I am inspired to pull out my soaping goodies this weekend and try to work on details. Maybe some soap designs for the Fourth of July coming up? She says … Continue Reading
Consider this your CuteOverload for the day. (FeedBlitzers, it's a video on the actual Soap Queen Website. It's of adorable baby red pandas, guaranteed to make your ovaries thump and your vocal cords to start cooing in an uncontrollable manner) The best soap supplies on the internet are … Continue Reading
Thank you to Bob Pritchett from Logos Bible Software for alerting me to this super cool Bacon Soapmaking Video. Just a small safety note, weighing out oils is better than volume measurements if you're making cold process soapmaking recipes. But, even without that pesky scale part added in, this … Continue Reading
A big hurray for Manolo Brides! They courageously tried our Bridal Soap Favor Kit ... and the soaps came out beautiful! Despite having no microwave, they persevered and melted their soap in the oven (channeling the Pioneer ingenuity of old). They blogged about the entire experience here, along … Continue Reading
Dear goodness, an entire site reviewing the National Stationary show. I am in delighted squealing heaven. Thank you Poppytalk! The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to browse Bramble Berry. Have a question about this blog post? Come join us … Continue Reading
I love buying insane amounts of bath products to use. It's a great education - checking out what formulations and colors people use in their products and comparing it against what worked well and what didn't work so well. In this case, I tried the Pich Posh Green Mean Machine, or at least … Continue Reading