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Assorted Cold Process Soaps Originally uploaded by midohana I found this photo on Flickr tonight and immediately went weak in the knees at the luscious deep texture on the cold process soap. The soap artist went through a great deal of patient work to achieve the peaks and valleys in the tops of … Continue Reading
Continuing the "How to Write a Business Plan" series (so you can get loans from a bank, pitch to venture capital or appease your spouse when they ask why you're putting the house on the line), here is Step Two for your foray into a legitimate business. Click here for the original post on first baby … Continue Reading
Start out your week right with a dash of Mocha soap from Wylde Ivy. Click here to view details. Or just luxuriate in the crisp clean photo of their delightfully designed soap bars. Each bar is 3.5 to 4.5 ounces. This handmade soap contains: Saponified Olive Oil, Palm Oil, Palm Kernal Oil, … Continue Reading
I had a lucky twenty minute break to enjoy an Open Sundae's Bon Bon this weekend. The Bon Bons are shaped like a densely caloric sugar morsel and smells delightful. This is the photo from the Open Sundae's site. They look amazing, colorful and delicious in their native habitat (the official Open … Continue Reading
Homemade Essentials or Herbal 1. Earth Scents Herbal Soap :: Susan Calahan 2. Fiore di Capra Lavender Lemon :: Alethea Swift 3. The Delicate Doe Stabar :: Karen Catapano Homemade Fragrances 1. TLC Fragrance Soap :: Caroline Lawson 2. Little Mama Products :: Sue Harris 3. Far Above Rubies … Continue Reading
As promised two weeks ago, here are two short videos of the long (thirty minutes plus!) scraping process to get the beeswax spill off our kitchen table. The hand in the video belongs to my father. The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to browse Bramble … Continue Reading
The Manor Hall Soap Blog has an informative article on why Shea Butter is great in bodycare products. Read it here. The Manor has unrefined shea butter for $8.35 for 2 oz. Bramble Berry's refined shea butter can be found here for 16 oz. for $6.90. I am glad that I came across Susan's blog because … Continue Reading
As promised two weeks ago, here are two short videos of the long (thirty minutes plus!) scraping process to get the beeswax spill off our kitchen table. The hand in the video belongs to my father.The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to browse Bramble … Continue Reading
Congratulations to Leslie Rodriguez! Leslie, email me with your address so I can get your goodies out in the mail to you! info (at) brambleberry (dot) com The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to browse Bramble Berry. Have a question about this … Continue Reading
Hi Happy Soapers! I'll be having a very light posting day today because one of my perfumers is here for a visit. She flew out from the midwest for the day to sniff, soap and plan out our fragrance map for the year. We'll be at Otion all day, soaping and smelling the latest and greatest trends. If … Continue Reading
Thanks to Joanna over at The Soap Bar blog, I am now $35 lighter in the wallet but oh so enticed by this super cool cold process FLOAP soap!FLOAP soap appears to be a traditional cold process soap recipe with a lot of air whipped into it. The bars feel a bit like a light, fluffy marshmallow. It's … Continue Reading
Just posting another tantalizing photo of some of the goodies in the prize pack for this week's contest. Doesn't this mini bath cupcake from Open Sundae's look amazing? Click here to enter the contest. The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to browse … Continue Reading
Bramble Berry has some fun new molds for the Guest Mold (Heavy Duty Mold) section. Here are a couple of them. They'll be up for sale tonight or tomorrow morning. The Party Stars would be ideal for New Years. I see it with glitter, a clear Labcolor to allow the glitter to shine through and … Continue Reading
The Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks sounds delicious but packs a wallop of calories - 380 to be exact with 49 grams of sugar. Click here to read FitSugar's skinny on this diet-killing drink. The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to browse Bramble … Continue Reading