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Greetings from the American Dairy Goats Association annual convention in Denver, Colorado! It is bright, cheery and brrrrrr, cold in Ft. Collins.Harriet and I (the soap judges) happily lathered up with over 80 bars of soap testing for hardness, fragrance, color and evenness of tone. We also did a … Continue Reading
I am teaching soap and lotion classes at the National Dairy Goats Association annual convention. My lotion class starts in 6 hours ... and I have no emulsifying wax. It will be difficult to teach without it. If anyone reading is in the Ft. Collins area AND happens to have some e-wax, I … Continue Reading
Thank you to Dave and Jude at Aussie Soap Supplies for trying out some of Bramble Berry's latest additions. They even sent photos and testing notes! If you're in Australia and you want to buy soapmaking supplies, Dave and Jude have a great company so check them out here. Testing notes from … Continue Reading
Thank you Amber for telling me about this adorable blog! Recently, Hostess With The Mostess featured the most adorably done Bento boxes. They make me want to play with my food. Alternately, they also make me want to have children who might appreciate well-crafted food like this! Click here to get … Continue Reading
I have blogged with awe and admiration about Debbie from SoapyLove (here and here). She takes melt and pour to an entirely new art form. We are so lucky that she is willing to share a bit of her soaping philosophy with us. Her web site can be found here and her Etsy store here.Soap-Queen: I love … Continue Reading
In case you haven't heard, Radiohead is giving away their new CD and letting the consumer decide how much to pay for it. Click here to buy their new album - for any dollar amount of you want to pay - even $0.00. If you listen to a group of entrepreneurs chatting, you'll hear that employees are a … Continue Reading
We've excited! Janice from the "Kick In The Tush" club has included Organic Fusion in her end of the year gift round up. Thanks Janice! Click here to see a few of her suggestions for non-food related goodies for the holidays. Janice is considered to be one of the top weight loss coaches in the … Continue Reading
We love Washington State - the beautiful hiking is a side-effect of the large amounts of rainfall we have. My family came up for the weekend. We all piled into the car and drove an hour to Mt. Baker for some hiking (slipping and falling) in the snow. This is me and my Dad, after hiking past … Continue Reading
Domaly Spiced Cranberry Sugar Scrub Yum! Domaly Spiced Cranberry Sugar Scrub is made with Cranberry Seeds, shea butter and cane sugar. Adding to the delight, the scrubs are self-emulsifying when used with water. Now that winter is coming, it's important to exfoliate your rough parts at least … Continue Reading
We love Washington State - the beautiful hiking is a side-effect of the large amounts of rainfall we have. My family came up for the weekend. We all piled into the car and drove an hour to Mt. Baker for some hiking (slipping and falling) in the snow. This is me and my Dad, after hiking past … Continue Reading
Crothix has skin firming properties (at least according to the hype). We have a recipe submitted by a reader at TeachSoap.com. It's meant to help firm skin because of the addition of Crothix. Bramble Berry customer, Jo H. wrote because she was having some problems with the recipe. Since we couldn't … Continue Reading
This beautiful soap is made by YouStinkSoap. She sells on Etsy. View her store here. She says this about her Mardi Gras soap (photo above): Raspberry, peach & other citrus notes highlight this scent. Undertones of lily, magnolia and musk add a floral base to pull the scents together. … Continue Reading
After three days straight of cupcake talk, The Soap Queen Blog is back to soap and making toiletries ... at least for the next few days! Bramble Berry had some exciting arrivals this week: Champagne Fragrance Oil - Perfect for the turning of the new year (2008 is here very soon!), Champagne is … Continue Reading
Hiding the little square boxes of cupcakes was a challenge. The answer to the challenge was candy - copious amounts of candy! The Skittles were received the best. The Skittles could be eating with the cupcakes. The Sweet Tarts and Starbursts had to be eaten separately from the cupcake. Also, the … Continue Reading