Blue & White Swirl - Making Soap Using White as a Color
Saturday August 30, 2008
Often times, soap makers (and candle makers for that matter) are trying to color their soaps (or candles) a color other than white. Whether it's adding a purple swirl, or ... Read More
Goodness In - Goodness Out - Qualities of Oils for Your Soap Making Recipes
Monday August 25, 2008
Like choosing the ingredients in any recipe, choosing the oils in your soap recipes is a very important step in your soap making. Each oil imparts different qualities to the ... Read More
Bombs & Bombes, Real Liquid Soap & Fake Liquid Soap - Read About It Here
Friday August 22, 2008
I came across "Making Scented Soap" by Linda Hamblen one day at the library. What first caught my eye was that she uses the British spelling for "Bath Bombes." As ... Read More
Reconsidering Crisco - A Neglected Soap Making Oil?
Friday August 15, 2008
Today, I want to talk about Crisco.Yes...Crisco...It may be "better than butter for cooking," but what about for making soap? I've always considered Crisco (which is a hydrogenated blend of ... Read More
How to Make Hurricane Candle Shells
Wednesday August 13, 2008
Previously, I've featured Hurricane Candle Shells as a component in Photo Candles or even New Year's Candles.. Alas, New Years seems even further away than Autumn. But it is actually ... Read More
In the Heat of Summer - It's Time to Think of Fall
Monday August 11, 2008
It's been over 100 degrees here in Texas nearly everyday for the past couple of weeks. While we are all yearning for cooler weather, it's still very odd to be ... Read More
Liquid Soap Making Tip - How to Store Liquid Soap Paste
Wednesday August 6, 2008
There are many great recipes for making your own natural liquid soap. While most of the recipes differ in the mixture of oils they use, one thing seems pretty consistent ... Read More
How to Make Herbal Oil Infusions for Soap Making and More
Tuesday August 5, 2008
Part of it was hearing Jeanne Rose speak about the healing qualities of herbs at the Texas Soapmakers convention. Part of it was testing out a new jojoba liquid soap ... Read More
How to Make Your Chunk Candles a Different Way - Vertical Chunk Candles
Friday August 1, 2008
There's a new video step by step on the site showing you how to How to Make Chunk Soaps. However, I learned to make chunk candles before I learned to ... Read More