Nurture Soap Is Now Nurture Handmade
By Carrie Jack
Nurture Soap is Now Nurture Handmade. To find out why, read the Facebook post in our group here. To summarize, our Google accounts related to Nurture Soap were hacked. Not to...
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The Best Soap Ever!
By Carrie Jack
This is guide on how to make the best soap ever! What is great soap? It’s soap that cleans, feels good, doesn’t cost you your first born child and is...
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Jeepers Creepers! What'd You Do to Those Peepers? A Lesson in Sugar & Lye Safety!
By Amber Beltran
WARNING! This guest blog includes two closeup pictures of my eyes (both in and out of a medical setting), which feature mild injury/chemical burns Sodium Hydroxide (lye) can cause to...
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Making "Pacific Northwest" Hybrid Soap
By Amber Beltran
SWEET MEMORIES! My favorite fragrances in the whole, wide world are the ones that take me places the moment I smell them. It can be an associated feeling with an...
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Foxy Infusions: Making Jasmine-Infused Cold Process Soap!
By Amber Beltran
AN HONEST CONFESSION I’m a little bit of a junkie when it comes to a certain freshly-handmade retailer that starts with an “L” and rhymes with “gush”! It’s one of...
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Catching Waves: 8th And Ocean Cold Process Soap!
By Amber Beltran
CATCHING WAVES… AND A BREAK! Making soap in Florida comes with its own challenges, as does making soap anywhere really! There’s so many different factors that can affect the final...
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No-Stink Beer Soap! Make “Honey Barrel Beer Soap”- Without the Beer Soap Smell!
By Amber Beltran
I DREAM OF AUTUMN Before moving to Florida, I remember speaking on the phone with a friend, a born-and-raised Floridian, inquiring about pertinent tidbits of information one might want to...
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Bourbon Street Beer Soap
By Amber Beltran
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL! Laissez les bon temps rouler is a famous French motto in New Orleans which means “let the good times roll”! On a personal level, when...
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What is Mica? Is it Natural?
By Carrie Jack
There seems to be a lot of confusion about what mica is. A lot of people will tell you that all mica used in cosmetics is lab-made. The reasons given...
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Revisiting Acceleration for Therapeutic Soap Making!
By Amber Beltran
PEACE AMONGST THE CHAOS Seems like everywhere you turn these days, there’s one thing taking precedence on everyone’s mind. When news of a new, or “novel”, virus was first making...
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All the Pretty Purples!
By Amber Beltran
SPRING IS IN THE AIR! No doubt about it, wherever you look, it’s become abundantly apparent that spring has sprung! There’s nothing quite like the days growing a little longer,...
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May Your Soaps be Merry & Bright
By Amber Beltran
Deck The Halls With Crafty Projects Thanksgiving has come and gone, and as we officially kick off another glorious holiday season (and attempt to come up with different and clever...
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My Blending Obsession
By Amber Beltran
MY COLOR OBSESSION CONFESSION Hello beautiful world of fellow crafters! My name is Amber Beltran, and I live, eat (Not literally, but sometimes I wish I could!), breathe and sleep...
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Colors for Bath Bombs
By Carrie Jack
Did you know most green and blue micas are not approved for coloring bath bombs? Also, most glitters are not approved, either! When it comes to colors for bath bombs,...
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Making “Mauna Loa” Pre-Shave Pumice Soap!
By Amber Beltran
WOAH! I DON’T DISLIKE THIS! “Hate”. It’s such a strong word, I rarely use it, but when it comes to fragrances which fit into the “tropical” scent category... Well, let’s...
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