By Amber Beltran
MY ODD (BUT AWESOME!) CHILDHOOD! As I was narrating this introduction in my head, I realized I was about to get really personal here! That’s okay though... We’re soap makers,...
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By Amber Beltran
OUT OF MY ELEMENT & UP IN THE CLOUDS! In every way, I felt completely out of my element (literally and figuratively) when it came to this batch of soap!...
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By Amber Beltran
NORTHERN EXPOSURE I’ve always wanted to see the northern lights in person... I just wish it didn’t have to be so cold to do it! Although I’ve only seen the...
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By Amber Beltran
THE INNER MUSINGS OF MY MIND! Before I ever start typing-away on my next guest blog post, I always begin with my notebook and a pen in-hand to write down...
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By Amber Beltran
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? We’ve all done it at one point or another... You’re perusing through fragrance oils on your favorite soapmaking supplier’s website when you come across an oil...
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By Amber Beltran
MY APOLOGIES, MANGO TANGO! There was time when “Mango Tango” mica and I weren’t on speaking terms, but it was a TOTAL misunderstanding! I’ll explain… You see, at the very...
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By Amber Beltran
NEVER SAY “NEVER”! Greetings fellow soap enthusiasts! Have you ever seen a picture of a handmade soap so outrageously beautiful and skillfully crafted it made you instantly think, “Holy moly!...
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By Amber Beltran
WINTER IS COMING! Here in balmy Florida, there’s three things that happen each year that remind me winter is coming, and unfortunately, none of them involve dragons or Kahl Drogo...
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By Amber Beltran
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING FUN TO DO! There’s nothing that gets those inspirational juices flowing quite like a change of scenery! My husband and I flew in...
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By Amber Beltran
LOVE YOUR AMAZING FACE! When it comes to my face, I’m the typical, yet frustratingly confusing, combination skin-type. I’ve got that embarrassingly dry “T-Zone”, where dry, flaky skin on the...
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By Amber Beltran
CHOICES, CHOICES, CHOICES! Without having a “Bubba Gump moment” and naming off each and every design technique available to soap makers, I’ll just say that when it comes to taking...
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By Amber Beltran
A SOAP MAKING NIGHTMARE! Alright, you caught me! While the blue blob in the picture above isn’t really soap at all (It’s Playdoh I borrowed from my son on an...
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By Amber Beltran
YOU’LL KNOW WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER While I couldn’t resist adding a little 90’s “cult classic” humor to the introduction of this blog, the events of last summer weren’t...
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By Amber Beltran
GONE, AND ACCIDENTALLY FORGOTTEN Have you ever had that lingering feeling that you’ve forgotten something? Maybe you left the house in such a hurry, you can’t quite recall turning the...
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