The Benefits of Bar Soap

I get asked fairly often if I plan to add liquid soap to my product line.  While I may dabble in liquid soap one day, I am in no hurry because I strongly believe that bar soap is much better.  Why, you ask?  Well, here are a few reasons.            ...

Spotlight on Ingredients: Goat Milk

There are so many wonderful ingredients to include in handmade soap, from juices and milks to herbs and silk.  I include several wonderful ingredients in my recipe, and this post is the first in a multi-part series about my favorites to use in soap.  First up is goat milk!  It sounds like a great thing to use...

Oatmeal in Handmade Soap

Many soapers, including me, like to use oatmeal in their handmade soaps.  This post highlights a few of the different options you have when using this wonderful ingredient. First, why use oatmeal?  According to this blog post I found online (and this one), a few of the reasons to use oatmeal are:  Oatmeal in soaps helps to... -...

The many faces of the butterfly swirl

There is a technique in soap making where you use a thick wire (or a hangar, more on that in a minute) to make designs in the soap.  The neatest part of soaps made using a hangar (and drop swirl pouring the batter) are the patterns that emerge when you put to soaps next to...