Handmade Soaps make wonderful gifts.  The show you took a lot of effort into the thought behind the gift, and the person who received the gift can think of you every day as it’s being used. For those reasons, I’ve had fun putting together these 4 Soap Recipes for Dad. After all, Father’s day is […]

Making anti-bacterial hand soap is a simple process. The end product is a creamy, great smelling hand soap with anti-bacterial properties derived from essential oils. So let’s get started! There are other ways to make hand soap, like using potassium hydroxide instead of sodium hydroxide, but since I already have ingredients for my usual cold […]

I’ve been wanting to tackle glycerin soap for some time now. Most recipes you find are for melt and pour. The problem with melt and pour is that you have no control over the ingredients. While melt and pour glycerin soaps are often better than a lot of other melt and pour soaps, they’re still […]

I’ve had everyone from relatives, co-workers, to people online ask me if I would make a hemp oil or CBD oil soap. After all, it’s supposed to do wonders for joint pain when applied topically. I put together a hemp soap recipe when I first started making soap, back before it was even popular, because […]

I’ve had a number of people ask how to add apple cider to soap, so I’ve put together a tutorial for this pretty apple cider soap recipe. Apple Cider Soap makes a great Fall decoration AND a great gift! This apple cider soap recipe contains apple cider, madder root for a brown swirl, and essential […]

I’ve been working hard to boost my immune system this year and it has definitely been paying off. My allergies are much better this spring so far. I still get itchy eyes and sneeze occasionally and so do my children, so I thought I’d go ahead and create an aromatherapy allergy relief soap recipe so […]

Adding little flares and decorations to your soap making can give your projects that special touch that shows your personality; like pencil line soap! It can also be very exciting to try something new within your designs and accomplish something beautiful that you’ve never tried before. Adding a pencil line to any soap is actually […]

Pets can be very sensitive to products that are applied to their skin. Their bodies have to filter out toxins, just like people. Even though they can handle a lot of bacteria in their gut, they can get sick and bogged down by perfumes and chemicals and lose energy and vibrancy. No one wants to […]

I get a lot of questions every week, almost every day, about how to make soap. One of the biggest questions I get is if you can make soap without lye. This gets into the differences between various soap processes: Melt and Pour vs Cold Process soap seems to be the biggest confusion. I thought […]

I had a lot of fun making this soap.  I’ve been wanting to make a charcoal soap recipe with a peppermint scent and white specks or swirls for a while now. I like the white on black or black with white highlights look.  It just seems that peppermint fits.  Of course, you can add whatever […]

Christmas and the whole holiday season make this the season for handmade gifts.  Organic soaps make a very nourishing gift idea. Christmas brings up memories of certain earthy scents like cinnamon and clove, foods like peppermint and citrus, or warm scents like vanilla and sandalwood.  You can make great gifts by combining scents that you […]

A lot of people like to make hot process soap, because they know it will be ready to use as soon as it cools.  It’s a great way to get kids involved, and a quick way to get your family natural soap to use right now. Hot Process Soap Making Tools Hot process soap making […]

My 7 Homemade Shampoo Recipes has been a huge hit over the years.  It’s definitely time to give you more recipes …again, all in one place. These shampoo bar recipes are 100% natural, pure, healthy, and palm free. I’ve added a few vegan options for you as well. These Herbal shampoo bar recipes are made […]

If you’ve never learned about stinging nettle, then you may just be familiar with it because you’ve walked through the woods and brushed your bare legs against it, causing a burning sensation. After all, it’s called stinging nettle for a reason. But nettle has been used for medicinal purposes for centuries, which is one reason […]

Natural handmade soaps are wonderful for the skin and fun to make. If you’ve never made soap, just getting started, or are an experienced soap maker, it’s important for you to better understand which soap making oils are better for what you’d like to accomplish. In other words, different oils bring different properties to soap. […]