I’m sure this is a familiar sight for any cold process soap maker – the container (or boxes in my case) of soap shavings and off cuts which are left over when you cut and tidy your soaps. All of our bathrooms at work have my soap off cuts for hand washing, and you’ll more […]
If you haven’t read Part 1 of this post you can find it here It’s been one week since I made the test bars of soap. It took that long just to be able to un-mould the bars in one piece. You can see from the photo below that the bars were still very soft […]
As someone who has made cold process soap for several years now, I have certainly experienced my share of soap fails. Usually it was because I was unprepared or because I hadn’t looked up how a fragrance oil performs (‘cement’ soap in a bowl is NOT what I generally strive for!) Colours have also been […]
After literally weeks of hard work – there was no blood, but there was some sweat during those stifling summer days, and definitely a few tears! Our new website is finally LIVE! I hope you all like the new look as much as we do. It’s a bit ‘cleaner’ looking than our old one, and […]
One of the most common questions in candle making is what wick should I use. We carry a full range of sizes from tea light wicks to large container candle wicks. How to measure your container The size wick you need depends on the diameter (width) of your container. All our wicks are 150mm in […]
The Christmas season has come around again, scarily fast this year! We’ve been in the throes of our busiest time of year these last few weeks and I’d just like to say a big THANK YOU to all our customers for being patient and sticking with us throughout some of our more challenging times – […]
Having so many fragrances to choose from can be a little overwhelming when you’re first starting out. Often people get stuck trying to pick just one or two scents, or want to make sure the fragrances that they choose are going to be a popular choice with their customers, so inevitably we get asked pretty regularly… […]
We’re now open Saturdays from 9am – 1pm for the rest of the year! I know there are a few of you from out of town, or that work during the week who can’t come in during our regular opening hours, so now that we’re open Saturday mornings it will be easier to get all […]
I hate when I have to make announcements like this, but unfortunately with the ever increasing freight costs I can no longer absorb the dangerous goods fee that the courier charges me for sending sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide. I regret to say that from today 08/10/15 we now have to pass on that surcharge to our […]
Melt and pour soap is a fun and easy way to make your own soap. You don’t have to worry about wearing safety gear or using caustic soda like you do with cold process soap. It can be a fun project to do with kids or adults alike. These little soaps are poured straight into our […]
