http://handmadesoaps.biz A handmade soapmaker's blog for those with a special interest in health and wellness. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:49:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Manly (or womanly) shaving soaps, plus a cool companion molded soap made with leftovers. The title to this entry has nothing to do with its content, but someone said that to me recently, and I liked it very much! Actually, what I want to write about is a new shaving soap for ... http://handmadesoaps.biz/?p=230 Look out bugs, here we come! Some of us, myself included, are blessed by being designated as “prime” by summertime insects. I must surely be walking around with a huge red flag that only biting insects can see, and I’m always amazed at friends who seem blissfully ignorant of the torture ... http://handmadesoaps.biz/?p=229 Today's new batch of stretch mark oil for my fruitful friends, along with the small-sized travel bottles I painstakingly filled last week. Yay! I love summer. Being a warm-weather, open-window aficianado, I love living where I don’t have to hide in air conditioning all summer. Of course, everybody around me does, ... http://handmadesoaps.biz/?p=227 A new batch of Anna's All-Natural Deodorant just in time for spring and summer This week I switched from the soap pot to the melting pot. Soapmakers need to multi-task too, and at Anna’s EsSCENTials I’ve tried to hone in on products that are compatible with the good soaps that go ... http://handmadesoaps.biz/?p=224 New for spring, Bluegrass Spice of Life In the spring, soapers’ thoughts lightly turn to new recipes and the soap pot. It’s no exception here in the Bluegrass, and I can report that Anna’s EsSCENTials Bodycare has two new products for spring. Our soap pot produced...drum roll please... “Bluegrass Spice of ... http://handmadesoaps.biz/?p=220 Look at this...Fresh-picked cranberries from the Nova Scotia Atlantic seacoast! To my loyal friends following this blog, I apologize for not updating it recently. I’m in Chicago working on a special textbook publishing project as part of my life outside soaping. The good thing is the time I’ve been able to ... http://handmadesoaps.biz/?p=218 Talk about a soap good enough to eat... This year I decided to combine two of my popular but similar soaps...Almond Goat's Milk and Oatmeal Honey. So...introducing...(drum roll please)...Goats Milk Honey Almond & Oatmeal soap. And this one I actually nibble on as I make it. It contains almond butter and goats ... http://handmadesoaps.biz/?p=216 Today was a day for dealing with "special soaps." Here is a new batch of my Ultimate soap on the left and Moments of Happiness on the right. Today I made the second batch of Moments of Happiness, my new sesame oil soap inspired by a trip to Thailand last spring ... http://handmadesoaps.biz/?p=213 Here’s another new product for the fall and holiday season. It comes courtesy of my Oklahoma soaper friend, Charlotte, at Laughing Rabbit Soap Co. Let me tell you that Charlotte is “Queen of Funny/Creative Thoughts,” and we often commiserate about various soapers’ blues topics ... she keeps me going and ... http://handmadesoaps.biz/?p=211 Here's the recently completed Hazelfield Farm Gift Shop. Just behind are fields of flowers, now gone for the fall, and meadows with cows grazing contentedly. Wedding, anyone? I’m pretty sure we do not celebrate nearly enough. But last weekend here in Owen County, Kentucky, we sure did. There are some places and ... http://handmadesoaps.biz/?p=202