More in-depth information about the ingredients that I use...this time, beeswax! Beeswax is a golden yellow wax produced in the beehive o...

How does soap clean? Soaps and detergents both do a good job of cleaning. They are “surface active” substances ( surfactents ), which means ...

How are handcrafted soaps different from commercial soaps? The chemical process used to make soap is dictated by nature, but the ingredients...

What is soap? Soap is simply the product that comes from mixing a mild acid (fats and oils) and a base (sodium hydroxide, also called lye) t...

I love it when customers come up with great ways to showcase my soap! I did two custom orders this week that were lots of fun. One gentleman...

My Dad is a manly man. There's very little on the ranch that he can't fix, build or do. I think, even though he's now approachin...

When I was growing up in Idaho, my stepfather taught college literature and creative writing...and dabbled in cryptozoology . Huh? What...

I'm going to be trying out some new scent combinations today in a batch of soap and I've been thinking about how I've learned so...

I have been wrestling lately with the issue of palm oil . WHAT issue with palm oil, you say? It's ridiculously complex, and I'm not...