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Essential Nutrition for Healthy Hair
The old adage, “you are what you eat” is hardly more true than when it comes to natural beauty. There’s almost nothing better to support a great head of hair than a healthy body fueled by excellent...
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How to Make Cold Processed Soap
Cold processed soap is often the cornerstone of artisan handcrafted skin care businesses – and it’s no wonder why. The difference between a well-made natural bar of soap and the stuff you find in a box...
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Professional Help: What is Product Challenge Testing?
Whether you are a small business owner just starting out or a professional formulator for a national brand, the shelf life of your products is a major concern. We receive questions about this topic...
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Quick Guide: Using Vegetable Butters in Soaps, Skin Care, and Hair Care Products
Rich, creamy Vegetable Butters can add intense moisture to almost any kind of skin or hair care formulation. They can even be added to handmade soaps to increase their conditioning benefits. But which...
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Reader Question: Should I Use Specialty Carrier Oils in Handmade Soap?
Hi. You have a lot of exotic oils. Amazing selection. I am new to making soap and lotions. Would some of the exotic oils work in cold process soap making? Or are they geared for lotions etc? – Laura...
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Six Ways to Take Better Photos of Your Handmade Soap
In many ways, making soap can be akin to making art. Those who have mastered the craft create artful swirls, velvety smooth bars, and captivating landscapes of waves, textures, and colors. It can be...
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Tips For Organizing Your Soap Making and Formulation Workshop
Is there anything more inspiring to the creative mind than a clean and well-organized work space? For me, starting my day’s work with a blank palette and everything I need within reach is a tried and...
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Quick Guide: Using Exfoliants in Soap and Skin Care Products
Who doesn’t love a good scrub? Polishing off dead skin cells to revel the soft, smooth, and radiant skin that lies beneath is a real treat. Creating recipes for exfoliation can be as simple or complex...
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Try This: Make Fizzy Bath Salts from Crumbled Bath Bombs or Fizzies
We all have those days when nothing seems to be going right. When a recipe or project flops it can feel like a disaster. But every so often that very disaster turns out to be an opportunity in...
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How to Embellish Paperboard Containers
As an inherently crafty person, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on our newly added line of Paperboard Containers. These natural toned cardboard tubes and jars are gorgeous as-is, but the possibilities...
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