HANDMADE SOAP 
Savannah soapmaker gets eco-friendlier(0)
by Mary Landers Sometimes you learn something you almost wish you hadn’t. Such was the case for Savannah soapmaker Saja Aures. She’d been making her Panhandle Girl soaps from her home for years, selling her “fiercely fabulous products” mainly through her website,www.panhandlegirl.com, and feeling good about how environmentally friendly her efforts were. Aures, an administrator [...]
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Rub-a-Dub-Dub, the Handmade Soap in Hunterdon’s Tub
by Kenna Caprio Making soap may seem completely scientific, but it’s really about creativity and chemistry. Soap has three main components: vegetable or animal fat, water and lye. When the ingredients reach the same temperature, makers mix a fat with lye and water, and watch saponification, a chemical process, occur. Then they add fragrances and [...]
How to:Decorative Molded Soaps
by Arnold Grummer’s These simple molded soaps are an easy way to spruce up the bathroom. They also make inexpensive gifts. Check out this article for tips on making your own soap to use with this project. Supplies: Soap base Paring knife Microwaveable glass measuring cup Microwave Soap colorant Arnold Grummer’s Magnolia/Sunflower/Butterfly/Any Arnold Grummer’s Ceramic [...]
Super soap!
Famous though it is, savon de Marseille does not have an official French AOC, but its production was codified in 1688 in an edict by Louis XIV, which stipulated that no butter or other animal fats could be used in the soap mixture, but “only pure olive oil”—anything else and “the merchandise will be confiscated”. [...]