This post explains why a preservative called Optiphen is added to our body butters and lotions.

Before I started making soap, I remember going into local boutiques, shopping on Etsy, or going to local farmer's markets and seeing these gorgeous bars of handmade soap that smelled divine but had a less than divine price, in my opinion. I thought to myself, "I would never in a million years pay that much for a bar of soap!" Well, fast forward many years and many handcrafted batches later, and I could tell you for sure that I would never again use another store-bought, fac

Handcrafted Soap should be stored in a soap dish that allows for proper water drainage, meaning your soap isn't sitting in a puddle and tuning into a mushy blob. If Handcrafted Soap is used in the shower, keep it out of the stream of running water, and then stored in a well-draining dish. This will prolong the life of your bar.

"Get your Goat," or how some around here might say it, "git yer goat," is to say someone may be irritated or annoyed. This expression comes from a tradition of horse racing. Thought to have a calming effect on high-strung thoroughbreds, a goat was placed in the horse's stall the night before the race. Unscrupulous opponents would steal the goat in hopes of upsetting the horse so that it may lose the race. With all that being said, What's got your goat? Is your skin dry and ir

I have wanted to try and make a goat milk soap for quite a while now but have been hesitant. One reason is that working with milk in a cold process soap is a little tricky; it is easy to scorch the milk, and you end up with a stinky mess, and I hate to mess up and waste a loaf of soap. So after procrastinating and finally running out of reasons not to do it, I finally mustered up the courage and decided to go for it. Still, I needed "the goat" first. Seeing as I have never ac