Saturday, 22 August 2015

* Part 3 of Three New Soaps * Naturally Color Cold Process Soap *

This is an oldie but one I really love.  MyCherriCola has combined natural colourants to create a truly exquisite looking bar of soap which goes to show that gorgeous creations can be achieved using what nature provides us.  The cranberry seeds add that 'wow' factor.

If you are interested in using natural colourants in your soap creations then check out MyCherriCola's other YouTube videos.  They have definitely inspired me to start experimenting after I get back from holidays.



https://youtu.be/pSa_-1oIqUY

Friday, 21 August 2015

Creative Marketing or Downright Deceit?


I might be old fashioned or incredibly naive but surely soap produced using a manufacturing production line should not be marketed as 'hand made'.  Yet like so often a colleague of mine came back from a market with a bundle of hand made soaps feeling very pleased that he was able to find the hand made soap he gets from the other side of the city for sale in the local market. Great I thought I love to see other handmade soap as I eagerly looked into his bag.  Then I stopped.  In the bag was soap (I'll put my hand up to say I've used them, in fact they are lovely on the skin) produced on a very large scale.  This made me angry.  I was duped previously by claims by a different market seller that the same soap was hand made on a 'local' farm.  I was annoyed that someone who at best was ignorant and at worst deliberately misled my colleague.  He honestly thought the soap had been made by an individual person.

Now I'm curious to know what other people feel about misleading the public by labeling mass produced products as handmade?  Click on my survey to let me know.

Sunday, 16 August 2015

INNER EARTH SOAPS: Winter Soap Bundle - Now Available Online

INNER EARTH SOAPS: Winter Soap Bundle - Now Available Online: Our winter soap bundle is now available! Find it on our website here .



Click the link above to go to Inner Earth Soaps: Winter Soap Bundles


These soaps look absolutely amazing with their gentle swirls.  The colours complement each other beautifully.



A soap maker after my own heart, Inner Earth Soaps create their soaps using the traditional cold pressed methods allowing their soaps to cure for at least 4-6 weeks.  This 'curing' time allows for a milder bar of soap.