Category: soapmaking
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10 Ways To Get Cash To Your Small Business
Here are 10 ways to improve cash flow to your product-based business Implement a marketing plan. This will give you direction and strategy. While you’re cooking that up… Offer an entry-level product that gives people instant gratificationFor a book business, this would be a free or $0.99 book 1 of a series. For a knitting…
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The Marketing Adventurers League is Coming!
Are you having adventures (or misadventures) in marketing? Do you want to join a supportive community of side hustlers/small business owners/new business owners looking for advice on how to get established and scale their business? If so, the Marketing Adventurers League is for you. Join the waitlist here to be the first to hear when…
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How many ounces in a cup? The crafting conversions you need most on one page
How many ounces are there in a cup? The formula is fl oz x 8 = cups. Or cups divided by 8 = fluid ounces. In decimals, 0.125 cups = 1 fluid ounce and 8 fl oz = 1 cup. How many weeks in a year? There are 52 weeks in a year. But there…
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17 natural insect repellants in home made soap making: As proven by science
The past few weeks I’ve had a new problem which I’ve never had to deal with in my life before. I don’t know if it’s because I’m heavily pregnant (do the hormones change the way I smell?) or if the wasps in Donegal are just more persistent than the rest of the world, but I…
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How to calculate the yield from a soap recipe
When you’re making a soap recipe, one thing you might wonder is how to calculate the yield from your soap recipe. Yield noun – the amount or quantity produced or returned. There is a really easy way to calculate the yield from any recipe. However, some real world variables will affect the calculation, and in…
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How to get a swirl effect in melt and pour soap
A lot of soapmakers tell you that you can’t get nice colour effects in melt and pour soap. They are wrong. Today I am going to share some of the colour effects I’ve achieved using swirls and layering techniques in melt and pour soap, and explain how you can do them too. Once you’ve tried…
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My lavender essential oil doesn’t smell strong in soap
This article aims to help you get the perfect lavender fragrance in your soap – every time! Be sure to also check out my 10 ways to make your essential oil show up in your soap for more tips! Lavender is such a strong fragrance in the plant, you would expect it to be the…
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How to safely use essential oils in home-made soap (infographic)
Essential oils can cause harm if used incorrectly because they are potent substances. Putting the essential oil on the skin neat (undiluted, or straight from the bottle) causes irritation and can leave your skin burnt. The oil is diluted in soap to a rate of about 3% (average) which makes it less likely to cause…
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10 ways to get essential oils to be more intense in your soap (melt and pour and cold process)
So you’re probably looking for how to get your essential oils to be more intense in your soap. You might be making cold process soap or melt and pour soap. Maybe you’ve made some homemade soap with pure essential oils and it didn’t come out with a strong scent, or perhaps you’re planning your first…
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