(continues from Wild Woman’s “as natural as possible” handmade soap: Part 2) Q12. Any notable people, books or Websites about handmade soap you would like to mention? I learned to make soap from The Handmade Soap Book, by Melinda Coss. It Continue reading Wild Woman’s “as natural as possible” handmade soap: Part 3
(continues from Wild Woman’s “as natural as possible” handmade soap: Part 1) Q5. What was your very first batch of soap, and how did it turn out? My very first batch of soap was Melinda Coss’ baby soap, from The Handmade Continue reading Wild Woman’s “as natural as possible” handmade soap: Part 2
I met Kathy Neudorf on the Natural Soapmaking/SoapNatch mailing list a few years ago, and was immediately engaged by her questions. Here is a twin soul I thought: someone striving for as natural as possible soap, just like me! Kathy Continue reading Wild Woman’s “as natural as possible” handmade soap: Part 1
Alison’s interview continues from Alison Part 2: Perfecting handmade soap… when few knew how to do it! 10. What do you like most about making soap as a job and what do you like less? I love the independence! And the Continue reading Alison Part 3: Soapmaking as a business to promote positive change
Alison’s interview continues from Part 1: Pioneering handmade soapmaking in tropical Western Australia 5. Can you remember and would you describe your “perfect” batch and/or your “monster” batch? The monster batch is easy. There were two. The first was very Continue reading Alison Part 2: Perfecting handmade soap… when few knew how to do it!
When I first came into contact with Alison, handmade soapmaking as a business was virtually unheard of in Australia. We are talking of the last millennium here: this was when, with the exception of maybe one other well-established business, Aussie Continue reading Alison Part 1: Pioneering handmade soapmaking in tropical Western Australia
Vicki Younger, the founder and owner of Redgum Soaps, lives at Brogo, in a rural area of the Far South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. She is specialized in making traditional cold process castile soap from extra virgin olive Continue reading Vicki: “Pure castile soap is our flagship for a sustainable life”
France is one of the county in the world that can be automatically linked to soap and soap making. But in a globalized world things are changing quickly and even the French traditional soap business is facing an era of Continue reading Et voilà the French Cold Process Soapmakers Association
There are people you meet at certain points in life who have the charisma to open your mind, to bring new visions, to inspire you new paths to explore. I use to include Melinda Coss into this category because it Continue reading Melinda Coss, when soap turns into biz