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”
Annabelle Mathon, professional soaper and former owner of Savonnerie Minervoise in France, shares one of her favorite recipes with our readers. It is a very simple thus blissful formula and, Annabelle says, “it can be a nice base for transparent Continue reading Annabelle’s avocado and tamanu soap
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
Beth Bacchini at Santo Sabão soap atelier in San Paulo do Brazil shares with our readers one of her recipes that contains plenty of nourishing Brazilian butters. Maybe it would not be that easy to source out those fabulous ingredients Continue reading Beth’s Brazilian Butters Soap
I bumped into Beth Bacchini’s website while few weeks ago I was surfing the Net in search for soapers stories to tell you here, in our new blog. I just felt in love with her delicious soaps and with the Continue reading Beth in Brazil: “My commitment to 100% natural soap”
Following up from the worldwide success of “Soap Naturally”, Marina and Patrizia share their extensive experience on as natural as possible soapmaking in a series of smaller, more topical and much cheaper books, called “The Super-Naturally series”. Authoritative, concise yet Continue reading The Natural Soapmaking Handbook is here!
Remember Soap Naturally? That comprehensive soap book, first published in 2004, was soon dubbed “The Soap Bible” for its extended coverage of natural handmade soapmaking. Accurate descriptions of common and unusual ingredients, step-by-step instructions for all of the modern soapmaking Continue reading Super-Naturally books: a new adventure begins
Will you start making your soap at home? Are you looking for the last swirling technique or the ultimate variant of Double Boiler Hot Process? Will you buy glittering pigments or are you wondering why your first batch has not Continue reading No, not an other “how-to-make-soap” site