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Every week or so, I receive an email with a question about using essential oils in soapmaking and it's high time I round them up into a blog post for the whole Modern Soapmaking tribe! (Don't miss...
Now that I've dished on my ten recommended essential oils for beginners (as well as recommended usage rates for essential oils in soapmaking), I figured I would add more options to the pile by...
Now that I've dished on my top ten recommended essential oils for soapmaking, I want to dig into the age old question of:
How do I figure out the usage rate of XYZ essential oil? How much...
A few dozen fragrances houses make all of the soap-safe scent blends available on the market. Striking out on your own is one way to make your products stand out from the crowd. Since you've read...
One of my favorite ways to use botanicals in soap is to make soap with the plant colorant directly in the lye solution!
Madder (Rubia tinctorum), indigo (Indigofera Tinctoria), and manjistha (Rubia...
Great, now I have jars full of pretty plant infusions - exactly what do I do with them? I use them, that’s what!
I love clear bright colors in soap. I used to use mica many moons ago,...
Did you miss the first post in the Coloring Soap Naturally series? You can find it here!
Are you ready for the next step on our plant colorant journey? I am so excited to teach you how to make...
One of the most common questions I receive is how to resize a soap recipe here on Modern Soapmaking to fit a different mold than what is used in a tutorial. To resize a soap recipe, we first...
My name is Jo Haslauer, and I LOVE soaping with natural colorants, botanicals and essential oils. I love to infuse herbs for their color, their herbal properties, and to enhance essential...
Back when I wrote how to create the absolutely best soap recipe ever, I had no idea the post would become so popular.
My biggest piece of advice in that article, however, is to learn your...
I recently received an inquiry from a lovely reader (I'm waving if you are reading this, PM!) about what method of soapmaking is the best one to get started with. And as all my perfectly amazing...
Over the years, my other half has gotten more involved with my love of soapmaking. At first, I had to convert him from being in love with the convenience of body wash, which wasn't so difficult -...
