Canva banners are latest and most eye-catching trend for websites, so why not incorporate them into your online soap shop? Using Canva is free and can take only ten minutes of your time. It can make your site look modern and can appeal to your customer base. Get a video tutorial here:: How to Use Canva to Make a Banner for Your Etsy Shop (Or Anywhere Else)
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Should You Pay for Soap Shop Referrals?
Even though it is important to use social media and other methods to market your online soap shop, nothing spreads better than the word of mouth. Having a person promote your soap shop can help increase your web traffic thanks to their referral. However, should you pay that person?
Well, it depends on the dynamic. If the person is a customer that is talking up your wares, you shouldn’t feel the need to pay them since they’re just offering their opinions to friends. With that said, it might be worth your while to pay for referrals to other online shops that have a similar customer base that you have in order to increase your sales. Although, if you have previous customer that has been shooting over numerous additional customers to your site, a thank-you gift of free soap might be in order. For more on referrals, click here:: Should you pay for referrals?
Orange Creamsicle: A Great Bath with a Childhood Treat
Make a homemade orange creamsicle bath truffle that will make your skin feel as good as a real creamsicle tastes. It can be easily made using shea oil, cocoa butter, and Creamsicle Cybilla Fragrance Oil. This can make a sweet gift for any soap customer that has a sweet tooth. Get the full recipe here:: Orange Creamsicle Bath Truffle
Pucker Up with Rosy Red Lip Gloss
Treat your lips while giving them a naturally rosy hue by using some rosy red lip gloss. You can make the lip gloss at home by using castor oil, jojoba oil, cera bellina wax, and rose fragrance/flavor oil. This is a great item for the ladies to buy at your online soap shop. Get the full recipe here:: Rosy Red Lip Gloss
Want to Test a Soap’s pH? Grab a Red Cabbage.
When making soap using a cold process method, it can difficult to get the proper measurements of lye and oil. Too much lye will burn the skin. Too much oil will make the soap greasy and ineffective. So how can you determine a soap’s pH to see if it’s safe for the skin? Grab a red cabbage from the fridge!
Take the red cabbage, chop off 3-4 leaves, and place it in a bowl of distilled water. Blend it and strain out the juice. Place a drop of red cabbage juice onto the bar of soap. If the juice changes colors from purple to blue, your soap is safe to use. If the color changes to green or yellow, then there is too much lye. For a full picture tutorial of this method, click here:: How to Test pH with Red Cabbage
Make Effective Castile Soap with Bee Pollen Power
You can make homemade Castile soap that has the benefits of olive oil, but can lather better using palm oil and coconut oil. The added bee pollen powder can also sooth the skin and treat skin irritation. This makes a great overall soap for cleansing power and skin revitalization. Get the full recipe here:: Castile Soap Recipe with Bee Pollen Powder
Transform Discarded Buttons Into Wall Art
If you’re a crafty person, you probably have an assortment of buttons just lying around. Why not put them to use by creating some fun wall art? Using a canvas and a little bit of artistic skill, you can use all those buttons to create a button tree picture to hang on your wall. Get the full tutorial here:: How to make button tree art
Crafts Are Ageless: 109-Year-Old Man Enters 80th Year of Knitting
Creativity isn’t just for the young. Just ask Alfred Date, the oldest living Australian. Date has been knitting for about 80 years now and even at 109-years-old, he’s still putting the knitting needles together to make a sweater for his nephew. While this is a heartwarming story, we can certainly learn from it.
Crafting, whether it is knitting or making soap, isn’t just for young people. If they are willing, crafters can continue their hobby or their crafting business beyond the retirement age. Finding some activity that you strongly love can only increase your lifespan and your enjoyment within it. For more about Date and his knitting ventures, click here:: Oldest Man in Australia Still Knitting at 109
Cleansing Soap with Calming Chamomile
You can make an effective soap that embraces the relaxing scent chamomile at home. You can make full bars using cocoa butter, chamomile extract, and lye. It makes a great soap to offer to your soap shop customers. Get the full how-to here:: Yellow Chamomile Cold Process Soap
Get Rejuvenated Through a Detox Bath
You make a homemade bath salt that can help rejuvenate your body and soothingly detox it. Using Epsom salts and apple cider vinegar, you can turn a bath into a life-giving spa. The recipe can also be packaged and sent as a gift for valued soap shop customers. Take a peek at the full recipe here:: DIY Detox Bath Recipe