You can make a smooth cleaning soap at home using cocoa butter, avocado oil, apricot kernel oil, rice brain, and coconut oil with a beautiful swirl of pastel colors. It makes a great spring gift for craft soap customers to buy and enjoy a love spell scent. Get the full recipe for this soap here:: Tutorial: Pastel Four Color Gradient Layers Soap
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Fragrance Oil Soap Suggestions
Making your own custom soap is a great way to make your mark and establish your brand for your online soap shop. Fragrance oils can help make your soap stand out with a unique blend of scents that can be your trademark. But how should you use fragrance oil?
One thing to keep in mind is that fragrance oils are like ingredients: there isn’t a “right” or “wrong” way to blend them, but sometimes the mixture can stink. Try to establish what kind of scent you want your soap to project. Fruity? Crisp? Masculine? Sweet? Remember to consider how strong a fragrance can be and know that sometimes a little bit can go a long way. With a little bit of trial and error, you’ll be able to find the right mix for the soap for you. For more fragrance tips, click here:: Fragrance Oil Blending Tips
Make a Personalized Font for Labels for Free!
A great way to establish your brand is create unique labels for your soaps. A good way to stand out is to have your own recognizable font, so why not use your own handwriting? MyScriptFont.com is a great way to create your own fonts for printing labels and other uses. Get more details on these free customized fonts here:: Turn Your Handwriting into a Font for Free
Soap with a Swirl Rainbow & Powerful Charcoal
You can make an effective charcoal soap that can thoroughly clean and treat the skin while having a pleasant swirled rustic rainbow color. Using soybean oil, olive oil, and activated charcoal, this homemade soap will be a hit at your house or in the hands of your soap shop customers. Have a look at the tutorial here:: Tutorial: Modified Hanger Swirl Rainbow Soap with Activated Charcoal
Handmade Soap Photography Tips From Experts
You’ve created a bunch of different soaps in bars, bottled up lotions, and are ready to send them off into the world. Your website is up to date and ready to take orders for your newest creations. With that said, a bad photograph of your soap can impede its sales!
Invest in a quality digital camera like a Nikon D7000 and Canon 70D. Try to use as much natural light as possible without resorting to a flash. Experiment from different angles to give your soap a unique perspective. Use Photoshop to adjust the lighting and make the colors pop. A great photo can easily increase the appeal of the soap in the customer’s eye. For more tips on soap photography, click here:: Soap Photography Tips from Handmade in Florida
Warm Up Your Legs and Become a Mermaid at the Same Time
With some crocheting needles and knowhow, you can make a cute “lapghan” that can warm up legs and feet while giving you the tail of a mermaid! It makes a great cloth craft for you, your kids, or for craft shop customers. Just use your favorite color of yarn and follow the pattern found here:: Soak Up the Warmth with this DIY Mermaid Lapghan
Make Traditional Castile Soap at Home
Unleash the spring! You can make a great soap at home with natural basil, lemongrass, and rosemary essential oils. This soft soap is made with 100% olive oil to treat skin and provides the lovely scent of spring for you or your soap shop customers. Get the skinny and the recipe here:: Traditional Olive Castile Soap Recipe
Progress in Your Soap Business Doesn’t Require Perfection
Let’s say you make a batch of soap, but the color is a smidge off. Or you take a gorgeous photo of your soap for your website, but delete it because of a slight lighting issue. Aiming for perfection is admirable, but being a perfectionist will kill your online soap business.
Big mistakes are obvious, but nitpicking will cause you to waste time and resources without any gain. Getting things “just right” will prevent you from moving forward. Most obsessions with perfection come from fear. If you let go of fear and let go of the idea of being ideal, you’ll end up farther than you expect. For more on the problem of perfection in the craft business, click here:: Why You Need to Stop Waiting Until Things are ‘Perfect’
Get Rustic with a Pepper and Patchouli Soap
Make a great soap with a pepper fragrance blended with patchouli, clove, and cinnamon essential oils. It creates a nice lather and an earthy scent that both men and women can enjoy. It also makes a great option for handcrafted soap customers to purchase. Get the full recipe here:: Pepper & Patchouli Soap Recipe
Shower Like You’re Walking Through a Meadow
Get the smell of spring when you wash up by using soap with an inspired green meadow scent. You make this three-layered soap at home using melt and pour soap base, grass stain fragrance oil, and a lotus blossom wax tart mold. It makes a great gift for handcraft soap customers to use and give as gifts in the upcoming spring. Get the full recipe here:: Green Meadow Melt and Pour