Posted by BBN on 8/15/2012
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Soap scum is a white or gray filmy
layer that covers the surfaces around our showers, bathtubs, and sinks.
Soap scum is actually formed thanks to minerals in your water
that combine with the wonderful oil and moisturizing elements in your
soaps. Get rid of those minerals and you get rid of the scum. Soap is
getting a bad wrap. It shouldn’t be called soap scum at all should it?
Maybe water scum is a better name. Let’s just call it what it is.
Posted by BBN on 7/20/2012
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Do you love your natural handcrafted
soap bar in the shower for the silkiest skin ever? How about as a
shampoo? A natural handcrafted soap bar can definitely be used to
shampoo your hair! The soap will typically contain an excess of oils added to the mixture that provides two benefits:
Posted by BBN on 1/16/2011
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There is a long history of using milk in soaps and other skin care
products. In fact milk has been used in bath products since ancient
times. Cleopatra, rumored to have had beautiful skin, was said
to have taken daily milk baths. But what, if any, benefit does your
skin get from these popular products?
Posted by BBN on 6/13/2010
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I was recently reading a book that discussed the Top Ten Events in the process of becoming a Soapmaker ( The Everything Soapmaking Book, by Alicia Grosso).
It’s a good book by the way, for those starting out. Well, the list
made me think back to the days when I was just dabbling in the art of
making soap. Never did I think I’d become so addicted.
Posted by BBN on 6/4/2010
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The FDA regulates cosmetics and drugs. What determines how a product
is classified is the intended used for the product. The way in which
firms market a cosmetic can make it a drug, or how a firm markets a drug
can make it a cosmetic. So what is soap?
Posted by BBN on 5/22/2010
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Did you know most of the commercial soap bars that line most grocery
stores� shelves are actually synthetic detergents?
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Some Honey, Honey?
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Ahhhh…..The aroma of Lavender!
One Soap, Two Uses
Bath Salts they’re supposed to be for RELAXATION, right?
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