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Marketing Soap — Soap Into Cash

January 28, 2012 0 Comments

Marketing soap was where the whole advertising business began. It’s fairly easy to learn how to make soap, but trying to sell it is also fun too. There’s something rewarding about making a product and then exchanging your produce for cash. Soap for dollars may be a good trade for you. But can you actually [...] Read more
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Adding Clay To Soap

January 26, 2012 0 Comments

Clay has been known as a therapeutic agent for thousands of years. Before we’ll discuss the wonderful benefits of clay to the skin when used in soap and cosmetics, let’s take a glimpse at fascinating facts about clay and its uses. Did you know that there’s edible clay? Since clay is rich in minerals, by [...] Read more
Category: Melt and Pour Soap
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How Soap Works Including A Brief History

January 24, 2012 0 Comments

Soap has been around for a long time. A soap-like material found in clay cylinders during the excavation of ancient Babylon is evidence that soap making was known as early as 2800 B.C. Inscriptions on the cylinders say that fats were boiled with ashes, which is a method of making soap, but do not refer [...] Read more
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The Usefulness Of Glycerine In Soap Production

January 23, 2012 0 Comments

Glycerin, also spelled glycerine, is a basic ingredient in most soap. In fact, it is a by-product of soap manufacture as it occurs due to the reaction of strong alkali with an animal fat. This process is known as saponification and it is this process that brings out soap or detergent. While most manufacturers separate [...] Read more
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Camellia Oil – Making Homemade Soap

January 18, 2012 0 Comments

Camellia oil is also known as tea oil or tea seed oil. This natural oil is pressed from the seeds of the Camellia oleifera, Camellia sinesis or the Camellia japonica. This very pale, amber-green, oil is edible with a slight sweet herbal aroma.Camellia oil has benefits of vitamin E, has no natural trans fats, and [...] Read more
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