Hello Soapmakers!

How are you today?

Is it really December already? I hope your Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday sales went well and business was good. I am thankful for those that took part in my eBook sale. Thank you for your purchases that allow me to do what I love. Master-Batching Oils and Lye for Soapmaking is on sale through Christmas!

-Amanda Gail

Let's recap this week in soapmaking.

Welcome to Issue 15 of Soap Week Update!

Industry News

COHE (Coalition of Handcrafted Entrepreneurs) - Representative Pete Sessions of Texas has introduced H.R. 4075, “The Safe Cosmetics Modernization Act”,  the latest development in the ongoing discussion in DC about modernizing the rules and regulations for cosmetics manufacturing. Read more!

Vendor Sales & Specials

Lovin' Soap Blog - Master-Batching Oils and Lye for Soapmaking is on sale through Christmas!

Bramble Berry - 20% off Web Specials

Mad Oils - Sales

Rustic Escentuals - Weekly Specials

Wholesale Supplies Plus - Sales and Coupons

More vendor offers coming next week!

If you're a supplier and would like to let our readers know about your sales and specials, email me at amanda@lovinsoap.com!

We Need Your Help

It can be hard to catch everything that goes on during the week in the world of soapmaking, especially if you aren't on social media every hour. Our goal is to build Soap Week Update to be the provider of news in the soapmaking industry. Where do we get our news? From you! If you are a blogger, supplier, member organization or industry mover-and-shaker, we want to hear from you! We have three topics that you can contribute to, which include:

• Industry News - Features news relevant to the soapmaking industry. It could be about current legislation, a press release for a soap conference or any other news worthy story that a soapmaker needs to keep current on. 
• Blog Post List - We love reading soapmaking blogs! Submit your blog post to be included in our weekly blog post list. (No product promotion. Think educational. Design tutorials, soapmaking articles, etc. only.) Soap Week Update goes out every Friday; your blog post must have been published in the 7 days prior.
• Supplier News - If you are a supplier and have a sale or event coming up, let us know! Did you write and publish a new soapmaking eBook or book? We'll be glad to let our readers know.

Submissions can be sent to amanda@lovinsoap.com.

Happy Soaping!
Amanda Gail

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