Your Soap Week Update: Happy New Year

January 1, 2016 - ISSUE 19

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Lovin' Soap Studio Product Highlight

Coloring soap can be confusing! Have you ever asked yourself...

Do I have to pre-mix oxides?
Why is my soap speckled?
Why did my beautiful blue soap morph to gray?
What is Bis(Glycidoxyphenyl)propane / Bisaminomethylnorbornane copolymer and why is it in my colorant?
How do I use herbs to color my soap?
Is this colorant natural or synthetic?
This color has a dye in it, why does the supplier say it won’t bleed?

All of these questions, plus many more, are answered in this detailed guide! Get your copy of How to Color Cold Process Soap today! (On-sale now through January 2nd!)

Hello Soapmakers! Happy New Year!

Let's recap this week in soapmaking.

Welcome to Issue 19 of Soap Week Update!

Theme of the Week: Banana Soap

Have you ever made soap with real bananas? I haven't! But it is on my list to try. Check out these awesome banana soap tutorials:

Soap Deli News - Natural Unscented Homemade Banana Oatmeal Soap Recipe

Ponte Vedra Soap Shoppe - Banana Soap

Did You Miss These Great Soapmaking Blog Posts From This Past Week?

Lovin Soap Blog
A Community of Soapmakers (Soap Packaging)
Auntie Clara's
St. Florian, Patron Saint of Soapmakers – Soap Mould Tutorial

Submit your relevant, soap education-based blog post to us at amanda@lovinsoap.com to be included in our next weekly blog post list. Your post must have been published during the 7 days prior to newsletter publication.

Industry News

Veracity Insurance Solutions is generously offering two scholarships to the 2016 Annual Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetics Guild Conference! (I'll be a speaker next year!) Get more info here.