I run across people all the time that ask questions about the lye in our handmade soaps. Some come away with a new understanding of soap making, others just turn up their nose. :-)Lye is essential to the art of soap making. It has been used for literally thousands of years to make various kinds of soap across every continent. Handmade soap has its origins in ancient history.Although it is believed by many that soap's history actually began around 2800 B.C. in Babylonia (where historians found a barrel containing a soap-like substance), undeniable proof of soap's existence was first provided by a Mesopotamian clay tablet dating back to 2200 B.C. with an ... Read More...

Marketing soap as a small scale business is one of the easiest ways to start a small part-time business.  Let's face it, soap making is a great hobby and maybe you've thought about trying to sell soap as a business.  Maybe you wonder how to get started and where you can sell it.Here's what we found as we made and sold tens of thousands of bars of natural soap as a part-time little family business.Fast Way 1 -- Sell it at festivals...There they are... thousands of people just walking around looking for fun and entertainment.  Some of them are looking for homemade soap.  Be there with a story and attractive products and ... Read More...