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How to Deal with Melted or Grainy Raw Materials and Finished Products
What to Do When Your Butter Comes in Mushy or Melted How to handle natural butters in warm-weather shipping — without wasting a single...

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🧼 Butter Swap! Great Substitutes for Cocoa Butter in Soap and Body Products
If you’ve been shopping for cocoa butter lately, you’ve probably noticed the price tag creeping up. Temporary supply chain issues are...

lauragstaley
Apr 243 min read
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Seed oils in skin care: beneficial or dangerous?
The controversy around seed oils mainly revolves around their use in food, particularly due to concerns about high omega-6 fatty acid...

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Dec 15, 20242 min read
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Can diabetics use sugar scrubs?
I get this question frequently at shows, so I thought I would address it here. The effects of using an ingredient topically is not like...

lauragstaley
Dec 15, 20241 min read
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Beard Oil: No More Scruffy Beards, Darling!
Had a very good question at an event recently and my answer was simple..."So which one is better, a beard oil, or a beard balm?"...

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Jan 19, 20242 min read
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Why a balm for Tattoos?
In the cosmetic industry, we're very careful about making claims when we make and market a product (or we should be). I know I am. This...

lauragstaley
Jan 18, 20242 min read
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Beard balms for the win!
This handsome white-bearded guy is my husband, Don. He is the inspiration behind everything I do at my soap company. We jokingly call him...

lauragstaley
Jan 17, 20243 min read
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Cutting Costs without Compromising Quality: A Guide to Reducing the Cost of Soap Production
In the world of soap-making, balancing quality and cost-effectiveness is essential for both small-scale artisans and large-scale...

lauragstaley
Jan 16, 20243 min read
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SO what's a lotion bar? Want to make your own?
(Heads-up...these links go to my supplies website, and sometimes to Amazon. I'm doing this for a living, so the Amazon links are...

lauragstaley
Jan 11, 20244 min read
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What's a "shower steamer" anyway?
Shower steamers are little nuggets of bliss that you can place on the shelf in your shower. They dissolve on contact with the shower...

lauragstaley
Jan 9, 20242 min read
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What is Mango Butter?
Mango butter is a natural fat extracted from the seeds of the mango fruit (Mangifera indica). Mango butter is known for its rich...

lauragstaley
Dec 15, 20232 min read
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Nationally-Acclaimed Jacksonville Artist Kristina Hoover Teaches at Hands-On Jax Artisan Classroom!
Kristina Hoover is a Florida native with an MFA in printmaking, working primarily in the woodcut printmaking process. Inspired by the...

lauragstaley
Mar 12, 20231 min read
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Needle Felting and Fiber Arts Artist Intro!
Chris Lopez is a fiber artist who began working with wool 25 years ago making toys for her son, and moving into spinning, weaving,...

lauragstaley
Jan 10, 20231 min read
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Teacher Intro! The Robin's Nook
It started as a little interest, that turned into a small-scale hobby, that turned into a side project, that turned into a small business...

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Jan 10, 20234 min read
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Welcome! Thanks for growing with us! Fasten your seatbelt!
I'm Laura Staley, owner of Green Iguana Bath, Hands-On Jax Artisan Community Classroom, and Bathdivas.com. I am so pleased that you have...

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Nov 7, 20222 min read
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