http://www.rivercountysoap.com/blog River County Soapworks - River County Soapworks produces high quality soap and toiletries that are both pleasing to the senses and terrific for your skin. I invite you to try our products. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:11:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some of you have noticed that our handmade soap collection is missing our very popular Patchouli Soap.  Back in October, Patchouli essential oil spiked in price.  What normally sells for $30.00 to $40.00 a pound shot up to $187.00 a pound.   Now this is really bad because Patchouli essential oil ... http://www.rivercountysoap.com/blog/natural-skin-body-care-products/a-word-about-patchouli.php I have been very busy restocking all my handmade soaps these past few weeks and today was the day for making Cucumber Melon soap.  This time around though, I had a vision of this particular handmade soap with pink, cream and white layers.  It is tedious when making layered soap ... http://www.rivercountysoap.com/blog/natural-skin-body-care-products/soap-on-a-stick.php It's that time of year again and I find myself back at the Vancouver Farmers Market in Vancouver, Washington.  This is my seventh year.  Wow!  I can hardly believe it.   When I first started selling here I only made handmade soap.  Now I make quite a collection of natural skin care ... http://www.rivercountysoap.com/blog/natural-skin-body-care-products/the-vancouver-farmers-market.php Why silicone of course! Why? Well, when making handmade soap pouring wet soap into silicone is a bit like cooking. Silicone releases the finished soap easily with no pulling, pushing, jumping, hopping or the dreaded “L” word, lining a soap mold. I LOVE, LOVE my silicone soap molds. Handmade soap ... http://www.rivercountysoap.com/blog/handmade-soaps/what-mold-to-use.php I’m into adding to my goat milk soap collection and am just about ready to debut my latest which is scented with an essential oil blend of Lavender, Patchouli, Pettigrain, Orange and Spearmint. Not sure yet what I’m going to end up calling it. It smells pretty terrific ... http://www.rivercountysoap.com/blog/natural-skin-body-care-products/got-goat-soap.php I get asked all the time how I make soap or if my handmade soaps are “glycerin” soaps.  Well, I make what is called cold-processed soap.  Very simply put this soap is made by combining different fatty acids with sodium hydroxide (lye) and water.  When I make goat milk soap ... http://www.rivercountysoap.com/blog/natural-skin-body-care-products/cold-process-soap-making.php I’ve been making handmade soap for several years now So much so that now I consider myself a professional soap maker. I live and breathe handmade soap. Right now I’m in soap mode. That’s what I call it when I’ve got a boat load of soap to ... http://www.rivercountysoap.com/blog/natural-skin-body-care-products/alien-brain-syndrome.php Our luxury all-natural handmade and handcrafted soaps are made using exotic fruit and nut oils such as sunflower, sweet almond, wheat germ and jojoba oils in addition to nourishing butters such as African shea butter and cocoa butter which add richness and vital moisturizing properties along with ... http://www.rivercountysoap.com/blog/natural-skin-body-care-products/all-natural-handmade-soaps.php