News — Handmade Soap

We just love getting to hear from past students of our SOAP 101 class. We teach it both in groups as well as in private lessons. One recent student has been hard at work honing her soap crafting skills and shared a photo of her most recent batch; Chocolate! What an amazing job they did especially with the piping and ‘sauce’ details on top of the pie and loaf. We love teaching how to make handmade soap from scratch. This recipe I’m sure was made lovingly and safely with pure ingredients. As the soaper you get to decide what to...

Wow! We love playing in our workshop when we can. This last moment-o-fun was spent playing with our new blackberry mold. It makes perfect replica’s of blackberries. This wonderful fruit mold is from Van Yulay and you could easily get lost looking at all the unique and quality made silicone molds they carry. The particular one for this batch was the Medium Blackberry Mold with 25 cavities. Next: We still had to perfect the color and scent of the embeds but at least they were ready to be used in the bar soap. Now we will play with design next....

The Atlanta Magazine March 2016 issue is out now! Check out page 50 which features Suds and Lather handmade soap and other soap makers from Atlanta and surrounding areas. We are so excited to be included with the talented group of makers and artisans. Including: Brown Bag Soap Company, Revive Bath & Body, Honeysuckle Soap,Marvi Beauty, Mama Handmade Bath & Body and Indigo Bath & Body. Check out the whole magazine now on news stands! We got our at the Athens Barnes and Noble . (well, we actually bought several… you know… one for yourself, one for mom, one for grandma, one...

A box of love for herA box of love for himCount the ways to lureyour heart out on a limb Gift Box with Suds and Lather natural handmade products. The perfect gift for that everyone special. Our NEW 4oz Dead Sea Bath Salts are exclusively available in our gift box. Deep Woods for the guys box and Geranium for the gal box. Available online and at the Indie South Fair Handmade Lovers Valentine’s Market on Feb. 13th at Broad 9A on Tracy Street!

“Lye-free soap” just doesn’t exist. All soap is made with lye. That is like trying to make a baking soda and vinegar volcano without the vinegar. No vinegar and you’ve just got a pile of baking soda. No lye, and you’ve just got a bucket of fat.Soap is an alkali (like sodium hydroxide=bar soap or potassium hydroxide=liquid soap) combined with fats. Now, every fat requires a certain amount of lye to turn it into soap. That is where your knowledgeable soapmaker comes in handy. They know the different fats that make a wonderful bar of soap and how much lye...