Homestead Soapery Soap Studio

Lots of behind the scenes work revamping the site, adding a new brand and refining the product suite! Read on to find out what is coming for Homestead Soapery!

If you've ever tried switching to natural deodorant, you've probably noticed an inescapable fact—and one that isn't particularly pleasant. We stink...

So, you’re thinking about making the switch to natural shampoo bars, but you aren’t sure what to expect? Perfect - you’re in the right place! Homestead Soapery is expanding their brand and making shampoo bars is a natural next step.

Part of the brand expansion plans of Homestead Soapery include broadening the availability of naturally made products. Sure, these days you can buy...

The dreams and vision board I've had for Homestead Soapery extends way beyond making soap. I want to develop an entire brand around homesteading pr...

Well hello and welcome and happiest of New Years! I hope everyone is doing superbly! We have been busy in the soap studio making new products and t...

We are all about authenticity and promotion all the same, so thought we’d make a fun post about our meet the maker story (even though we are a few months behind!) So March Meet the Maker has been and gone, and we’ve only decided to do this now...

Giving handmade or artisan products as a gift is a wonderful way to support small businesses and give gifts that are meaningful. When you support a small or local business by purchasing their handmade wares for gifts, you can be assured that the item was handcrafted lovingly and with a lot of personal love. I think handmade gifts pass good energy on and have so much more empathy as opposed to a sterile, mass produced item...

You may have seen our last videos where we use the heat transfer method to make cold process soap. If you haven’t, they’re here, and here.

Basically, the heat transfer method stipulates that you add your lye water solution to your hard oils to help melt them, and simultaneously cool down the lye water solution to room temperature. This decreases the time it takes to whip up a batch of soap.

There are both positive and negatives for this method, which I will outline in this post.

Today we have a special treat, in the form of an interview with our master soap fairy and a discussion on the new vegan reformulation. Let’s not waste anymore time and get straight into it.

How I made the Purple Linen Swirl soap using the heat transfer method in cold process soap making

How I made Tobacco Salsa Swirl soap using the heat transfer method in cold process soap making