Handmade in St Just, Cornwall
Around where I live in West Cornwall used to be a very industrial landscape. What is now an area of outstanding natural beauty used to be full of mining buildings. Lots of them and lots of people living here employed … Continued
On at Morvah Schoolhouse, Morvah from now until 29th December 2024. It’s open Thursday to Sunday, 11am to 3.30pm. I was really excited that the people at Morvah Schoolhouse have asked me to exhibit at their Winter Show. I have … Continued
I’ve repackaged my picture soaps. These new boxes make packaging them so much easier, nicer to handle and you can still get an idea what they look like. I am really pleased with them. I had a lot of help … Continued
Having so far only used essential oils in my soap making I am now experimenting with fragrance oils. Two reasons. One is customer demand and the other is curiosity. Main difference between Essential Oils and Fragrance Oils is: – Essential … Continued
I am all set up for the annual Arts & Crafts show in St Just, Cornwall, in aid of Cancer Research. It’s on from Monday, 5th August until Friday, 16th August from 10am until 7pm every day, apart from the … Continued
If you use soap you will get soap scum. There is no way around it. Soap scum forms when soap combines with minerals in your water, mostly calcium and magnesium. The harder your water the more soap scum. You will … Continued
Never say that reading old crime novels isn’t relevant to today or your business. Here is what I read in ‘The Groote Park Murder’ by Freeman Wills Crofts: He forgot to soap his socks. This was supposed to be blister … Continued
When I used to hitch around Europe in those far off days in another century (end of 1970s and early 1980s) we used to travel with a bar of soap in a soap box, a flannel (or two), toothbrush, toothpaste, … Continued
What are they? Essential oils are concentrated plant extracts that retain the natural smell and flavour, or “essence,” of their source. These oils are obtained through distillation or mechanical methods like cold pressing. The unique aromatic compounds give each essential … Continued
There are many ways to make soap … … but there are great teachers on YouTube. My favourite 2 are (I am not sponsored, I just love them.): The Sussex Handmade Soap Company & I Dream In Soap