The Soap Box » handcrafted soap http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com Exploring Soap Making and Soap Making Oils Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Fall and Winter at Cibaria Soap Supply http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2011/11/14/fall-and-winter-at-cibaria-soap-supply/ http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2011/11/14/fall-and-winter-at-cibaria-soap-supply/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:04:22 +0000 Soap Oils http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/?p=490 It’s that time of year again, and we are eagerly awaiting viewing your Fall and Winter soap creations! Every year, the handmade soap making bar is raised when seasoned soap makers release their new colors, scents, and shapes. In addition to this, we’ve been online long enough to see many of our newbie online soap making friends flourish into insanely talented handcrafted soap makers!

It’s truly inspiring!

As per usual, I don’t blog empty-handed. I am holding on to an announcement, that is sure to make your Holiday season a bit more special.

So stick around, be sure to follow our Twitter, and our Facebook – You’re not going to want to miss this update!

Want to Know Before Everyone Else Knows?

If you’re already signed up for our Cibaria Soap Supply Email List – then you’ve got the special privilege of knowing this announcement before ANYONE else does! Not signed up? Don’t fear! It’s not too late to sign up for our email newsletter, simply enter your email address on in the newsletter slot on our Soap Supply Website!

 

 

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]]> http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2011/11/14/fall-and-winter-at-cibaria-soap-supply/feed/ 0 The Winner Is… http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/12/21/the-winner-is/ http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/12/21/the-winner-is/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:39:46 +0000 Soap Oils http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/?p=402 Hello Soap Maker / Bath & Beauty friends, colleagues, and awesome people!

We’re very excited to announce the winner of our Big Fall Soap Maker Contest!!

After a nice tally of votes, we’ve got a winner! This winner makes some amazing products and we agree with you that they are quite deserving of being our Big Fall Soap Maker contest winner! They also have a rather hefty social following, so their voters were quite loyal to place their votes in favor of ….

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SoaperStar Soaps!!!!

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Soaper Star Stats:

Website: http://www.soaperstar.com/index.htm

About: From her site: “Soaperstar is a new small Irish soap company based in Dublin – we specialise in the design and handcrafted of luxury glycerine soaps, all made in our own home.

Hi! My name is Celine and I am the creative inspiration behind Soaperstar.  I started soapmaking due to a chance conversation with a friend which seemed to click some button in my head that said “that’s a great idea!”.  It also tapped into a creative streak in me that has been long since buried.. but now, very happily, rediscovered!”

Products: “The home of fabulous luxury goatsmilk & glycerine soaps, Sheer Luxury Body Butters & Sheer Luxury Lip Butters”

Photo Gallery: Here

Celine, please send over your email address and we’ll get you all set up with your prize!

Honorable Mention:

There was one other Soap Maker that came in at a nice, solid, second place, and we wanted to be sure and give her a big Cibaria Soap Supply honorable mention, as she also makes amazing products and is quite talented!

Holly Port – Lotion Bar Cafe !!

Holly makes a wide array of awesome products including handcrafted soap, bath fizzies, lip balm, lotion bars, liquid lotion, and more!

—-   Congratulations to our Big Fall Soap Making Contest Winner and our amazing runner-up! You both create some wonderful products, and your friends, colleagues, and family must agree with us, because they voted for you and got the word out for others to vote for you too!! Keep up the great work!

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]]> http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/12/21/the-winner-is/feed/ 0 Christmas Holiday Soap Making Showcase http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/11/23/christmas-holiday-soap-making-showcase/ http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/11/23/christmas-holiday-soap-making-showcase/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:53:16 +0000 Soap Oils http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/?p=354 There are few things we love more at Cibaria Soap Supply than showcasing amazing Handmade Soaps and Soap Making talent! We’ve asked our friends and followers on Twitter and Facebook to help us out by sending us some of their Holiday / Christmas Soap Making creations, and we’ve got some amazing stuff to show you! We’re so excited when this time of the year rolls around – and the HUGE sense of camaraderie that elevates even more within the Soap Making community.

Without further ado, here are some amazing Handmade Soaps to get you in the Holiday / Christmas Spirit! (wish we had some Hanukkah soaps in here!)

 

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Ginger L’Orange Gourmet Soap By AbbeyJames

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Handmade Christmas Soap by Belle Journee’

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Reindeer Games By Forget Me Not Soap Shop

Handmade Christmas Goats Milk Soap

Icy Peppermint Goat Milk Soap By A Bath Shoppe

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Chai Latte Soap By Summerfield Soaps

Handmade Christmas Soap

Fresh Snow Scented Christmas Tree Soap by: Pink’s Pleasures

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Holiday Eggnog Soap By: BubblesUpByBethieB

Vegan Handmade Soap

Fir Needle Vegan Handmade Soap by DeShawnMarie

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Christmas / Holiday Pointsettia Soap Favor / Gift By: EnchantingSoapFavors

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Cookies for Santa Shea Butter Soap By LatherTech

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Elf Sweat Cupcake Soap By: Sherrilenett

Stocking Stuffer Christmas Mini’s By Tiera Steele

 

 

Festive Orange Spice or Christmas Glisten By Celine Blacow

 

Sweet Treat Gift Sets – By Anita Nickens

 

 

Cravings By K-Cherie’ Soaps

 

 

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]]> http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/11/23/christmas-holiday-soap-making-showcase/feed/ 4 Amazing Summer Soap Making Ideas! http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/07/09/amazing-summer-soap-making-ideas/ http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/07/09/amazing-summer-soap-making-ideas/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:58:09 +0000 Soap Oils http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/?p=246 We’ve seen some amazing handmade soaps pop up this summer! You guys just keep getting better and better! We never ceased to be impressed by your creativity and innovation! As more people learn about the benefits of using all-natural, hand-made soap, you all make it so easy to make the switch from store-bought with your delicious looking designs and insanely great scent ideas!


Jamaica Hands Glow Handmade Soap. By VistahSoap

Ingredients: Olive Oil, Organic Palm Oil,Coconut Oil,  Distilled Water, Sodium Hydroxide,  Sunflower oil, Canola Oil, Castor Oil, Fragrance Oil, Mineral Oxide,  Blueberry seeds, Strawberry seeds, Kiwi seeds, Tussah Noil Silk.

Summer Melon Berries Shea Butter and Olive Oil Soap By: Kimberquinn

Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Safflower Oil, Glycerine (kosher, of vegetable origin), Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide (saponifying agent), Sorbitol (moisturizer), Sorbitan oleate (emulsifer), Soy bean protein,Shea butter,Olive oil

Cute Creamsicles! By Annakatesoaps

Salty Watermelon Soaps – Limited Edition Glycerine Soaps By: Soothing Suds

Summer Sherbet Soap Splendor By: Ajsweetsoap

Blueberry Smooth Hand-crafted Soap By: Tallulah’s Soaps

Ingredients: vegetable glycerin, palm oil, coconut oil, purified water, fragrance, herbs, botanicals, mica powders, pigment oxides, love

Jubilee Handmade Soap, Green Apple and French Lavender By: Alchemic Muse

Ingredients: Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Distilled Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Oil, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Lavandula Officinalis (French Lavender) Oil, Fragrance, Chromium Oxide Green, Ultramarines

Coconut Isle Cold Process Soap Bar By: Lippincott Soap Co

Ingredients: water, olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, canola oil, lye, *fragrance, shea butter, castor oil, coloring

Hula Girl Cold Process Soap Bar By: Lippincott Soap Co.

Ingredients: water, olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, canola oil, lye, *fragrance, shea butter, castor oil, coloring

Heirloom Tomato Soap By: SunBasilGarden

Ingredients: glycerin, goats milk, coconut oil, palm oil, castor seed oil, safflower seed oil, water, sorbitol, sorbitan oleate, soybean protein, titanium dioxide, fragrance oil

Slice of Summer – Home Made Cold Process Soap Tropical Island and Raspberry with Strawberry Seeds By:MoonShineSoaps

Ingredients: olive oil, coconut oil, essential oils, lard, tallow, distilled water, rain water, sodium hydroxide, botanicals

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]]> http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/07/09/amazing-summer-soap-making-ideas/feed/ 7 The 2010 Soap Maker’s Marketing Guide http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/06/04/the-2010-soap-makers-marketing-guide/ http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/06/04/the-2010-soap-makers-marketing-guide/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:25:38 +0000 Soap Oils http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/?p=196 Greetings friends!

It’s been a fun-filled year at Cibaria Soap Supply. Can you believe that it’s half way over already? We are celebrating the 1 year launch of our newly designed Soap Supply site, as of last month!

Happy Birthday to Cibaria Soap Supply!

As a special gift to celebrate not only our first year as a spiffy e-commerce operation, but also the Handcrafted Soap Maker’s Guild Conference, we decided to give away a very special gift to our friends and customers at HSMG. If you were there, you may remember even signing up for this incredible gift at the Cibaria Soap Supply booth at HSMG.

We wanted our giveaway to be something that not only was free, but something that empowered our Soap Maker clientele with the knowledge that they needed to get some amazing things done in 2010. We wanted this gift to arm YOU, The Soap Maker, with the ability to launch a POWERFUL Internet marketing campaign on a budget.

The gift is an amazing eBook called:

“The Soap Maker’s Guide to Building a Strong Brand and a Rock Solid Internet Marketing Plan”.

This knowledge-packed informational book was written by an experienced Internet Marketing Consultant and site designer, who happens to work with us. She has over 11 years of experience in all aspects of internet marketing, design, branding, and the newly minted social media marketing tactics that produce amazing results.

This eBook stresses the importance of a brand, and the power of building a community around that brand and it’s cause.

We’ve gotten great feedback so far, but we’d love to YOUR thoughts!

If you received this eBook, we want to know what you thought about it, and if you have implemented any of the concepts from it. If so, how did they work?

Do you have any questions?

We want to hear from you! :)

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]]> http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/06/04/the-2010-soap-makers-marketing-guide/feed/ 2 We’re Going to HSMG 2010! http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/02/10/handcrafted-soapmakers-guild-show-201/ http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/02/10/handcrafted-soapmakers-guild-show-201/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:44:44 +0000 Soap Oils http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/?p=152 We’re Going to Denver for the Handcrafted Soap makers Guild Show!

We have been getting asked by many people if we’d be attending the 2010 HSMG show. Well, we are! I’m very happy to announce that we’ll be there walking the floor – ready to mix, mingle, and catch up with some of our favorite soap making customers and friends!

Are you going to HSMG?? Let us know, and we’ll keep a lookout for you! We love meeting our online friends and customers!

A New Blog Layout

The Soap Box has a new layout! We’ve made the blog a bit more streamlined and easier to read though. It’s also easier to share our helpful content with your friends on your preferred social networks. We’ll be adding and modifying as the weeks progress, but we’re happy with the kind very words we’ve received so far!

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]]> http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2010/02/10/handcrafted-soapmakers-guild-show-201/feed/ 6 The Biggest, Baddest Soap Making Blog EVER! http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2009/07/10/the-biggest-baddest-soap-making-blog-ever/ http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/2009/07/10/the-biggest-baddest-soap-making-blog-ever/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:02:26 +0000 Soap Oils http://blog.cibariasoapsupply.com/?p=36 It’s been a long and busy month here are Cibaria Soap Supply, but we’re happy to report that we’re seeing great feedback, and even better customer love at our online soap oil store! We’re so happy to be apart of the wonderful and growing community of soap makers and soap making businesses! We’ve met some great people and businesses along the way, and are looking forward to knowing even more!

If you’ve been to our online store, and have made a purchase – we’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback! Do feel free to Contact Us and toss in your two cents! It is greatly appreciated, as we fine-tune our soap oil buying experience!

A short and un-related anouncement:

Cibaria is Currently Selling a Warehouse in Southern California

If you’re in the Southern California area, and have been looking to expand into a Warehouse, this could be a great opportunity. We have a 37,000 sq ft. warehouse/office for sale in Fontana – (very close to the 10 fwy). It really is the best buy in the area right now. You can view more about this at So Cal Warehouse For Sale.com

Organic Certified

If you are soap maker who creates your soaps using Organic soap base oils, then this news is good for you! We are now Certified Organic with Organic Certifiers. You can view this information, and our other certifications at the About Us section of the Cibaria Soap Supply website.

New Blog Design Coming Soon!

We’re aiming to customize the look and feel of this blog, add more interative features, and make it more of a ‘community’ driven place. Keep your eyes open for a slick new layout, tons of great content, and many featured handcrafted soap makers  — Inspiration!

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