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Gorgeous Summer Soap Making to Inspire!

Soap Oils — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:04:15 +0000

Over here at Cibaria Soap Supply, we really really love the summer! And in our neck of the woods, summer has sure taken it’s sweet time to get here! Even in otherwise “Sunny” Southern California, we’ve experience long months of rainy / gloomy weather in what is otherwise known as the hottest time of the year for us! Just as of a week or two ago has the weather started to warm up to it’s normal mid-90′s temps and the gloomy and rainy days have hopefully shown the last of themselves.

To celebrate summer’s triumphant arrival, we’ve compiled a showcase of some of our favorite Summer-Inspired Soaps! As you can see, they range quite a bit in method, scent, shape, and color. We wanted to try to include as many soap making methods as possible, and hopefully we were successful in doing this!

This oh-so-cute creation was crafted by Lily Bay Soap, which doesn’t seem to have a working Etsy page at this time. If anyone knows where this person currently sells, please let us know, and we’ll link their store!

SUPER Cute Watermelon Soap Bars – and they smell like watermelon too! Crafted by Sweet Body Soaps

Words can’t describe how we feel about this soap! It’s just all-around impressive! Besides looking like a deliciously edible treat, this soap features bright colors, and fruit molded shapes on top! We’re not sure how they achieved this look, but it’s great! Crafted by Alegria Mediterraneo Soap

This quenching Raspberry Lemonade Loofa soap looks as refreshing as it does colorful! Gorgeous, vivid colors with a citrus-looking loofa in the middle make this creation a true favorite! Crafted by Eliza Grason

Shea Butter Pomegranate Soap – Made with Olive oil, Coconut oil, Sweet Almond oil, distilled water, sodium hydroxide, Shea butter, fragrance, and mica – This fresh creation hits the spot with perfect moisture and scent combinations! Crafted by Sutter Buttes Soap Company

This Wildberry Zinger Tea soap is bright, cheerful, and creative! We’re loving the white against the neon colors, and the adorable dotted theme. This unique creation was crafted by Burnt Mill Candles & Soap

A CP Soap With Mango Butter and Avocado Oil – This passionate, but simply summer soap looks fresh and lively, as well as moisturizing! Crafted by MacSoapy

This nourishing soap features an awesome variation of the traditional coconut and it’s scent combines coconut milk with lemongrass, vanilla and musk. Crafted by Wicked Soap

Cool Citrus Basil Soap – provides a cool and refreshing kind of clean – perfect for those who spend a bit too much time in the sun happen to get sunburnt – or those who just love the nourishing moisture and clean that this great soap will bring! Crafted by Forget Me Not Soap Shop

Cold Press Boston Tea Party Soap – Features the cool and collected colors of a nice summer breeze! Ingredients include: Coconut oil, palm oil, Shea Butter, Castor Oil, Olive Oil, Avocado oil, vegetable Shortening, Canola Oil, Fragrance, Micas, grapeseed oil, and Cosmetic grade Glitter. Crafted by: Nature’s Essence Soaps

Caribbean Coral Reef Soap – SLS FREE – We love this soap’s bright colors, and all-natural ingredients that include Olive Oil, Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Jojoba Oil, Avocado Oil, and Castor Oil! Crafted By Happy Bubbles Soap!

This Sweet Orange Blossom Soap is radiant and skillfully crafted to look nice, neat, and put-together. It’s colors scream summertime sunsets and it’s ingredients include all-natural glycerine with goat’s milk for a smooth and moisturizing lather. Crafted By: It’s Almost Bath Time

What are Some of YOUR Favorite Summertime Soaps? Feel free to leave your 2 cents in our comments!

Things You Wish You Knew When You Sold At Your First Craft Show

Soap Oils — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:55:30 +0000

Soap makers have found many ways to sell and promote their handcrafted creations. Many are selling via online methods such as Etsy, Ebay, Amazon, Artfire and having a personalized website. Others stick to locally based events such as craft shows and farmers markets to display and sell their products. The entire dynamic of online vs. offline marketing/selling is quite different. Presentation, branding, and attitude are very important in both methods of marketing your handmade soaps. However, the biggest difference between the two is immediate interaction.

Just as a website has to keep the attention of it’s web user, so does a trade show booth have to keep the attention of the people passing by before they, well..pass by! Your goal is to entice them over with a message that doesn’t tell them how great your product is, but how much it will help them. People are generally quite selfish, and when they’re looking at most anything in their day to day life, they are constantly asking themselves “How will this help me” or, “How will this make my life better or easier?” So while your product may contain all natural ingredients, and it may be fair trade compliant, your best bet is to stress how it helps them. All of the other attributes are really secondary. This one fact will literally decipher whether someone will stop at your booth and look around, or simply walk on by in search of the next thing that will help them or “change their lives”.

I called upon our Twitter friends to see what their advice was to first-time craft and trade show sellers, and I got some amazing and invaluable tips! Remember, these tips are from people who have been out there on the front lines of selling soap and crafts at markets, and they’ve seen it all! Thanks to all of the following people for their advice! This truly is priceless information if you’re looking to sell your soap or craft at a show!

Janice Summers (Twitter ID TresSpa) of Tres Spa offers some great advice to new craft show sellers: “Booth design – Use a thematic color palet that matches your company colors.

Keep in mind Line of Site when setting up your display. You want people to be able to see what you have to sell.

Clearly post the prices on the products.

Colors- I cannot stress enough the importance of thematic colors and I know it may seem silly, but your clothing should also match or compliment the colors you choose. If you have a dark product, display it on a light color surface and if your product is light colored, display it on a dark surface.

Try not to overpower the viewer with either to many colors or to much of one color. Use a color wheel to find compliments for your main color.

Give Away’s- I like giveaway’s freebies and incentives. It’s also a good way to let someone try before they buy. I have converted several lookers into buyers solely because I gave them a free trial to take with them. I have also found that creating special incentives for purchasing multiple items has been effective. Or, a free gift with a purchase of some dollar amount.

Give away your business card as if it were candy! Even if someone just passes through and doesn’t buy a thing, don’t let them leave without a card that has a way of reaching you on it.”

Alana Rivera (Twitter ID AlanaRivera) creator of www.ettaandbillie.etsy.com offers another great bit of advice that many often overlook: “Make your display interesting with varying heights and keep with your brand; take lots of ones ”

Jessica Morelli (Twitter ID diPalermoBody) owner of diPalermoBody.com advises new trade show users to “Have sample items for $5 and under. My sample soaps for a $1, and sample scrubs for $4.50 sell like crazy at shows.”

Thanksgiving and Holiday Soap Making!

Soap Oils — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:26:25 +0000

It’s amazing… it seems like just yesterday we were packing up our Christmas decor, putting our Christmas trees away, and riffling through our refrigerators for those last bits of stale leftovers from Thanksgiving. Well friends, the Holidays are upon us once again! A time of feasting, family, and of course rush soap orders, special orders, and pure chaos if you happen to be a soap maker who also doubles as a business owner. The Holidays are not only a great time to show your family and friends some of your greatest creations, but they’re also a time of great opportunity, as your buyers test your diligence, creativity, and customer service.

Here at Cibaria, we’ve got tons of great things in the works for the Holiday season. Since we also supply the food industry with Olive Oils, Specialty Oils, and Vinegars, we are brimming with requests, rush orders, and getting things out in time for our staff to go home for the long holiday weekend with their families. We never forget about our soapers though. We’ve seen some spectacular soap for the summer, and when the fall came around, you never ceased to amaze with your great choices of scents, colors, and even delicious food-looking soap creations.

We’ve highlighted some of our favorite Fall and Thanksgiving Soaps below with links to their Etsy Stores below each photo. Do check out their stores, and support the art of Handmade / Handcrafted Soap ! (most are all-natural or Vegan)

By Sassy Scrub N Such

By The Dirty Housewife

By Maylees Garden

By The Dirty Housewife

By Sv Soaps

By Star Mountain Dreams

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