Terrific Tip Tuesday

A Little Bit of Oatmeal Goes a Long Way

Oatmeal is a common ingredient a lot of soapmakers like to put in their soaps.  Unfortunately, a lot of recipes don’t tell you how MUCH oatmeal to put in so, if you are like us, you think…MORE IS BETTER!  Well, this is not so much the case when your soap turns out like this…

OUCH!  Trust me, those soft oats HURT once they look like this in a bar of soap.  So, a few tips….

We recommend grinding your oats to oat powder in a food processor before you put them in your soap.  This really helps your achieve the benefits of having oatmeal in your soap while avoiding the rough edges whole oats sometimes create.  We find that 1 to 3 teaspoons of oatmeal powder per pound of fat in your soap recipe is perfect.  The more oatmeal you add, the roughter your soap will feel.

Saving Lives

....One Bar of Soap At A Time

Did you know that 9000 children will die today? And, did you know that those deaths could be reduced up to 60% by the simple hygene practice of washing one's hands? Yep - That's right!

So, how can we help? The Handmade Soap Guild and Clean The World, Inc. have partnered together and are asking anyone who has some "not so perfect" or "ugly" handmade soap they are not using, to donate it to Clean The World, Inc. In turn, Clean The World will rebatch and purify the soap and send it overseas. For full details and mailing information click here

Please note - If you decide to make a donation - Clean The World, Inc. has moved. Their new mailing address is:

Clean the World
8026 Sunport Dr. Suite 306
Orlando, FL 32809

Soaps On!

A Little Bar of Soap is a small, female owned and operated business offering top quality soaps, lotions and scrubs as well as all of your top of the line butters and carrier oils so you can make your own specialty bath products. Our desire is that our butters and oils will provide you with a quality that will set your bath products above the rest. You can purchase our products at: www.etsy.com/shop/alittlebarofsoap.