Giant Soap Bubbles
Did you know there are huge soap bubble artists? They make AMAZING bubbles – some are 15 feet (yes, FEET) high!
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Find out more about all aspects of soap and cosmetic labeling, regulations, legislation, and news!
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“Soap Bubble” at Milky Way Center
Scientists have discovered gigantic bubble-like structures 25,000 light-years tall ballooning above and below the Milky Way. Within each curved “bubble”, extremely energetic electrons of unknown origin interact with lower-energy light to generate the gamma rays that define these bubbles.
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ForSoapmakers sold, not closed!
In my last post I mentioned that I would be closing www.forsoapmakers.com. I’m really, really pleased to say that the business was purchased by Kevin Growns, from Star City, Arkansas! The business will continue, and all the existing products will continue to be offered. So far, Kevin is doing a great job filling orders and…
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ForSoapmakers.com Closing December 31
After much thought and internal debate, I have decided to close down ForSoapmakers.com as of December 31, 2011. It was a hard decision, but having made it, I must admit somewhat of a sense of relief. ForSoapmakers had gotten to the point that it had to grow to the next level (or not). I chose…
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Rural Oregon Timber Economy
I recently received a newsletter from Dennis Richardson, Oregon State Representative Fourth District. He’s not the Representative from my district, but his point are so applicable to our area, I wanted to pass this along. For some background, the 1994 Northwest Forest Plan was set up to provide income to rural Oregon counties from logging…
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Life Unconnected and Offline
On June 28th our internet service provider shut down. Since that time we’ve been essentially unconnected and offline (dial-up only). It’s made life, well, “interesting”. As I write this I am in my car, parked on the landing above my house, laptop plugged into a car-lighter converter, connected to the internet using my Xoom tablet…
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Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011
The Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011 was introduced June 24th. I’ve reviewed the bill and have been following all the discussions. Unfortunately, it seems to have somewhat polarized the handcrafted soap community – surprising since we all want essentially the same things … to be able to run our businesses, make safe soaps and cosmetics…
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Good Manufacturing Practices – Part 3
In this 3rd installment, we’ll take a look at the records required to meet the standards required in the Good Manufacturing Practices Guidelines/Inspection Checklist. Like I say about labeling, “It isn’t COMPLICATED, but it is DETAILED.” If you have your raw materials correctly logged and labeled, and your recipe/formulation with the procedures written out (see…
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Good Manufacturing Practices – Part 2
In this continuation of my series on Good Manufacturing Practices for small cosmetics manufacturers, we’ll look at the recommended practices for handling raw materials, production and laboratory controls. (See Good Manufacturing Practices – Part 1 for the first of the series.)
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Good Manufacturing Practices – Part 1
This is the first of a series of posts on the subject of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for cosmetics, especially as applicable to making handcrafted cosmetics in small batches. The Regulations Cosmetics are sort of the bastard child when it comes to GMP regulations. Both drugs and food have GMP standards set out in the…
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Florida Cosmetic Regulations
Florida cosmetic regulations required cosmetic manufacturers to get a permit and inspection. There is an exemption for small business.
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Drug Claims and Lip Balm
I just returned from the 2011 Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild Annual Conference in Miami. It was terrific! This year I went as a speaker and a vendor, and had time to enjoy some of the other speakers and presenters. I loved seeing Barbara Corcoran and had the privilege of having breakfast with her and several of…
