MoSoap.com’s Blog

I try to make sure I make products that people enjoy - our most popular being our Black Pine Tar and Traditional Lye soaps.  So when something doesn’t sell well, I figure I can pull it.  Not the case….MoSoap customers have requested to bring back our Hand Milled Lye Soap!  So starting June 1, it will again be available.  I’m going to make a special edition with peppermint oil along with our standard unscented Hand Milled.  Peppermint is so refreshing, and going into summer it’s a favorite of many.

The Hand Milled Lye soap is our ultra gentle twice cooked lye soap that is an old time method for ensuring mildness.  Many folks consider the word “hand milled” to mean the same as “french milled” that they are completely different.   French Milled soap is extremely hard soap that has been made with machines, handmill is just what is sounds like - it’s been milled by hand.  Another word for handmilled can be “rebatched” if the original batch was bad for some reason.  That’s not the case with our soap.  We start with our popular Traditional Lye Soap, grated it by hand and then cook again adding extra palm kernel oil.  We find it to make a silky lather and one of our favorite soap to turn into liquid.  If you want to download our sheet from our MoSoap site, click here to open this Adobe Acrobat file (pdf.)  It’s our method for making shampoo bars into liquid, but it works well with standard soap too.

You can handmill your own soap, that’s why we offer soap in bulk form and in the vegetable based shredded form.  Check out our Handmilling Suggestions form on our website .  The one thing to keep in mind, hand milled cold process soap is not like Melt and Pour soap.  It’s thicker and similar to puddy, so expect to scoop it in the mold.

As some people have noticed, things have been changing at MoSoap. 

 To make a long story short, it’s just one person at MoSoap now instead of 4 and MoSoap’s business as only increased - here’s what’s happened;

•  Charmaine is no longer making our creams as she is pursuing other businesses,
• Stephanie took a job working this spring for a construction company for over $30 per hour (I can’t pay that much to keep her!)
• and Ann was injured at the shop and will be out for the rest of the summer

So with all the changes, I have had to drop some of our products because it’s just one person right now working here.  You’ll notice that we no longer offer the Shea Butter Body Creams, but I hope to have a similar item around Christmas time for gift baskets.   Basically, I am downsizing the Botanical Body Care line and adding more of the Vintage style products as that is what everyone seems to like best.  The new Patchouli Pine Tar is up on the web finally and there will be pictures shortly.

Ok, just wanted everyone to know that I am sorry if your calls didn’t get returned right away but no one was here while I was off doing trade shows for our other soap businesses.

Rarely do I wholesale our products as it’s difficult enough to keep up with our web orders, but I wanted to list a new place to find some of our products.

Jacksonville, Florida - St. Anthony’s Botanical Gardens 
12 West 8th St, Jacksonville Fl.  (904) 634-0980
You’ll find our Traditional and Basic Lye Soaps only.