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items I own my own small business making handmade cold process soaps and other body products, as well as making baked goods and sourdough. These are tools and items for other small business owners to use!
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Where do I even begin?? | resources for newbies to master soap making
Silicone Molds
Tools you need | Soap cutter, immersion blender, scale, and more
Shipping/packaging/presentation
My favorite ingredients
Where do I even begin?? | resources for newbies to master soap making
How to start, what kind of soap process you should try, and more resources for beginners
Melt & pour, hot process, or cold process - this book covers it all for you
Natural Soap Making Book for Beginners Guide
A simple, highly rated guide book to help beginners know where to start.
Natural Soap Making Book for Beginners
Making milk soap is a bit different than non milk soap, but after you get a couple batches under your belt, it’ll come naturally.
Goat Milk Soap Making: A Do-It-Yourself Guide
A guide to using beeswax - this is a great ingredient to know how to use for soaps, balms, salves, and other body care products.
Beeswax Alchemy: Make Soap, Candles & Balms
A guide for specifically running your soap business as successfully and smoothly as possible
Soap Making Business Startup: How to Start & Grow
A wonderful website for ordering ingredients and looking at tutorials and DIY kits that have everything you need to make a batch of soap before committing to buying in bulk.
Bramble Berry® Soap Making Supplies
Silicone Molds
Silicone molds your family, friends, or customers will go crazy for
An absolute must have. I have like 8 of these. They are extremely sturdy, stand by themselves, and are holding strong after 2 years of use. Worth every penny.
50oz Loaf Mold | Silicone Soap Mold
One of the most unique, most beautiful molds I’ve ever seen!
Floral roses piano music theme soap mold
Fall/Autumn is THE best soap season. Fall shaped soaps will be flying off your shelves
Pumpkin Leaf Acorn Silicone Mold for Soaps
The most magical fairy soap molds!! Beautiful
Fairy Cameo Silicone Molds
Some of the cutest soaps I’ve ever seen!
Embossed Moon Face Soap Silicone Mold | Sun Face Mold
Sample size soaps in fall shapes - HUGE hit for this time of year and for people who want to try your soap before buying large bars
Small Fall Autumn Soap Molds | Pumpkin + Leaf
Add YOUR logo to your soap bars! So cool and unique. A worthwhile investment. Advertising + marketing genius!
Your logo on your soap | silicone mold for soap with customizable logo
My customers and family/friends love the beautiful soaps these silicone molds make. Love love them!! Be sure to use a baking sheet or cutting board under them for support and ease of moving them around while they cure.
3 Pack Flowers Soap Mold
Literally stunning. Your customers will be blown away!
3 Pack Silicone Mold Rose, Peony & Round
Marketing + advertising genius! Such a perfect and simple investment
Custom Soap Bar with Your LOGO or GRAPHIC | Branded Soap Mold
Soap bars made easy. No need to even cut your soap if you use these - this soap mold is conveniently already in the shape/size of individual bars and have beautiful designs on each one.
Individual Silicone Soap Bar Molds
Looks like an embroidered cushion! So beautiful and unique.
Royal embroidery cushion shape | soap molds
Oatmeal milk and honey soap is one of the most popular scents of all time. This is the perfect soap mold for that scent (or any, really!!)
Bee + Honeycomb Silicone Soap Molds | 2 pack
Perfect for making samples. When you have a little left over soap batter, fill this up and give them out for free or for a couple bucks as sample soaps. People love trying out little sample soaps.
Small silicone soap molds | sample soap size
Perfect for beautiful small sample soaps. Customers and family/friends love being gifted sample soaps or purchasing to try out your soaps.
Small flower soaps mold | sample soap size
Simple + classy round shape soaps
Dome Round Circle Soap | silicone soap mold | 6 cavity
Beautiful and elegant - no need to even cut your soaps since these are already the size/shape of soap bars
Oval Flower Soap Silicone Mold | 4 Styles
Simple but classy oval shape - great for small bars or larger sample soaps
Small Oval Silicone Soap Mold - 16 cavities
So feminine, dainty, and beautiful. Such a satisfying shape, too.
Lace Royal Square Soap Mold
These would make beautiful soaps for baby showers, wedding favors, or to keep stocked all year round
Lace heart shape soap mold
Tools you need | Soap cutter, immersion blender, scale, and more
Containers for mixing and pouring soaps, cutters for slicing soaps, and other tools you’ll need
Love love this budget friendly option and how it comes with multiple wires. A must have. I love mine - it makes it so easy to cut the same sized soap over and over
Adjustable Wooden Soap Cutter with Wire
Been using this for 2 years to blend my soaps and it’s still going strong
Hand Blender | Immersion Stick Blender
22 lb capacity scale for weighing soap ingredients
22lb Capacity Food Scale
A larger capacity scale for larger batches of soap
66lb Kitchen Scale | Stainless Steel | AA/Plug
4 pack. For mixing and pouring soap. Perfect for splitting a batch into multiple parts to add pigments/colorants or scents to before pouring into molds.
4 Pack Plastic Funnel Pitcher Measuring Cup
Love these for mixing and pouring soap bars
3 Quart Mixing Bowl with Handle & Spout
You MUST protect your skin and eyes while making soap
Rubber Gloves 4 Pairs Colorful Reusable
You MUST protect your eyes and skin while making soap
Clear Safety Glasses | Anti-Fog & Scratch Resistant
You will NEED these for spooning soap batter, scraping out bowls, mixing in scents or pigments/colorants, hand texturing the tops of soaps, and more
5-Piece Silicone Spatula Set, Heat Resistant
For monitoring the temp of your soaps, achieving or avoiding gel phase, etc. Been using this for 2 years and it’s still going strong
Infrared Thermometer Laser Temperature Gun
For whisking in colorants or other additives or for hand whisking batches
Stainless Steel Whisk Set | Rustproof Metal
Shipping/packaging/presentation
Small shipping boxes for smaller soap orders. You can fit 3-5 soap bars or more in here, depending on the size. You could fit like 10 small sample bars in here. I use these all the time.
50 Pack 6x4x3 Small Shipping Boxes
For larger soap orders. Fits into a priority padded USPS envelope. This will fit a whole 50 oz loaf of soap in it plus a little more. I use these all the time.
Scotty Stuffers 9x5.5x3.5 for Flat Rate Mailers
Budget friendly option for packaging and cushioning soaps or other body care products
Unbleached Parchment Paper 2-Pack 15in x 210ft
Thank you stickers for a penny. Comes in multiple colors
Thank You Stickers for Small Business | 500 pieces
Another style of thank you stickers. Such an affordable way to up your presentation and connection to customers
Thank You for Supporting My Small Business Stickers
Unbeatable price - they can even design your logo for you or take your logo you already have and use it for the cards
500 Custom Business Cards
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve ruined business cards that accidentally fell somewhere and got dirty or bent. This is perfect!
Personalized Business Card Case
Stamp all your boxes, packing slips, or anything else with your logo
Custom Logo Stamp | Packaging Stamp
Budget friendly bulk packing/shipping tape
24 Rolls Heavy Duty Packing Tape for Shipping
My favorite ingredients
My favorite ingredients & websites to buy ingredients
I use this in many of my soaps to help harden them, make them last longer, and release from the molds easier.
Sodium Lactate 60% 16oz USP Grade Preservative
High quality ingredients that are thoroughly tested. Each ingredient will have e a section that says if the ingredient is compatible for the type of product you’re making
Bramble Berry® Soap Making Supplies
One of the best stores for buying in bulk
Bulk Apothecary | Quality Essential Oils, Soap Making Supplies & More | Essential Oils Supplier
Perfect for soaps or other body products like bath salts
Whole Star Anise
Real herbs/spices really elevate the look and value of body care products!
Cinnamon Sticks 7oz | 36-44 Sticks