Skruben Blog

Nov 03, 2013

Winter Solstice Soap

In all the mad hurrying and scurrying to get ready for the holiday sales season, I made a blunder on one batch of soap. I accidentally added the essential oils from two different varieties to the same batch. Happily, it...

May 23, 2013

Hockey Soap

Probably because of the northern latitudes where I’ve lived, I’ve always preferred the cold-climate sports like skiing and ice skating. It’s a bit surprising that I never had much of a connection with hockey growing up. There weren’t any rinks...

Sep 22, 2012

Body & Soul

Music is very important in my life. I have always been surrounded by it, played it, belonged to bands that performed it, and basically let it soak in and wash over me on a regular basis. My life is better...

Jun 04, 2012

Calendula

One of the many enjoyable aspects of soapmaking is formulating new recipes. I try to choose ingredients that are beneficial to the skin or performance of the soap, while being beautiful at the same time. My favorite botanical ingredient...

Mar 25, 2012

You Dirty Dog!

After many months of planning and recipe tweaking, I'm finally ready to introduce our newest creation: Dirty Dog Soap! We've been using it on our own dirty dog, Murdoch. He LOVES it...see? OK...so maybe love isn't exactly the best word,...