Skruben Blog
I started making some new products a couple of months ago that my customers and I are really enjoying. The new items are solid lotion bars and sticks for moisturizing the skin. At a recent craft fair, the responses from...
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My grandfather John Engwald Sylte, who was the eldest of five sons, once traveled by train through northern Idaho during the tail end of the Dust Bowl years. He was enticed by the surroundings where the lush green of the Selkirk Mountains...
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More in-depth information about the ingredients that I use...this time, beeswax! Beeswax is a golden yellow wax produced in the beehive of honey bees (genus Apis). It’s made up mostly of the esters of fatty acids and is chemically very...
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Shea butter is an ivory colored natural fat that comes from the nut of the African Shea or Karite Tree (butyrospermum parkii). It’s high in un-saponifiables and is richly moisturizing. It’s also believed to have anti-inflammatory, humectant and emollient properties. The...
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When I first started making soap a number of years ago, all my bars contained a large percentage of tallow, which is rendered beef fat. It is an extremely hard, white substance that is so pure that it can be stored...
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