The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts recently recognized Artifact Soapworks — a Cambridge-based, Black-owned business — as one of the most environmentally conscious small businesses in ...

When Kevin Samples first learned to make soap, he never expected his lumpy first attempt would turn into the Normal Soap Company. His first attempt was a far cry from the Georgia Peach State Soap, ...

In a warehouse on Humboldt Street — amid the buzz of conversation, footsteps going up and down stairs, and a gong going off at one point — the Soap Queen looks into the cameras and shows people how to ...

NanBop Farm recently hosted a soapmaking workshop led by LeAnn of Wild Daisy Creative. LeAnn, a certified herbalist, instructed us to combine water, lye, and oils, and customized our soaps with scents ...

Left Hand Soap Company, located in the Parkview Plaza Shopping Center in Tuscaloosa, handmakes a variety of fragrant, olive oil, coconut and castor oil-based soaps. Soapy Jones started Left Hand Soap ...

Much of the soap purchased in modern stores isn't soap at all, but detergent. Real soap is a blend of animal or vegetable fats, lye and water in a process called saponification. Detergents are made ...

A Black-woman-owned soapmaking business has been recognized as one of Massachusetts’s most environmentally conscious small businesses. Artifact Soapworks, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, recently ...