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Sept. Vol. 73 VOLUME 73 | SEPTEMBER Harvesting a Fall Product Line INSPIRATION FOR SOAPMAKERS SALAD SHOOTER MP APPLE CIDERHOT VINEGAR TRENDTEMPERATURES AND CURL TECHNIQUE IN COSMETICS SOAPMAKING 1 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com 1 R #1 Brand Chosen By Professional Crafters Prepare for the cold and dry season with lip balm products! Crafter's Choice carries over 50 sweetened flavor oils and now NEW Unsweetened Flavor Oils! 2 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com 2 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Handmade Magazine VOLUME 73 Harvesting a Fall Product Line EDUCATIONAL RECIPES 14 Time and Temperature in CP, HP 10 Agave Nectar Deodorant 46 Countryside Apple Hand Soap Relationships and Entrepreneurship 20 18 Calming Pet Spray 48 Apple Ginseng Shampoo 28 How to create a Taiwan Swirl Apple Champagne Conditioner 23 Football Cold Process 50 35 Creating Marshmallow Fluff 52 Apple Cider Wax Melts 26 Campfire Cold Process 36 All About Apples 54 Pumpkin Cupcake CP 30 S'mores Sugar Scrub 38 Fragrance Formulator 56 Hayride Melt & Pour 32 S'mores Melt & Pour 40 Apple Cider Vinegar Trend 42 Apple Cider Vinegar Face Toner 44 Free Labels 58 Salad Shooter Technique 63 Artisan Spotlights 4 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com Recipe Page 52 Handmade Magazine VOLUME 73 Harvesting a Fall Product Line Recipe Page 46 Recipe Page 23 Recipe Page 32 Recipe Page 54 4 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com 5 PRINT ISSUES BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR SUBSCRIBE TODAY www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/handmade-magazine.aspx 6 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com EDITOR IN CHIEF Mattie Sprague CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Debbie May, Sue Braun, Amaris Scipione COPY Sue Braun, Amaris Scipione, Jacquelyn Ritt CONTRIBUTING RECIPE AUTHORS Sue Braun, Susan Barclay-Nichols, Amaris Scipione Don’t want to miss a print issue? CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY EXPERTS Debbie May, Allison Vought, Kevin Dunn, Susan Barclay-Nichols Subscribe today! CONTRIBUTING ARTICLE AUTHORS Allison Vought, Marla Tabaka, Kevin Dunn, Susan Barclay-Nichols PHOTOGRAPHY Jacquelyn Ritt, Amaris Scipione ARTWORK/LAYOUT DESIGN Original Graphics - Mattie Sprague, Product Photos - Respective Sites as Cited Disclaimer: All attempts are made to provide accurate, truthful information in the educational articles, recipes and other information provided within this publication. However, the publisher and editors of Handmade assume no responsibility for injuries or loss incurred by anyone utilizing the information within this publication. Handmade Magazine is not responsible for the products you create from our recipes. You alone are responsible for product and recipe testing to ensure compatibility and safety. Copyright© 2018 by Handmade Magazine of WholesaleSuppliesPlus. All Rights Reserved. Material may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission. WholesaleSuppliesPlus ® is a registered trademark. 6 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com 7 It's Season 8 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com FALL– that wonderful time of the year when the temperatures cool down, the air becomes crisp and the leaves turn beautiful shades of crimson, amber orange, sienna, golden yellow and rusty brown before falling gently to the ground. The days may be shorter, but they hold a brilliance of color and beauty that can take your breath away. If you have never experienced fall in the northern states, add this to your bucket list! Fall harvest brings wonderful fruits and vegetables to our tables – apples, beans, broccoli, corn, squash, sweet potatoes and, of course, pumpkins for our holiday pies! Fall brings thoughts of pumpkins decorating your front door. Hayrides and warm apple cider. Football. Making S’mores around the campfire. Warm cozy sweaters and the crunch of leaves under your feet. And the wonderful smell of fall in the air. For many, fall is their favorite time of year. For others, it only brings the thought of winter a little bit closer. Whichever your preference, we hope this issue of Handmade Magazine finds you anticipating the fall months and wanting to make many of the recipes we have available for you. We have an amazing CP Football Soap, adorable CP Pumpkin Cupcakes and Toasted S’mores Sugar Scrub. We also have an apple shampoo and conditioner and, for you dog lovers, even a calming pet spray for your anxious pooch! We hope you find something you love in our fall issue – our favorite time of the year! 8 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com 9 This baking soda-free deodorant contains magnesium stearate which is a naturally occurring fatty acid originating from stearic acid. It helps absorb odor and also helps the deodorant glide easily onto underarms leaving a non-greasy feel. 10 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com AGAVE NECTAR ODOR NEUTRALIZING DEODORANT YIELD: 4 TUBES | EST. TIME: ½ HOUR | LEVEL: EASY SHOPPING LIST: (1) 2 oz. Crafter’s Choice Coconut Oil – 76° Melt (1) 2 oz. Crafter’s Choice Magnesium Stearate (1) 2 oz. Crafter’s Choice Arrowroot Powder (1) 2 oz. Crafter’s Choice Beeswax – Ultra Refined & Bleached (1) 2 oz. Crafter’s Choice Shea Butter – Ultra Refined (1) 2 oz. Crafter’s Choice Smooth & Creamy Lotion Bar Additive (1) 2 fl. oz. Crafter’s Choice Agave Nectar Odor Neutralizing Fragrance Oil 426 (4) 1 oz. White Lotion Bar Tube & Top – Dial Up INGREDIENTS & PACKAGING: DIRECTIONS: 1.44 oz. Coconut Oil - 76º Melt NOTE: If you are making these products 1.16 oz. Magnesium Stearate for sale, good manufacturing practices 0.60 oz. Arrowroot Powder recommend you wear a hairnet, gloves 0.40 oz. Beeswax - Ultra Refined & Bleached and a mask. We also recommend a clean 0.24 oz. Shea Butter - Ultra Refined apron and workspace. 0.14 oz. Smooth & Creamy Lotion Bar Additive 0.02 oz. Agave Nectar Odor Neutralizing FO 426 1. To metal pan, add beeswax, lotion bar (4) 1 oz. White Lotion Bar Tube & Top – Dial Up additive, shea butter and coconut oil. 2. Place over desired heat source (hot EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES: plate or stove for double boiler) and heat on low until all ingredients Scale have completely melted. Spatula Metal Melting Pot 3. Add magnesium stearate Wire Whisk and arrowroot powder. Blend Hot Plate or Double Boiler well with wire whisk. 4. Add fragrance and blend in. INGREDIENTS FOR LABEL: 5. Quickly pour mixture into lotion bar tubes. Product thickens quickly so Coconut Oil, Magnesium Stearate, Arrowroot Powder, you need to work fast. Let completely Beeswax, Shea Butter, Polyglycerol-3 Beeswax, harden before adding tops. Fragrance 6. Label product accordingly. TO USE: Apply to underarms daily. 10 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com 11 Bulk Sizes Excluded 12 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com NEW- 20/410 Pumps! Great for travel. Easy locking. Black, White and Natural pumps. Finally a full sized pump for smaller sized bottles! R 12 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com 13 Time and Temperature By: KEvin Dunn 14 HANDMADE MAGAZINE | VOLUME 73 From the experts at: WholesaleSuppliesPlus.com Taking a look at temperature profiles for cold and hot process soap. Figure 1 By: ast month we looked at the possibility of using very the solid soap remelts, a condition called “gel phase” Lhigh temperatures to shorten the time needed to by handcrafted soapmakers, and “neat soap” by KEvin completely saponify an oil. In extreme cases, this may commodity soap chemists. The temperature at which happen in as little as 5 minutes. One might assume this phase transition happens depends on the oils used that “hot process” (HP) and “cold process” (CP) soaps and the lye concentration. differ in the temperatures used, but the designations have more to do with technique than temperature. Consider, for example, our standard four-oil blend: Dunn coconut oil 28%, palm oil 28%, olive oil 39%, castor oil In the hot process, oils and lye are mixed in a 5%. We can make soap from this oil using lye with a container capable of applying heat to the mixture. wide range of concentrations. A medium-water soap, The source of heat might be a crock pot, microwave typical of what many people use, might use lye with a oven, conventional oven, or hotplate. The soap batter concentration of 33% NaOH. A low-water soap, (often is typically heated until it reaches gel phase and the referred to as a “water discount”) might use lye with a saponification reaction is complete. Interestingly, it is concentration of 40% NaOH. The temperature profiles possible to make HP soap at low temperature by using of these soaps depend on the starting temperature only gentle heat. when the oils are mixed with the lye. In the cold process, oils and lye may be heated, but no A temperature profile is a useful way to characterize external heat is applied after they are mixed. The bulk a soap formula. Simply heat the oil to the starting of the saponification reaction happens in the mold. Also temperature you wish to explore and, after mixing with interestingly, it is possible to make a CP soap at high your lye, measure the temperature periodically over the temperature just by heating the oil, as described last course of a couple of hours. An infrared thermometer is month. Here we will explore the relationship between particularly convenient for this task, since you just point time and temperature. and click to take a reading. A stopwatch (perhaps on your smartphone) is convenient for measuring time. Typically when lye is mixed with oil, the mixture becomes gradually more viscous until it reaches trace.