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We at the Soapmaking Studio are very grateful for the fabulous coverage provided by KUSI Channel 9, the San Diego Union-Tribune, and East County Magazine. We encourage students and soapmakers to "Like" and "Share" these resources to further the efforts of cottage industry personal care products manufacturers.
Spend the Sunday creating your own handmade soap to celebrate National Soapmaking Day. Whether you're making soap to share for Christmas, to sell at an autumn craft fair, or to use on Global Handwashing Day, this is the perfect day to learn a new hobby and honor the early pioneers who regularly made their own soap. National Soapmaking Day was registered by Kerri Mixon, the Master Soapmaker at Pallas Athene Soap, who is a 16th generation soapmaker. This is a day for celebrating soapmaking, sharing soapmaking with the world, and appreciating the people who participate in soapmaking. Unleash your inner chemist on National Soapmaking Day!
Go to the official website: http://www.NationalSoapmakingDay.org/last-sunday-in-september.php
View the presentation slides: View Lecture Presentation for Dallas
The URL for the presentation stored on Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_3SuUTL5aDkrLDS4dIaY19qT5-K0EEAW/view?usp=sharing
The lecture presentation given by Kerri Mixon at the 2019 conference in Dallas, TX, will remain available on the Internet indefinitely.
The PDF handout notes for the presentation, including the DIY shampoo bar recipe, from the soapmaking conference in Dallas: handout-mixon-comparison-of-shampoo-bars.pdf.
The following article was written by Bethany Nash in April 2018 and was published in the East County Californian newspaper: https://eccalifornian.com/a-look-into-spring-valleys-cleanest-business/.
The PDF handout notes for the presentation includes useful hyperlinks to valuable business resources: ensure-a-profit-from-your-soap-business.pdf.
The PDF handout notes for the presentation on extracting alkali solution to make soap from scratch from the soapmaking conference in Las Vegas: soap-from-ashes.pdf.
The following video was filmed by David Brooks of the San Diego Union-Tribune and appears on David Brooks' Vimeo page at https://vimeo.com/47282520 and below. It has been archived and no longer appears on the Union-Tribune website.
A rather lengthy spot appeared live on KUSI Channel 9 in San Diego in 2014 and is no longer in the KUSI archives. It included some nice footage and comments but is no longer available.
Kerri Mixon gave 2 presentations during the annual conference in Tucson, AZ, in May 2014: "Comprehensive Color and Scent for Soap and Cosmetics" and "Making Transparent Cold/Hot Process Soap." Her lecture presentations will remain available on the Internet indefinitely: View Lecture Presentations for Tucson.
Instructor Kerri Mixon was one of the featured lecture speakers during the annual conference in Raleigh, NC, in May 2013. Her presentation, "The Chemistry and Properties of Fatty Acids and Oils," was attended by soapmakers from around the world. Her lecture presentation will remain available on the Internet indefinitely: View Lecture Presentation for Raleigh.
This very flattering article was written by Caprice Harrison of East County Magazine in 2012: https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/soapmaking-studio-lemon-grove-offers-classes-supplies-and-expert-instruction. The article is also available in a printer-friendly version: https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/print/11552.
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