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Been a while since I’ve done one of these and figured it would be good to get all of the thoughts and changes in one place… Brushes/Viking resurgence I have been making brushes now for a few months. This is something I have wanted to do since I first started in wetshaving about 15 years…

I’ve finally taken the plunge back into soap making… I was unsure if Viking would be around this year, and spent most of last year not paying much attention to it for a variety of reasons. Ultimately, I decided that I’d regret it if I let it collapse, so worked a few things out personally…

Greetings fellow Vikings! Wanted to take a minute and update you on a few things happening at Viking Soap & Cosmetics. We have made a few changes to the formulation to reflect some supplier arrangements and ingredient inclusions and as a result have had to up the price slightly (only 75 cents on each product)….

I greatly appreciate all the feedback folks have provided us over the last 3 months. Even though we have had very good success with the first variation on the formula, some (including me at times) felt the soap was too soft to be lathered effectively in containers. I took this feedback into strong consideration and have…

Just wanted to take a minute to thank all the folks who stopped over at VikingSoap.com this last week to help with the official launch, things went well and we are looking forward to the product getting into more hands as deliveries are made. As always, if there’s anything we can do to help out,…

Tonight marks the first official production night! Final packaging decisions were made last week and the containers and labels all arrived safe and sound within the last few days. To say we are excited is an understatement! This is truly a labor of love, all of our products are made in extremely small batches and…

As I love to do everything as close to ‘from scratch’ as possible, rendering tallow from beef suet was an absolute must for me. Tallow is a somewhat controversial ingredient, but I feel confident that I am using a product that may otherwise be discarded from the meat industry, which is very prevalent in Iowa….

Man, this is a lot more involved than I thought it would be! But, it’s been fun so far. Currently working through packaging options and think I finally have it nailed down. These aren’t final, but here is the first (older) option, of which there will be some since I bought some stock of the…

I am currently working on finalizing packaging options/labels, and refining final formulae. Starting up an online store has brought significantly more challenged than I anticipated! And when I step foot into a new realm, I like to go all out rather than piecing it together as I go (a certain degree of that will still…

Welcome to Viking Soap & Cosmetic! This has been a whirlwind 5 weeks or so. I have been a soap maker for quite some time, and truly enjoy the hobby, although I had let it get away from me for quite a while as life got busy. I came back with full steam and a…