Mint Chocolate Chip Handcrafted Soap

Desert Sal Mint Chocolate Chip Handcrafted Soap (click for link) is made with olive, coconut, and jojoba oils, real cocoa, and peppermint essential oil. This is our favorite soap yet!

Desert Sal Mint Chocolate Chip Soap

Desert Rose Whipped Soap

A new recipe for creamy, lathery whipped soap… (click photo for link)  

Desert Rose Whipped Soap

Rose Soap

Simply Rose, inspired by New Mexico desert roses. Click photo for link.

Simply Rose by Desert Sal

Desert Inspired Naturals – Necklace

We love the colors of the desert. (Click photo for link)

Stone Necklace by Desert Sal

Lavender Soap

Here’s part of a new batch, with more lavender on the way! (Click photo for link)

Desert Lavender Soap

Faded Denim and Bead Necklace

It’s been so much fun creating these while soap is cooking or curing! (Click photo for link)

Honey Almond Oatmeal Soap

It looks delicious, but don’t eat it! We made it using hot process, then rebatching and whipping.

While the Soap Cures..Handcrafted Jewelry and Scarves

This is what we’ve been up to…
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Desert Sage Ribbon and Stone

Soap, Bath & Body Packaging

If you’re not ready to order bulk packaging, you can custom wrap your soap, bath, and body products and try out new packaging ideas fairly inexpensively. Here are some ideas. For more ideas, click here.

Desert Sal Botanical Soap Shop

Desert Sal Botanical Soap Shop. Craft paper, labels, shrink wrap. Shrink wrapping soap can be easy! See The World’s Easiest Way to Shrink Wrap Soap at National Shrink Wrap.

DeShawn Marie on Etsy

 DeShawn Marie on Etsy. This is a beautiful example of brand image. Gold-toned boxes sealed with custom labels.

Amelia's Soap Co. on Etsy

Amelias on Etsy. Another great example of elegant brand image. Amelia gets her boxes from Papermart.com.

Amelia's Soap Co. on Etsy

 Amelia’s on Etsy. Amelia makes the envelopes herself for unique, elegant, and flexible packaging.

Desert Sal Classic Garden Soap Shop

Desert Sal Classic Garden Soap Shop. A variety of ribbon, paper, scrapbooking decals, paper, and wallpaper border labels. 

Handpainted watercolor border and labels, to try out a new look. 

Soap photographs much better before shrink wrapping, but I always wrap mine before shipping.

Inexpensive craft store boxes, ribbon, and scrapbooking decals. If you decide you like boxes, you can order them in bulk.

Handmade envelopes using wallpaper border. It is time-consuming to make these by hand, but it let me experiment with new looks and packaging.

Craft store treat bags, with wallpaper border labels. Again, a simple way to try out a new look or packaging before you bulk order.

If you want a more natural look, try linen or muslin bags. I like letting soap, bath salts, or milk bath show to advantage, but this is one option. You can also try organza and tulle bags.

Two options for packaging heart-shaped guest or favor soaps: small white craft box, and clear plastic tray. This tray once held peppers from the produce section at the local grocery store. If you decide to order trays in bulk, you can add other products, such as salts, a loofah, etc., and shrink wrap the entire thing. The white petals are actually soap made of glycerin and corn-starch.

Clear acetate boxes are a great way to protect and show off soap. More expensive than shrink-wrap, but they have some advantages.

I’ve used the translucent scrapbooking paper from my local craft store to experiment with new label ideas. The ribbon is actually seam-binding. I don’t generally put ribbon right next to my soap unless it is color-safe for bath and body.

Desert Sal Spa Soap

For my Spa Soap line, I experimented with packaging that looks upscale and trendy…the “shiny” look! 

 

For more ideas, click here for the Soap, Bath & Body Packaging page, or here for suppliers on the Soap, Bath & Body Links page.

Soap Packaging Links

• 1-800 Gift Box
• Bags & Bows
• Bayley’s Boxes
• Box and Wrap
• World’s Easiest Way to Shrink Wrap Soap – National Shrink Wrap
• Papermart – Boxes, Paper, More
• India Handmade Paper
• Handmade Paper Online
• Idea Ribbon- bags, ribbon
• Steps-To-Memories – organza, tulle

“Oh, the Spring Soap!”

Beautiful Lavender Soap by Athena’s Olive Tree at Etsy. 

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Athena's Natural Lavender Soap on Etsy