Gift Idea Roundup: for the Guys
Here are some of my favorite gifts for the guys in my life. Husbands, brothers, and even the kiddos can appreciate these fun tutorials!
Top Row: Curiously Gnome-like Santa Claus, Vintage Baseball Soap, Crazy for Cubes
Middle Row: Whipped Shaving Soap, Golfer Soap, Man Soap
Bottom Row: Army Soap, Falling for Pear Soap, Blue Man Soap
Five Day’s of Father’s Day: I Love My Dad
Find Santa. Win a Prize. Merry Christmas.
Five Days of Father’s Day: Last Minute Cards
Curiously Gnome-like Santa Claus
Bramble Berry Supplies
Otion – The Soap Bar
Soap Queen Blog
Soap Queen TV
Teach Soap
What a great line up for guys, but I have never seen an After Shave in your line up. Anne-Marie you are so creative and just darn brilliant, can you create one we could give as duo gift? Bet it would make an awesome Kit too especially with Fathers Day in June!
Good morning, Jan!
Thanks for the great suggestion, I’ll pass it on to Anne-Marie. You can make aftershaves that are similar to perfume, by using a men’s fragrance and this recipe in the meantime:
How to Make Perfume Video: http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/lotion/how-to-make-perfume-video/
I hope this helps!
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Oh Thank You Becky… but I have a question… so if I follow this and expand it to fill an antique 9oz bottle I would then need 1 1/2tsp of Optiphen?
Which by the way, am so glad I don’t have to do a paraben in this!!
Hi Jan!
When we are making any of our recipes, we do so by weight because it make it much more accurate. When you are adding your preservative to your product, you do want to make sure you are doing it by weight. For Optiphen that would be anywhere from a .5% – 1.5% usage rate.
For example, if your product weighed 9 ounces, then you could add anywhere from 1.3 – 3.8 grams of the Optiphen preservative. I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.
Optiphen: http://www.brambleberry.com/Optiphen-P3682.aspx
-Becky with Bramble Berry
BECKY YOU ARE THE BEST… I STINK AT MATH SO IT TOOK ME LIKE 3 HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT BETWEEN THE CALCULATOR AND THE COMPUTER… EXACTLY WHY I SELDOM DO THINGS THAT CONTAIN WATER.. THIS IS A SPECIAL GIFT FOR MY LITTLE ONE’S GOD FATHER!!!
Hi Jan! I feel the same way about math, but that is why Google can be my best friend.
I can’t wait to hear more about your gift and if you get any pictures, we’d love to see it. You can share them with us on Bramble Berry’s Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/BrambleBerry
Happy Soaping and Merry Christmas!
-Becky with Bramble Berry
I’ve found guys also LOVE the SoapQueen Black and Tan CP Beer Soap…anything made with beer, they love ha! Also, anything scented Beau Brummel! A very popular scent with guys in my experience…so many options with the wonderful Bramble Berry lineup!!
That’s a great one as well! There really is so many ideas you can go with for the men in your life.
-Becky with Bramble Berry