The team and I have been busy sourcing new products at Bramble Berry. Before each product is brought in, it’s thoroughly tested in a wide variety of applications to ensure the highest quality. Below are some of the newest items. Have you tried any of them yet? To keep up to date with new items, you can always click the “What’s New” button on the Bramble Berry homepage. It’s directly to the right of the search bar. =)
Top left, clockwise: Raspberry Mica, Buttercup Mica, Magenta Mica, Blue Slushy Mica
New colorants offer a variety of new design possibilities. We’ve been busy testing micas, and decided on the Buttercup Mica, Magenta Mica, Raspberry Mica and Blue Slushy Mica. All four colorants work wonderfully in cold process soap without morphing or fading. I recently used the Magenta Mica in the Watermelon Cold Process Tutorial for a reddish-pink hue. Which colorant is your favorite?
If you’re looking for a fruity scent for summer projects, the new Pineapple Papaya Fragrance Oil will be a new favorite. Slightly sweeter than Pineapple Cilantro Fragrance Oil, the new Pineapple Papaya features more melon notes. It smells just like a tropical vacation! Click here to get some blend ideas using the new fragrance, as well as a fun bath bomb recipe.
The new Pineapple Papaya Fragrance Oil smells tropical, sweet and absolutely delicious!
The new Apple Sage Fragrance Oil is another fruity scent that’s sure to please. Great for summer, it will be suitable for fall as well. It features notes of juicy apples, coconut water and an earthy base. It also behaves wonderfully in cold process soap with no discoloration. In the Apple & Sage Salt Scrub DIY, Apple Sage Fragrance Oil is used with various green micas for a layered look.
The Apple Sage Fragrance Oil is used in the Apple & Sage Salt Scrub.
If you’re not a fan of sweet and fruity, the new Green Smoothie Fragrance Oil may be right up your alley. It’s a crisp green scent with notes of fresh cut kale and delicate florals. It really does smell like healthy green smoothies! It accelerates quickly in cold process soap and has no discoloration. It would be the prefect fragrance for gardeners soap.
Green Smoothie Fragrance Oil smells just like freshly cut kale.
In addition to colorants and fragrances, we have been busy testing exfoliants. We have four new types of sea salt: Black Sea Salt -Fine, Black Sea Salt – Coarse, Kauai Red Sea Salt – Fine, Kauai Red Sea Salt – Coarse. Both types of salt are from the Pacific Ocean. The Black Sea Salt (fine and coarse) is coated with activated charcoal from Hawaiian coconuts. The Kauai Red Sea Salt (fine and coarse) is coated with Kauaian red alaea clay.
Top left, clockwise: Black Sea Salt – Coarse, Black Sea Salt -Fine, Kauai Red Sea Salt – Coarse, Kauai Red Sea Salt -Fine
To celebrate summer and Shark Week, we brought in two types of mini aquatic toys: Toy Fish and Toy Sharks. The sharks are so popular they are already sold out, but more are coming soon! They were used in the Shark Week Melt & Pour Tutorial along with white and blue soap to create the look of waves. I can’t wait to make a project with the little Toy Fish!
Left to right: Toy Sharks, Toy Fish
For cold process soapers, the new Organic Cocoa Butter Cubes are sure to be a new favorite. The cube shape is easy to handle and melt. This cocoa butter has a strong, chocolate-like aroma. In addition to soap, it is wonderful in lip products, balms and more. I can’t wait for you to get your hands on it! In addition, we introduced Ultra Refined Lanolin. Lanolin is a wax-like butter produced from sheep wool. It’s commonly used in balms, lip products and cold process soap.
Left to right: Organic Cocoa Butter Cubes, Ultra Refined Lanolin
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We really loved the Pineapple/Papaya sample (Thanks!). We added it to a Kumquat batch and that is one of the best smelling fragrance blends we’ve tried to date. We’ll definitely be getting more!
You’re very welcome Angie! Pineapple Papaya and Kumquat sounds like an amazing blend. I’ll have to give that one a try. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Kumquat Fragrance Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Kumquat-Fragrance-Oil-P3335.aspx
I put pineapple papaya in with chamomile flowers in the Goat Milk Base, and dubbed it “Island Chamomile Fusion.” It turned out wonderful!
That sounds lovely! Tropical and calming 🙂
-Amanda with Bramble Berry
Thank y’all for the sample of pineapple papaya! It smells fabulous!! I can’t wait to receive my pineapple cilantro. Thank you BrambleBerry!!
You’re welcome Dana, glad you’re enjoying that new scent! It’s perfect for summer projects. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
The green smoothie sounds wonderful. I’ve been making notes on all the different soaps I want to make when we finally get moved and settled.
It smells awesome – really fresh and crisp! I think it’ll be a nice addition to your recipes. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
I used the Green Smoothie with some spiraling and green sea clay and layered it with lavender scented goat milk base, and it is gorgeous, and smells out of this world. I named it “Lavender Green Smoothie.” Not very original, but it’s selling out already, and Farmers Market in my town for me doesn’t start till next month! LOL!
spirulina. Darn that spell check!
That sounds amazing Vanessa! The herby notes of the Green Smoothie would pair so well with lavender. Great idea! 🙂
-Amanda with Bramble Berry
I am so excited about the new fruity fragrance oils!
They smell really amazing Cheryl! Can’t wait for you to give them a try. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Soap Queen! you are amazing. I do have a concern, I want to order the Activated Charcoal but I’m reading the product reviews, and a lot of customers are complaining about the power package is not good. Their packages are arriving messing with the power all over the place. Please make this fix a priority,! I can not afford for this to happen to me.
Hi Angie, I have ordered it twice, and both times it came fine, no spilling at all. 🙂
Hi Angie!
After some activated charcoal spills, we have changed to a new packaging system! The 1 ounce size is packaged in a sealed jar, and the 16 ounce size is double bagged and placed inside a small, taped box. That way if there are any spills, it won’t get on anything else in your order. We’ve found that has made working with the charcoal a bit easier and less messy. 🙂
Activated charcoal: https://www.brambleberry.com/Activated-Charcoal-P4956.aspx
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Looks amazing! I’m most excited about the new salts! <3
They’re really fun to use in scrubs and soap! 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
I love these new products from bramble berry!!!!
The salts are gorgeous, (I can’t wait till you make something from the lanolin), I’ve always wanted to learn how to use that product!!!
We’re excited to experiment more with the lanolin and share recipes here on the blog! 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry