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	<title>Bella Sapone™ Handmade Soap</title>
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	<description>Luxury Handmade Soap</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Apple Cinnamon Soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/apple-cinnamon-soap-2.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I decided to get with the season and start soaping some fall scents.  I have soaped a cinnamon before, its hard to find a high quality cold process skin safe cinnamon so I stocked up when I found this, but this time I added apple fragrance oil and apples! Soaping with fruit can get tricky, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strawberries and Champagne Soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/strawberries-and-champagne-soap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/strawberries-and-champagne-soap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I made a test batch of soap with the fragrance Strawberries and Champagne. I had ordered it ages ago as a sample looking for a nice sweet strawberry. This wasnt it, at all. This scent has just a hint of strawberry and has a significant &#8216;perfume&#8217; smell.  I didnt like it at all but one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blueberry Soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/blueberry-soap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/blueberry-soap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I did a test batch of soap with Blueberry fragrance oil several months ago and was happy with the results. No acceleration, no discoloration and the scent stayed sweet and true. So I soaped this a month ago. Much to my surprise it discolored- this was the same oil from the same company. I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frosted Cupcake hand made soap sample batch</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/frosted-cupcake-hand-made-soap-sample-batch.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/frosted-cupcake-hand-made-soap-sample-batch.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last time I soaped I made a few sample sized batches to test a couple new fragrance oils. Generally I spend the extra money and splurge on the really high quality oils that have been tested in cold process soap along with bath and body products. But there were a few that just sounded so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cotton candy hand made soap test batch</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/cotton-candy-hand-made-soap-test-batch.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/cotton-candy-hand-made-soap-test-batch.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is another of my untested fragrances. I couldn&#8217;t get it for ages and it just came available again! So I bought several ounces and decided to test a small batch with this oil. I was thinking it might not behave well, and would probably discolor really badly since it definitely has some fairly strong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strawberries N Cream Soap Batch #2</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/strawberries-n-cream-soap-batch-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/strawberries-n-cream-soap-batch-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Soap Making]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I finally got around to making this and I used every single trick I could think of. First I melted my oils and made sure everything was cool. I even refrigerated a few oils so it would cool the room temp oil further. Then I mixed in my fragrance into my base oil. With it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanilla Pear Soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/vanilla-pear-soap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/vanilla-pear-soap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually order sampler sizes in the more expensive fragrance oils so I dont get stuck with a very expensive bottle of something I find revolting but for some reason I ordered a full size of Vanilla Pear it sounded great and when I got it I was very pleased. I think this could be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pink Sugar Hand Made Soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/pink-sugar-hand-made-soap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/pink-sugar-hand-made-soap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 21:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Soap Making]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m having a soap making weekend! This weekend I am going to be putting to use all three of my wooden molds and one of my plastic molds. This weekend I plan on making cold process Pink Sugar scented soap. This fragrance is a bit of a pain. It has a high vanilla content and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>soap making supply</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/soap-making-supply.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/soap-making-supply.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 21:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding a supplier can be tricky. For little odds and ends that I want to play with Ill go to eBay if my regular couple of suppliers don&#8217;t have what I want to play with. Unfortunately eBay isn&#8217;t always a super fantastic place to purchase from. At first finding a supplier can be a lot of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/natural-soap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/natural-soap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 23:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Soap Making]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for an all natural soap it can be a little tricky to find if you aren&#8217;t sure what you are looking for. Its probably easiest to look on the label and start from the last ingredient and work your way up. Most likely you are going to find the synthetic ingredients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strawberries N Cream Soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/strawberries-n-cream-soap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/strawberries-n-cream-soap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 21:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Soap Making]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Strawberries N Cream soap is on the list for this weekends soaping adventure. This will be the second time I make this scent. The first time I made this it seized on me. I had never witnessed first hand a full on soap seizure but wow, it was more than surprising! I thought I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Sugar Hand Made Soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/blue-sugar-hand-made-soap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/blue-sugar-hand-made-soap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 21:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Soap Making]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am planning on making Blue Sugar soap this weekend it is a new scent that I had to try. I’ve always loved Pink Sugar and Auqolina has come out with a masculine version of it and named it Blue Sugar. I can definitely smell Pink Sugar in there, there is that familiar sweetness but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>homemade organic soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/homemade-organic-soap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/homemade-organic-soap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 17:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Soap Making]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Homemade Organic soap is a bit of a labelling stretch, but many businesses chose to label their soap this way if they have used organic oils in their soap making process. Sodium Hydroxide is a caustic chemical, essential for soap making. Organic oils and organic essential oils can be used but still sodium hydroxide must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Gourmet line of bath bombs</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/new-gourmet-line-of-bath-bombs.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/new-gourmet-line-of-bath-bombs.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 02:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ive decided to go forward with a small line of Gourmet Bath bombs. More luxury and more enjoyment! These bombs will feature yummy ingredients like buttermilk, cocoa butter (LOTS of cocoa butter!!), and kaolin clay on top of my already fabulous bombs. These will be a limited line of scents including Blissful, Oatmeal Milk and Honey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lavender soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/lavender-soap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/lavender-soap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 22:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Soap Making]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lavender is a classic scent and additive in soap. One of my first batches of soap was lavender.  I used a pretty simple 4lbs recipe that had palm oil (wasnt a fan of it didnt reorder it) lard, olive oil and palm kernal oil. Once my soap traced I added in an ounce of bulgarian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Cucumber Soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/making-cucumber-soap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/making-cucumber-soap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 22:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Soap Making]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cucumber can add some fantastic label appeal. Itll be up to you and your customers to decide if they find it adds any luxury to the actual soap. The ground cucumber peel gives beautiful green flecks in the soap but they will eventually fade into yellow due to the chloriaphil. It eventually is broken down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Soap Recipe</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/basic-soap-recipe.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/basic-soap-recipe.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 21:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Soap Making]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a beginner wanting to give a batch of soap a shot you should be able to find almost everything you will need locally. The only thing you will need to order online is lye. There are many online suppliers, I personally have had great experiences ordering sodium hydroxide. Look for a supplier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olive Oil Soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/olive-oil-soap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/olive-oil-soap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 23:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Soap Making]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Olive oil soap is also sometimes called Castile Soap. Many soap makers add additional vegetable oils to their olive oil soaps to speed trace and increase the lather of the finished soap. A true 100% olive oil soap is extremely gentle but has a creamy, many times slimy lather. Usually coconut or palm oil is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pretty Soaps</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/pretty-soaps.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/pretty-soaps.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Soap Making]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some soaps are naturally beautiful, some&#8230;are not. And some need to be polished to bring out that beauty. Polishing is something Ive only played with for the most part. There is only one soap that I have polished and sold. It really brought out the swirls. There are a few different ways to polish soap, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Cinnamon soap</title>
		<link>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/apple-cinnamon-soap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.italianhandmadesoap.com/apple-cinnamon-soap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading about some experiments in soap and came across one that intrigued me. Apples in soap. Hmm&#8230;ew. But milk in soap is awesome (most commonly goatsmilk) and honey in soap is awesome&#8230;.so why not something sweet like apples? I know that lye can make things go bad right quick but this one has [...]]]></description>
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