Serendipity Blog

Exfoliating Soaps

By Ness Randall | July 24, 2025

The purpose of soap is to break the surface tension between your skin and dirt, grime and other substances lying on the skin surface.  Washing your face/body “exfoliating” soap is like giving your soap a “supercharging boost”. Activated charcoal actually binds itself to dirt, oil and bacteria on the skin and then that charcoal and […]

What is “Natural” Fragrance Oil?

By Ness Randall | April 29, 2025

Most people would question something called a 100% natural fragrance oil. I know that I always believed that fragrance oils were, by definition, synthetic.  A name is just a label to distinguish one thing from another.  But when we see an ingredient labelled “fragrance . . .” on a household or personal care product what does […]

Welcome t Our Serendipity Family

By Ness Randall | April 28, 2025

Looking forward to sharing our hobby with you through our Serendipity Family Blog – We will be posting each week but also post lots of bits ‘n’ pieces I have found helpful and interesting.  We will share what we know, have found out over our soaping journey and from others, talk about all things soap, […]