Errol and Adam are a couple of San Francisco dwellers who, for various reasons, were drawn to making
http://www.metaphororganic.com/articles/2018/10/4/what-the-hell-are-soap-berries
What the Hell are Soap Berries? While working on my post-grad soap education the other day, I came upon the term “soap berries” in a list of search results. It turns out soap berries, also known as soap nuts (not kidding), are the fruit of several shrubs or small trees in the Sapindus genus. Soap berries contain saponins, or s...
http://www.metaphororganic.com/blog/2018/10/2/beard-oil-no-beard
Beard Oil, No Beard? Recently a customer emailed asking if it’s possible to use beard oil if you don’t have a beard, and if you do, what will happen. So we went down to the lab and did some exhaustive research by putting beard oil on other non-bearded parts of our bodies to simulate the horrifying scenario of not ha...
10/28/2016
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Beard Wax
If you've given up on growing a bushy beard because of wayward hairs going
all over the place, you might want to give it another try. Beard wax is a
superb product for shaping and styling, especially if your beard tends to
be more on the more unruly side of the log cabin. While beard oil is be...
11/07/2015
Less than a week until you learn to make delicious artisan soap!
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http://www.metaphororganic.com/blog/2015/9/23/spotlight-on-our-orange-cream-goat-milk-soap
Spotlight on our Orange & Cream Goat Milk Soap When I lived in Ashland, Oregon, my drunken neighbors bought a pygmy goat one morning on a whim. The goat ran away that same afternoon, probably for the better, but ever since then I've been a bit obsessed with these interesting critters that munch on pretty much anything, make delicious milk, and a…
http://www.metaphororganic.com/blog/2015/9/5/fall-two-years-ago-the-thing-quarterly
Fall Two Years Ago: The Thing Quarterly Since we lost a lot of our old blog posts when our website went down, and just because , I'm going to write about an interesting moment in Metaphor history. In Fall 2013 we partnered with The Thing Quarterly to concoct an experimental herbal salve. The Thing Quarterly is a subscription ser…
http://www.metaphororganic.com/blog/2015/8/4/next-soap-class-thursday-august-13th
Next Soap Class: Thursday, August 13th I've gotten a few emails about when the next soap class will be. Currently Errol is collaborating with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco to teach soapmaking. The next class is Thursday, August 13th at 6:30 pm. The JCC is located at 3200 California Street. You can sign up here: https://ww…
http://www.metaphororganic.com/blog/2015/7/29/farmers-market-update
Farmer's Market: Update Just if anyone was curious, the July 19th farmer's market was a smashing success. Stay tuned for when we will show up there next....
Headed to the Fort Mason Farmers Market Sunday July 19th Hey soap fans, we will be at the Fort Mason Farmers Market next Sunday from 9:30 to 1:30. If we do well, or even ok, this could become a regular thing. As you may or may not know, these markets are a super valuable distribution tool for small manufacturers such as ourselves. For one, they give us a…
Headed to the Temescal Farmer's Market this Sunday. Stop by and say hello if you're in the neighborhood!
http://www.metaphororganic.com/blog/2014/8/2/two-august-soap-classes-at-workshop-sf
Two August Soap Classes at Workshop SF Errol from Metaphor Organic will be teaching two soap classes in August, one on Thursday, August 14th, and one on Monday, August 25th, both from 7:30 to 10 pm in the evening. The class will include: * crafting a simple DIY soap mold * mixing unique scents * a method to safely handle lye exclusive to…
Metaphor will be at Subrosa Coffee today in Oakland selling at their holiday gift show. Come by, say hello, drink some coffee, and pick up some unboxed soap-by-the-ounce (about $6 per bar)!