Moonflower Herb Fest, Austin Texas 2019 Each year Old Factory has been one of the three main sponsors of Moonflower Herb Fest in Austin Texas. Moonflower Herb Fest is a conference held every year in Austin Texas with classes from regional and national herbalists. The conference focuses on the intersection between the physical and spiritual […]
FALL LIMITED EDITION: EQUINOX EQUINOX – BEHOLD THE THINNING VEIL Inspired by the summer’s long wait for autumn, and the longing for more magic in our lives. Moved by the shift of light through the trees that brings in cooler nights, spooky fog and a scent of mystery. Pivoting towards the darker months, we look […]
Try this limited golden milk soap in the shower first thing in the morning, at twilight before bed. This is the first time we have added goats milk to our shea & flax recipe – we are excited to see how the bar feels! Golden Milk is an Ayurvedic drink known for its anti-inflammatory and […]
Sadly, I think we have all heard some scary news recently about puppy’s dying from a recently updated blend of major brand dog soap. This is just absurd and should never have happened! Using simple, safe ingredients for our beloved pets, kids, husbands, wives, family members should be the only thing we use. Luckily, Old […]
One of the best perks about making goats milk soap, is having baby goats every year! As you know if you’ve followed us for a while, we haven’t always been goat farmers – our original soap lines were our olive oil soap line and our shea butter and flaxseed oil soap line and we made […]
Our first three baby goats of the season are here! Salt, our best milker was the first of our momma goats to kid. She gave birth to three baby Nigerian Dwarf Goats, two does and one buck. We have not named any of them yet, but they will all be named shades of blue, after […]
Thanks to all who visited our booth last weekend at SOHO Healthfest in Dallas Texas! If you missed the chance to see us and our friends Silver Botanicals we will be posting future skincare tradeshow events soon. You can always open a soap wholesale account, or perfume wholesale account with us any time of the […]
We got a late start, but this month we are going to participate in the #marchmeetthemaker on our social media! I thought it might be nice to also record our information on the blog, in case anyone else would like to learn more about us.
Here in Central Texas its two weeks before the average last frost of the year. That means its time to plant wildflower seeds! Our latest limited edition natural soap, Scent of Spring is wrapped in plantable seed paper – so I wanted to share a little post on the best way to plant those labels. […]
The story of this bar begins many years ago, when a friend working in a kitchen asked us to make a hand soap for them. Because chefs have to wash their hands so many times a day, their hands always seem to dry out, especially with the soap provided in most commercial kitchens. We began […]
