Catherine Failor has been professionally involved with soapmaking for almost 20 years.

In 1990, she launched Copra Soap, which manufactured the very first embedded soaps on the market. In 1997 she wrote Making Transparent Soap, followed in 1999 with Making Natural Liquid Soap. In 1998, she noticed a lack of soap molds on the market and decided to start a mold business. In 1998, Catherine taught herself to sculpt and introduced the first line of Milky Way soap molds.

Catherine lives and gardens in Portland, OR.