I have had a chessboard soap in my idea list for a while. I remember when I added it: I had just done the Alice in Wonderland Soap and I started reading the follow up book: Through the Looking Glass; which is pretty much a chess game in narrative, though I did not know that… Continue reading Chessboard Soap
Pina Colada Soap I had the opportunity to visit Puerto Rico when my brother was studying there and we attended his graduation. PiƱa Coladas were very popular and could be found anywhere (even from some street vendors or food trucks). The non alcoholic version of course, and this soap reminded me of that. By the… Continue reading Pina Colada Soap
Cilantro is one of the herbs that can usually be found in my fridge, I like having it so that if the mood strikes for tacos, I am ready! By the way, putting the cilantro in a cup with water in the fridge; seems to help me keep them fresh the longest, with occasional water… Continue reading Citrus Cilantro Soap
Cosmic Swirl Attempt rainbow colors This soap brings some bittersweet memories for me, it was the last soap that my husband made with me during his soap making streak; he has since returned to a hobby he finds more fascinating: defeating gravity and making foam planes fly. (Rc wings). Here is a short video of… Continue reading Attempting the Cosmic Swirl Soap technique
I made these soap watermelon slices for a youtube collaboration with Valley Soaps. You can see how she used them in her channel here: I made a special batch of soap dough to make the watermelons, as I did not have enough red or green color soap dough. Below is my recipe for it. When… Continue reading Making Soap Dough and Watermelons Embeds
I thought I would try this soap technique just once for the June challenge; however I decided to give it a second try to fulfill a soap idea I have had for a while. The idea came to me while I was at church; and the worship team started singing this song ("Another in the… Continue reading One Pot Wonder: Second attempt
I am sure that the name for this challenge, meant to use the word "wonder" as a noun. However, after making the first soap, I started using it as a verb. I "wonder" where my gold mica drizzle went...I wonder why there was uneven temperature, and if it was not the temperature, what caused the… Continue reading One Pot Wonder: First attempt
I often wonder why so many cosmetics and soaps are vegan. Considering that only 0.50% of the populations is vegan in the US. Is this 0.50% of the population consuming all of these cosmetic products? Mathematically it would not make sense if that was so. Or is it that people prefer selling/ buying vegan products… Continue reading Puzzled by Vegan Cosmetics
Peacock Feather Soap It seems now that it is a yearly tradition of mine to make a peacock feather soap. Last year's attempt taught me to be more selective with the fragrance. So I looked for fragrances that were not only "well behaved" but also for fragrances that slowed trace down. So I checked fragrance… Continue reading Peacock Feather Secret Swirl Soap
Taiwan Swirl soap This is another soap made by hubby, a famous swirl that I had never tried either but similar to the circling taiwan swirl. This time I only added more olive oil to the recipe to make it more fluid, so that it would work better with this technique. I had learned my… Continue reading Making a Taiwan Swirl Soap
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