I am not a coffee drinker (I have tried to become one, but to no avail). However, I like making coffee soap. And this is the first time I am blending the Coffee Beans fragrance with Vanilla and Spice, to make it a sort of fall theme soap. I usually do not make fall themed… Continue reading Pumpkin Coffee Soap
Last year when I participated in the Pour/Pull screen soap challenge, I was intrigued by the results of one of the participants , it looked like a peacock tail to me (picture below) so I decided to make a pull screen similar to it, but for an oval mold. The plan was to do an… Continue reading Ghost Peacock Soap in oval mold
I bought a fragrance that I thought (and I was not the only one) that it smelled like Play doh. The fragrance has since been discontinued, and I have actually found people who do like it and it smells sweet and almond like for them, but each nose is different! I thought that it would… Continue reading Geometric Soap – Color Blocking
Back in March of this year, I participated in the Soap Challenge Club which was about the Clamshell Technique taught by Teri from Tree Marie Soapworks. My husband and I did three attempts at it, and then it occurred to me that a similar pouring technique could produce something similar to the pattern of peacock… Continue reading Peacock Feather / Scales soap
A few years ago I wanted to buy a pair of long shorts (sounds like an oxymoron, right?). After going to the mall and some stores, it appeared such item did not exist. There were short shorts though, but I wanted something that at least reached my knees or below. (I did not want to… Continue reading Pour Pull Screen Technique Soap
Last year I made a dreamsicle soap that I liked very much for its fragrance, however, it got very dark brown due to the vanillin content of the fragrance. I wanted to use the fragrance again and experiment using a vanilla stabilizer from scratch, one I had read about here. When I say "from scratch"… Continue reading How to make Ice Cream soap and a cheap Vanilla stabilizer
When my husband told me that a coworker of his had a pet hedgehog, I was intrigued. How does one handle a thorny-spikey animal? Can you even handle them? And off I went into an internet search that brought me to this cute video of a hedgehog getting a bath. That was only one of… Continue reading The making of a Hedgehog Soap
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
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
Soaps by Glenda 