and my wedding dress story... I am often reminded that I need to be selective of what I watch, because I am easily influenced by it. And I am not the only one. That is why I cannot watch horror films, my mind seems to record the scary images, and brings them back to me… Continue reading Say yes to the soap dress: My wedding dress story
Last year, I had to take a crash course on making soap with a PVC pipe as a mold. I confess that I never liked the idea of a round soap, so I had not bothered to learn. However, I have learned they make great hand soaps, in an ergonomic kind of way. In the… Continue reading Making a Heart Soap in a PVC pipe
Around Christmas time, I saw a Meme or quote that said something along the lines: "This Christmas I will hand make gifts for all my loved ones." and then this followed: "I only love two people" I thought it was funny because it rings true, I start out with the best intentions and then realize… Continue reading Polar Bears Soap
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
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
If you like chocolate, you will love this soap. It smells like pure chocolate. It was meant to smell like peppermint/chocolate (a scent I like, though I personally do not like the taste of chocolate mints that much). However, the peppermint candy fragrance has lightened up a lot and I cannot detect it much anymore.… Continue reading Hot Cocoa Mint Soap
I got to make another peacock soap! this time with a different technique and it is for the soap challenge club.Ā It is the embroidery technique which Soaping 101 first published in video several years ago.Ā Ā The first step was to make the "canvas"Ā soap.Ā Which IĀ tried to make white.Ā I did not quite… Continue reading Peacock Embroidered Soap
Last year, I read the story of the Wizard of Oz, to get details for my Soap called Emerald City Reading that inspired me to read other story tales, which also lead to the Cinderella Soap. Eventually I came to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and I was truly enchanted by it. I found it funny… Continue reading Alice in Wonderland Soap
I am in a quest to use up the discoloring fragrances I have been avoiding. The one I used for this soap was Relaxing by Brambleberry. The listed vanillin content is 9%, so I thought this would get really dark. However, it seems I may not have used enough. Here is Brambleberry's fragrance calculation for… Continue reading Golden Roses Soap
***For the recipe, scroll down for it or click here for the video*** I felt like painting with soap recently, and once again, I turned to Vincent Vang Gogh for inspiration. I had previously done soap versions of his Almond Blossoms and his famous Starry Night. So this time, I went with his sunflower paintings. He… Continue reading Sunflowers Soap
Soaps by Glenda 