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
Tag: handmade skincare
Chessboard 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
Cotton Candy Soap
Soaps with clamshell technique in pink, green and turquoise This soap was my entry for this month's soap challenge, the clamshell technique, which was taught by Teri Endsley (from Tree Marie Worksoaps). The colors were chosen by my husband, and he also helped me while making it, which came really handy when adding the two… Continue reading Cotton Candy Soap
