Recently we had a chance to attend a Jane Eyre play with my husband, it was so well done! I was interested in seeing it because last year, I read the Jane Eyre novel for the first time ever. I had watched a movie adaptation before, but I don’t think I ever finished it, as… Continue reading Jane Eyre Soap & Mixing Fragrances
Whenever I find myself in a carnival setting, if there is a vendor that sells candy apples, you can be sure I will be buying one. Unlike caramel apples, candy apples have a hard shell that makes them a bit difficult to eat. Yet, the sight of a candy apple triggers a memory in me,… Continue reading Caramel Apple Soap
Peach cobbler is a popular dessert in the South. There are two ways to make it, one resembles a pie, with a pie crust on top. And another looks like a cake. This latter one is my favorite version. It is usually served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and that was the inspiration… Continue reading Peach Cobbler Soap
Sample of custom soap Lately I have been experimenting with making small batch soaps, which for me it means a batch of soap that produces 4 soap bars instead of the usual 9 or 7 from my larger molds. One advantage this brings to my customers, is that it allows me to offer custom soaps… Continue reading Made to order Soaps
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
Winter Cold process Soap Having grown up in a tropical country, and then lived most of my adult life in a place where it rarely snows, I must say a that when I hear the phrase "winter wonderland" I picture somewhere like the palace in the Frozen movie, something sparkly and enchanting, with snowflakes suspended… Continue reading Winter Wonderland
If you are thinking that orange is not a traditional Christmas color, you would be absolutely right! These soaps were supposed to be penguin theme soaps (and the orange was for their beak and feet). However, things did not go as planned and I ended up making a snowfake soap and some snowmen soap instead.… Continue reading Snowflake and Snowmen Soap
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
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
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
Soaps by Glenda 