I made this soap last year (it sounds like such a long time ago when you say that even if it is only January) for a friend whose birthday was in December and she told me she liked this fragrance. I had bought 1 lb of this fragrance earlier because it is one of my… Continue reading Apple Cinnamon Soap
Aqua Soap I find myself making men's soap quite often. In addition to my husband, there are several men in my life: I have about 8 nephews, and 3 brothers (including the in law's). Although for the younger nephews I still make fruity fragranced soaps. My go to fragrance for men's soap is The Perfect… Continue reading Aqua Man Soap
You may think that it is too late to make a Christmas soap, but perhaps it is not. When I started making soap about a year ago, I read multiple times about curing times. I read that it was not about just water evaporation, but about certain crystallization that needs to happen in the soap. … Continue reading Soap curing time and Hansel and Gretel Soap
This was supposed to be a soap where I got to try my alkanet oil infusion as a colorant. However, my fragrance oil had different plans. I used Merlot Wine from Bulk Apothecary and I got the darkest brown discoloration to date, which tells me it must have a vanilla content of at least 9%,… Continue reading Wine Fragrance Soap
One of my earliest memories (as in earliest in life) is the one of waking up, in the same room as my mom and my youngest brother (he was baby#5 and I was #4) and seeing two baby bottles on the cabinet top with warm milk. One was brown because it had chocolate, and the… Continue reading Salvadoran Cocoa and Coffee Soap
It is one of the most well known stories of all time: The Cinderella Story. Most of us are familiar with the Disney version of it. However, the story is much older than Disney. The first recognized version comes from Egypt around 7 BC, the oldest European version is from 1634. You can read more here.… Continue reading Cinderella Soap
