The first time I attempted to make a lamb embed, was for a Christmas soap that has not come to be yet. I was not very happy with how the lamb turned out, so I put it to the side and did not remember it until I was watching a show a few months back.… Continue reading The making of Little Lambs Soap – Cold process
Seashells on the beach I have been in the hunt for a coconut fragrance early since I made my first soap. I have found several that are good, but not good enough to make me want to get more of them. The main problem has been either acceleration or discoloration. The one I used for… Continue reading Sea Shell Soap
Floral fragrances are not on the top of my list, but this one is, because my hubby loves it. However, it is tricky working with most floral fragrances. This is because they tend to accelerate trace and the thickening of the soap. Now, most of my soaps trace and get thick pretty fast because of… Continue reading Cherry Blossom
Christmas went by and I did not get to make a soap with the frankincense and myrrh fragrance I had bought! I realized this early in January, and then I thought, well, the Three kings day is around the corner, and frankincense and myrrh is what they actually brought, so why not make it now?… Continue reading Three Wise Men Soap
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
I love masterbatching the oils. Well, not the process it self but the results it gives me: the ability to make soap quickly at any time, just by melting and measuring all of the oils at once, instead of individually. Initially, I was concerned about masterbatching oils. I wondered, how do I know that each… Continue reading Master batching / Multi batching oils
The Story of my Lavender Mud Soap (Sigh) It happened. Again. The last time I was afraid of having a lye heavy soap, a fragrance was the culprit (though I was to blame too) I have since learned to be careful with floral fragrances and acceleration. This time is on me! I decided to experiment… Continue reading Lavender Mud Soap and Is my soap lye heavy?
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
