soap making

Making a Heart Soap in a PVC pipe

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

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Working with a discoloring soap fragrance

Gingerbread house soap Seashells on the beach Soap bars with sea shell decorations Golden rose Golden rose embed soap Creamsickle soap Creamsickle soap A discoloring soap fragrance is one that will cause the soap to darken or discolor. Commonly this is due to the vanilla (or vanillin, or ethyl vanillin) in it. Sometimes though, the… Continue reading Working with a discoloring soap fragrance

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Teddy Bear Soap

Teddy Bear embed in Soap The first of the Valentine Soaps series, I am really happy with how these little bears turned out. I was out of brown soap dough, so I only made a couple of them brown. I figured the rest could be white polar bears instead.... For the fragrance I chose Cherry… Continue reading Teddy Bear Soap