I’m finally back in the swing of things! As I mentioned in my last, very short post, my job has been taking up a lot more of my free time than normal. Add to that some business travel out to beautiful Colorado, a quick vacation up to Baltimore to attend …
If you saw my last post, a soap scented with a fresh cut grass fragrance oil, you know that the design didn’t turn out… exactly how I was hoping. So what did I decided to do for my next batch? Replicate every single thing I did wrong for a new …
Welp, it was bound to happen eventually. I had my first major soap FAIL! I got a wonderful fragrance in from Wholesale Supplies Plus called Fresh Cut Grass. I know it sounds weird, but the smell is divine. It smells just like a sunny, spring morning — that wonderful, sweet …
I’ve mentioned before that my husband Chris and I have switched to exclusively using my homemade soaps since I started making them. We like them that much! Well, I wanted to make something special just for Chris. He’s always been very into fancy shaving creams and brushes, and I decided …
And now for something… a little different! My Pinterest and Facebook feeds have been filled lately with skin care products using activated charcoal. When I saw Anne Marie, the Soap Queen, post a recipe for a solid black, activated charcoal facial soap, I knew I had to try it. It’s …
Back in November, when we were on vacation in Breckenridge, we stopped in a local, handmade soap shop. I bought probably 20 different bars of soap of varying scents, colors and formulas. I’ve tried most of them now, and my favorite by far was a goats milk soap. The lather …
I finally decided that I have enough successful batches of soap under my belt to try some more advanced techniques. There are so many variations of swirls for cold process soap, but I decided to start with what is probably the simplest — the in-the-pot swirl. The first thing I …
As soon as I found out that you could use wine and beer in soap, I knew it was something I had to try. I mean, come on. I’m a case club member at a local winery. This needed to happen. So I present to you… Merlot & Chocolate cold process …
I finally got a break to make my second batch of soap — Sunshine Soap with calendula! But first, a note about my very first batch, that lavender soap I made a few weeks ago. I absolutely LOVE it. Cold process soap takes between four and eight weeks to fully …
I finally did it! I finally did it! I finally made soap! I started with the simplest soap kit that I bought — the Relaxing Lavender cold process soap kit from Brambleberry. This particular soap is all-natural. It uses a natural oxide pigment, ultramarine violet, for color, and it uses …
