The Clarifying Facial Soap has been in the Great Cakes Soapworks line almost since I started selling soap (made my first batch of it six years ago!). It’s a bit tricky to make since it likes to set up rock hard in a matter of minutes. There’s a fine line between getting the soap fully [...]
Here is my miserable story about the soap that is NOT going to make it to the shelf. Several days ago I made a double batch of Oatmeal, Milk & Honey soap and forgot to add the rice bran oil. Even as I was putting the oils together in the pot I was thinking that [...]
You may not be able to tell just by looking at the picture, but this soap did not turn out the way I had planned. The fragrance is a beautiful scent called Pineapple Blossom, and I had used it one other time – way back when I was experimenting with making salt bars. I didn’t [...]
Yesterday was one of those days that I wished I could just do over. I mentioned that I was making the peanut butter & jelly soap. Well, the jelly layer that I worked so hard to perfect before attempting it in a large batch did NOT turn out. Part of the problem was my stick [...]
This soap was inspired by a conversation I had with one of my friends on Facebook. It started with “hey, how have you been?” and somehow ended up with “You should think of a soap that is black and pink…idk what it would smell like, but i think it will be kinda cool.” I thought [...]
It’s been awhile since I’ve had a botched batch of soap, but this one is bad. I made a double batch of Creamy Castile soap (that’s 50 bars!) about a week ago. The texture of the soap was brittle, and when I cut it, there was lye leaching out of it. I wish I had [...]
I made more Clarifying Facial Soap yesterday. It’s been many months since I’ve made it, but this was the seventh time, and each time seems to turn out differently. This time is no exception! Take a look at these pictures! I have an idea of why they are different colors, but I’m not sure I [...]
Well, it wasn’t a complete failure, but something isn’t quite right here. Yesterday I completed my first salt bar experiment using 80% coconut oil, 15% shea butter, and 5% castor oil with a 15% superfat. As the soap started to thicken, I added some Mediterranean Sea Salt fragrance oil and a green oxide coloring. Finally, [...]
It’s been quite awhile since I botched a batch of soap. Yesterday as I was cutting the batch of Bug Off soap that I had made a few days earlier, I realized it was ruined. It’s not terrible, but do you see the spots throughout the soap? Those are the essential oils that didn’t get [...]
