Re-Stocking Soap
As the number of soaps in my inventory dwindles down, I am getting more and more excited about re-stocking. It has been three months since I have made anything other than the three batches of Peppermint soap and a batch of Stress Relief soap. I revel at the thought of making a new batch of Cinnamon Bun Coffee Soap, but I know that I owe several of you some Clarifying Facial Soap and Black Raspberry Creme before I make anything else!! Here are some others that will need to be re-stocked in the near future:
Creamy Castile
Oatmeal, Milk & Honey
Country Clothesline
Stress Relief
And what about Patchouli? The Patchouli Beer Bar has been out of stock for many months, and unfortunately the price of patchouli has not come down much. It is down to double the original price instead of triple, so there has been some improvement. I still cannot justify the cost unless you want to pay $7.50 a bar for it.
When can you expect to see these soaps back in stock? Late January to early February before they will be ready to sell. Meanwhile, let me know what you miss the most and I’ll do my best to make those first.
December 30th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
I LOVE your site! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a note. Good to hear from you…
Margi
January 6th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Hello,
For valentines day i would like to see maybe some, chocolate soap.
What do you think?
January 6th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Hi Amy,
For Valentines I would like to see a Chocolate-Raspberry, a Chocolate Strawberry or a Chocolate-
Cherry Cheesecake soap, and decorated like this:
http://www.themerrychocoholic.com/chocolate-strawberry-soap.html
Your Beer soap is STILL the BEST beer soap I have used!
Rosa
January 7th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Oh wow, Rosa! Those are beautiful! I’ll have to get out my slab mold and see what I can do. Thanks for the inspiration!
January 8th, 2009 at 1:50 am
You are quite welcome! I thought they were beautiful
too! I have been looking for a Valentine fragrance for
a few years now, since AVON’s “tease” with a 2 campaign
only bubble bath and lotion about 5 years or so, give or take a year! I saved the bottle to “sniff” when the mood strikes! I know that someone out there can imitate that awesome fragrance of Chocolate and Raspberries. DH keeps asking me WHY can’t I make soaps like those?? I told him you probably have to have a special mold. A fellow soaper sent him a Black Pepper soap a few years ago for Veterans Day a lot like that soap with Red and Blue Stripes thru it, and the soap was “beige” colored. VERY PRETTY!!
January 8th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Amy – we are all out of coffee soap, which is my husband’s favorite! We would love more!!!! Thank you for everything you do and for keeping us clean.
January 8th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Rosa – I’ve never smelled the Avon perfume, but I’m sure it’s wonderful!
Elizabeth – I will do my best to make coffee soap soon! Thanks for your feedback.
January 29th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Just out of curiosity, have you ever made a coconut soap? I asked a local soapmaker from the farmer’s market in downtown Orlando, and she said it wouldn’t lather very well and it would probably dry the skin, which doesn’t sound very good at all. I just keep looking for body products that are coconut scented – not the candied fake coconut or coconut-with-other-fruit blends, but real, fresh, raw coconut. I like your soaps a lot better than what I bought from the farmer’s market, so I wanted to ask your opinion. If you were to use fresh coconut ingredients, would it be bad for a soap?
Thank you!
January 29th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Heidi – the lady you talked to was partly right. I could be pretty drying to the skin, but it would lather very well!! I use a portion of coconut oil in all my soaps for that very reason – it gives the soap hardness and lather. But, I use a refined version that doesn’t smell like coconut for soap. Now, I do have some of the more expensive extra virgin coconut oil that does smell like fresh coconuts to use in moisturizers and creams, but I don’t think the scent would hold up in the soapmaking process. So… my solution for you would be a fragrance from one of my suppliers that claims to be a true-to-life coconut scent, if you aren’t opposed to using a synthetic fragrance.