Great Cakes Soapworks

Every year, I endeavor to update my inventory of ingredients, containers, and finished products. *yawn* Unfortunately, in the six (or is it seven?) years since I started making soap, I have acquired way too much inventory. Such as the unopened container of BTMS (Behentrimonium Methosulfate) which I bought to make hair conditioner at least a year ago and still mean to try it. Or all the ingredients for cream soap – extracts and additives….or even the expensive anti-aging ingredients for facial moisturizer that didn’t end up being very user friendly. Even though I try to keep track of the ingredients I’ve used in my notebook, I’m not always very good at transferring these numbers to the inventory sheet. Let’s just say that it has been many months (September???) since I have updated some of these, so I’m feeling a bit buried in paperwork right now.

Some days I think I ought to purge everything out and just make soap. Soapmaking is still my passion. The other stuff is great once it’s done, but it’s not nearly as fun to make as soap. There’s something about choosing just the right ingredients, having a picture in your mind’s eye of how it’s going to turn out, and then that little bit of suspense as the soap sets up overnight before the final reveal.

In reality, I don’t think I can give up some of those other products. The Jojoba-Shea Lotion really does work so much better than what you get in the store, and now that my Lip Butter recipe has finally been perfected, I’m really happy with the results! So I guess the lesson to be learned here is just to make sure I keep on top of my inventory a bit better this year. Anyone want to volunteer for the job?

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