My New Toy – er, Tool!
As promised by the UPS Tracking, my new “light commercial power wand” from Willow Way (aka soapequipment.com) showed up on my doorstep today. After having issues with air bubbles in the last two batches of soap, I decided to make […]
The Soap Has a Name!
Congratulations to Trisha of Suds to Love!!! Her name suggestion “Sunset Swirls” was the clear winner in the Soap Naming Contest. Trisha will receive a bar of Sunset Swirls as soon as it has finished curing. Second place goes to […]
On the Curing Rack: Antique Lilac
The Antique Lilac soap finally set up enough for me to cut it! It is currently curing, but I can’t make any promises that it will get as hard as it needs to be. This soap was part of my […]
Place Your Vote!
Last Wednesday I announced a Soap Naming Contest, requesting name suggestions for this soap: I received 145 name suggestions!!! I’ve gone through and selected some of my favorites, but I’m having a hard time choosing. I figured the easiest way […]
New Blog Theme Colors
I’ve just spent a couple hours changing the colors on this blog and updating the photo across the top. If you are reading this on Facebook or in a reader, please click over and check it out! And of course, […]
Two New Handmade Natural Soaps!
This Lemon Poppyseed soap is made with completely natural ingredients. This was my first experience infusing annatto seeds in the olive oil to create a natural yellow color. It smells absolutely heavenly too! I used mostly straight-up lemon essential oil, […]
Solid Sugar Scrub Feedback
The feedback on the solid sugar scrub cubes has come in! There ended up being 13 testers since one responded at the last minute after I had already picked someone to take her spot. No biggie. The ages of the […]
Soap Naming Contest
Every once in awhile I come up with a great scent blend for a soap, but then I don’t know what to call it. As you can see, the soap turned out beautifully – all natural soap made with fresh […]