New Lip Butter and Lotion

Ready to find out the new Lip Butter flavor and Jojoja-Shea Lotion scent? Here they are! Just in time for fall: Cinnamon Bun Lip Butter!! Lots of warm vanilla frosting and just the right amount of cinnamon makes a yummy […]

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Gearing Up for Saturday

It’s going to be a busy week! I have several new products in the works as I gear up for the Overland Park Fall Festival this Saturday. I made a new Lip Butter today, and added another Jojoba-Shea Lotion fragrance […]

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Weekend Fun

We had an unusual weekend packed with activities. Normally, I sell soap at the Olathe Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings, but this generally wears me out, so weekends are for relaxing and not doing much. However, my husband bought season […]

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Lava Lip Gloss is Back and On Sale!

As promised, the Lava Lip Gloss is back in time for the holidays. So unique and fun! You can tilt it, shake it, and have all kinds of fun with it before you apply it, after you apply it, or […]

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Grape Soap – The Reveal

I know you weren’t overly impressed with my purple soap yesterday. The color I left you with in the mold wasn’t exactly pretty. However, you know if you are a soapmaker that there is a little bit of magic that […]

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Experimenting with Purple Soap

There are several fragrances that smell purple to me. And almost all of them are yellow tinted oils. I’m really not sure how many batches of grey soap I’ve made trying to get a yellow tinted fragrance oil to come […]

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Wholesale Handmade Soaps – No Longer Available

I have updated the Great Cakes Soapworks website, and will no longer be offering wholesale soap. However, if you are interested in purchasing a custom batch of soap, please contact me and we can discuss the details! The minimum requirement […]

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Almond Milk Soap AND Lotion Back in Stock

Very exciting news! Both the Almond Milk goat’s milk soap, and the Almond Milk Jojoba-Shea lotion are back in stock! If you like almond scented products, you will LOVE these. Just $5.95 for the soap, and $8.50 for the lotion. […]

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Vanilla Hazelnut Whipped Shea is Back

My apologies for keeping the Vanilla Hazelnut Whipped Shea Butter out of stock for so long. I forgot how yummy it smells!! It reminds me of buttercream frosting – in scent, as well as texture! Unfortunately, this stuff has been […]

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My Salsa Recipe

Over the long weekend, my husband and I decided it was time to make salsa again. Usually, we make a couple batches during the summer and put it in the freezer to last us all year. This time we decided […]

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