Antique Lilac Soap Remake, Part 1
Remember this beautiful Antique Lilac Soap? I made it two months ago, and I’ve been waiting to see if it would harden. It was half of a batch that I split – one half was lye heavy and completely unusable, […]
Mother-Daughter Soap Day
My girls are on Spring Break, so yesterday I asked my older daughter, who is a fourth grader, if she would like to help me design a new soap. Here’s what she came up with: Once we had a plan, […]
Success!
May I present my first six-color swirled soap: It is absolute torture having to wait until tomorrow to cut this beauty!! I tried to hold myself back from putting glitter on top, but that was a losing battle. LOL! All […]
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 […]
Can You Make Soap Without Lye?
Seems like a simple question, but a lot of people ask it. The simple answer is no. Without lye, there is no soap. Soap, by definition, is the result of a chemical reaction between fatty acids from animal or vegetable […]
Sneak Peek
Just thought I’d show you what I’ve been making today:
Winter Wonderland Test Batch
Make note of this! I actually made a test batch of soap with a new fragrance! Three things I noted, plus one bonus: 1. My colorant amounts were off – red and green became dark pink and light green. 2. […]