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Soap making is a fun and exciting hobby, full of trial and tribulations! When you create soap you are creating art, each one is different, never the same. An addicting hobby.... once you get started all you think about is what kind of soap to make next. This blog is about my soaping experience please enjoy!



Sunday, August 31, 2014

Bathwoman is on it !!

Pineapple Green Tea Spearmint Bar.  After a month of infusing my harvest of pineapple weed i finally made it into soap tonite!  All natural oils and herbs nothing else! Smells wonderful ! Dried pineapple weed green tea leaves spearmint eo

Cure time 3-4 weeks 

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Soap embeds


Viola! My pyramids and moons! I dreamed it and woke up and said to self, "self three rulers".  I was going to order a silicone mould from eBay 28$ and shipping from Taiwan and wait no time for that.  Found three soft rubber rulers at the bargain shop taped tightly together with electrical tape into pyramid shape and here is the result I'm happy!  The moon is out of a paper towel roll lined with freezer paper wax side in so soap wouldn't stick hoo hoo ! That worked too! I'm very happy!!!  These will go into my Egyptian Skin Repair Bars. French milled olive oil coconut oil vegetable oil soaps (grated )scented with patchouli EO.  Now to make the rest of the soap and get them in.   Stay Tuned !
This was my last batch of the Egyptian Bar I need to keep making them hot seller! 

Friday, August 29, 2014

Embeds

Made my own soap moulds for my Egyptian  Nites Skin Repair Bars one pyramid one moon I have to keep these soaps in stock big seller 

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Kitty

Lay to rest my baby girl! May you run free and know my heart is broken that you are gone from this earth.  19 years you have fulfilled my life!  I thank God for giving me the chance to love you, keep you, cherish you, and be your mommy!  Forever will you have a place in my heart that no one will ever replace.  Kitty 1995-2014 My tears I shed for you my Kitty my joy! I miss you now and forever until we meet again in Heaven. God Speed. 

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Exotic Collection

Enchanting scent! Orange sparkling grapefruit cedar moss balsam and musk.  A touch of pure orange extract ads a perfect blend to this Exotic Tiger Bar !!! They turned out amazing! Cure time required they are still soft. Unisex soap can be for men or women !  Enjoy

Friday, August 22, 2014

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Tiger Stripes

I've been so busy with selling soap it was driving me crazy not making any LOL so today I decided it was time to do just that.  After two days of watching soap tv on you tube and opening my doors to sales I was up early to get this going.  As with all the soaps I make I have a vision into mind what I'm going to do and this is what I in visioned .  A tiger stripe soap.  I watched so many YouTube videos I liked this the best! And note new soap mold made with mainstays from Walmart no more freezer paper! Yay. I saw this idea from Eve's Garden Soaps and had to make it so if she ever reads my blog thank you Eve ! So these pictures show my kind of steps in making this.  First mixed my oils and lye let them cool made my mold ready.  After oils were liquified I scooped some into my beakers and mixed in my lab colours black (activated charcoal) neon orange mica, and white titanium oxide.  Gave them all a good stir. After mixing my lye water in with the rest of the oils and brought it to real thin trace I mixed the soap into the black Pyrex  bowl first then divided the rest of the soap in half added the orange to one pot and the white to the other, gave them a fast blend with the stick blender.  I added in my frangrance oils and a small amount of pure orange extract to each mix.  With my colours , from the big pots I poured them into smaller beakers and made a stripe black then white then orange alternating colours till the mold was full I just had enough to fill this is ten pounds of soap!! I spooned in left over which wasn't much in this case orange and smoothed it out with a skewer to design the top sprayed it with alcohol and made a tent to cover it added bubble wrap to keep it warm.  I'm very excited about it! I'm getting better and better with my soaping! And my business is getting a following. It's put to bed now 24 hours at least before I can reveal it.  Stay tuned. 

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Soap Day !!! Open for Biz

Today I opened for business my back soap room was buzzing all day ! Thank you to Thunder Bay Buy and Sell I sold out of my Egyptian Nites Skin Repair Bars!!! My freezer was my order desk ! (Lol) I had a wash station there too that people used to try samples of my soap! I made 130$ worth of sales!  I love to work and play at home I've decided that's my goal! ( made more money today then I do at my normal job) I had a dream come true today as well in walks my now 26 year old step son grade 1 teacher Miss Kehtonen whom I can call Vicky now ! She makes wash cloths and has offered to make them for me to go with my soaps.  On my Pinterest Board, Soaps and Creams people keep pinning the same board soap bundled in a wash cloth, I had asked our 55 plus knitting ladies if they would make them for me I was told no they only make socks ???? Really well Vicky to the rescue.  She bought 5 soaps off me today and pictures below is my Dandelion Sweetgrass Healing Bars wrapped with a cloth and bow !!! We are getting together and making a soap package ! All I can say is.....YAY !!! 

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Organizing

Evening everyone.  Today was organizing day.  I am getting a nice little collection of soaps here now and have sold quite a few too !  I've been watching soap tv on you tube all day in between,  very inspiring.  I really needed to take stock of everything before I could make anything (note the green bucket) it's pineapple weed infusing in oils.  It's  got to sit for at least a month.  Thanks for reading !

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Soap Girls!

These are two of my girls,Jasmine, my future daughter in law and her friend Ashlee they have been promoting and selling my soaps Port Arthur Clinic and KFC.  I just can't thank them enough ! They get free soap for now.  When my biz grows more I'll pay them. For sure! 

Friday, August 15, 2014

Reviews

I just received this comment on my Facebook Page from a client and friend thought I would share it with everyone !  What a great review on my soap!! ... "nevr using store bought soap again..... and ive told everybody.... and bragged for you..... the difference is unbelievable ...how nice this soap feels on the skin...... going to the tub now..... to use my new bar ! lol. ". Fantastic!!! 

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Dandelion Sweetgrass CP Soap

Here are the cut bars they are big and bulky a few air pockets but that makes them look more rustic.  I'm  happy how they turned out! For the recipe go to the previous blog entries I have it listed. In the spring or whenever you can collect the yellow dandelion heads and infuse them into oil I used olive oil here a good 24 oz bottle of it and I also added about 3 oz of Sweetgrass fragrance oil (sorry Janice I forgot to tell you that I forgot ) it sat for a little over two months.  Amazing soap I will be selling these for 7$ Cdn.  I ship if anyone wants to order :) just putting it out there!!! But it's extra so if you do order more make it worthwhile!

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Dandelion Soap



Remember way back in the spring I picked dandelion heads and infused them into olive oil and sweetgrass.  That oil sat now two months and I made soap with it today omg it's soo sweet smelling.  I wanted to do a two colour swirl with white and green so using white titanium oxide and french green clay I divided the soap in half one white one green. Poured into the dividers then slowly pulled the dividers out and screwered them with a mantra swirl.  I'm so proud of this one .  Coconut oil, shea butter, olive infused oil, palm oil, pure all vegetable oil, sodium hydroxide (lye)