When I got into the kitchen to get ready to make soap, I was a little nervous. Making lip balms, scrubs and lotions are nothing like making soap. I did not know what to think nor what to expect. (It is not like I watched a lot of people make […]
Yearly Archives: 2010
I think we can say summer is well on its way out the door here. For the last two weeks, most mornings have had lower temperatures between 40° and 60° Fahrenheit. I’m starting to pull my sweaters out of my closet again just for my morning drive to work! Even […]
Autumn Treats and Product Updates
Here is a picture of my lye and oil kits. For my oil kits, I use the jars left over after emptying jars of various such as Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Mango Butter and more. For my lye kits I use smaller jars like the ones our small sizer of […]
Lye and Oil Kits
4 After I made all of my oil kits, I made 20 lye kits to match. I calculated how much lye I would need for each soap kit using the lye calculator. For having 6% excess fat, each lye kit would need to have 2.2 oz of Sodium Hydroxide. Before measuring […]
Newbie Soapmaker – Day 2 Making Lye Kits
When I was preparing to make my first batch of cold process soap, Tina told me to make 20 lye kits and 20 oil kits. This would allow me to melt my oils, add my lye to water and I would be ready to go. I first measured out all […]
Newbie Soapmaker – Day 1 Making Oil Kits
7 Today begins our last day of using kitchen spices in soap by using Cayenne Powder. Cayennes peppers are a cultivar of the Capsicum annuum, domesticated peppers, and is related to other peppers like jalapeños, bell peppers and cascabels. This pepper was named for the capital of French Guiana, Cayenne. Cayenne […]
Cayenne Pepper Powder in Cold Process Soap
3 Today begins our ninth day of using kitchen spices in soap by using Paprika. Before I began this project, I didn’t know anything about paprika other than it looks pretty on potato salad, deviled eggs and cottage cheese. Paprika is made by grinding dried peppers, using a variety of peppers […]
Paprika in Cold Process Soap
4 Today begins our eighth day of using kitchen spices in soap by using Mustard Seed Powder. While the word mustard probably brings the thought of a mustard condiment to mind, mustard seeds are used all around the world as a spice. Mustard has a hot tangy flavor Whole mustard seeds […]
Mustard Seed Powder in Cold Process Soap
Today begins our seventh day of using kitchen spices in soap by using Coriander Seed Powder. Coriander seeds are used in various dishes both ground and whole. Whole coriander seeds are used for pickling vegetables, flavoring sausages or smoked meats, brewing Belgian wheat beers, as a replacement for caraway seeds […]
Coriander Seed Powder in Cold Process Soap
7 Today begins our sixth day of using kitchen spices in soap by using Turmeric Root Powder. To make tumeric powder, the roots are boiled for several hours and then dried in hot ovens, after which they are ground into a powder. Turmeric is commonly used as a spice in curries […]
Turmeric in Cold Process Soap
Can you believe that next Monday is Labor Day? We can’t believe it ourselves! We hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend and if you need to travel, please travel safely. Enjoy your day and we will see you on Tuesday! All orders placed after 8:00 A.M. Mountain Time on […]
Labor Day Announcment
I had a great time with the Fragrance Blend Challenge. As I studied the blends that came in for the Fragrance Blend Challenge I pulled out our perfumers kit to try the blends right then and there. I really had a hard time selecting the winners for this challenge. (I […]