I recently took part of one of Amy Warden’s Soap Club Challenges for the Swirl within a Swirl or the Holly Swirl. While my soap didn’t turn out the way I hoped it would, I still love how the soap turned out in the end! I took plenty of pictures, […]
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3 It has been so long since I have made soap that my soap bucket has gotten dusty and my immersion blender has gotten lonely! So, I have decided to fix that. I mean seriously, this is part of my job! Good heavens, you’d think I’ve been slacking. Because I have […]
Red, White and Blue Swirl Soap
Faye emailed me asking for assistance with a goat milk soap for mechanics. She asked for a little help particularly with additives. It can be tricky knowing how much to use of the scrubby additives. Scrubbing grains: Luffa is a soft, yet long and strong, abrasive. It is best to […]
Faye’s Mechanics Goat Milk Soap
3 This soap was inspired by Sting’s song, Desert Rose. I was introduced to this song when I attended a bellydance performance several years ago and I have liked the song since then. I wanted to make a soap with a dusty rose color, dirty yellow and white colors. When I […]
Desert Rose Swirled Soap, Music Inspired Series
4 Since I’m on a kick of songs from the Muppets, I decided to branch out and find inspiration in the Banana Boat Song or Day O as it was performed by Harry Belafonte. The first time Harry sang this signature song on television was in 1978 on The Muppet Show! […]
Banana Boat Song aka Day O Swirled Soap, Music Inspired ...
This song was actually picked after I made the soap! I had been wanting to do soap for Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis but after I made the orange, yellow and black soap, I felt the soap didn’t match the song. I went through my music collection […]
Fire Swirled Soap, Music Inspired Series
The second song that inspired me is also from the Kermit Unpigged album. Bein’ Green was performed by Don Henley and Kermit the Frog. This song always was a comfort when I was dealing with personal troubles and even now, it feels like a hug from Mom on a bad […]
Bein’ Green Swirled Soap, Music Inspired Series
7 The first song that inspired me was from the album Kermit Unpigged. This album was played very often when I was younger. I remember Mom putting the CD in the player and we would dance around house while singing along at the top of our lungs. Even as a teen, […]
Born To Be Wild Swirled Soap, Music Inspired Series
1 I’m excited to announce that starting tomorrow, I will be sharing a week long of making swirled soaps! Not just any swirls, but swirls that have been inspired by just a few songs in my music collection. I am very fond of music and if you were to visit me, […]
Music Inspired Swirled Soap Series
7 Yesterday we made the chocolate soap that will provide the chunks for our cookie inspired soap. Now we will be making the “dough” part so we can have cookie soaps! I wanted to make a soap that looked like a realistic chocolate chunk cookie, so I decided to use Vanilla […]
Chocolate Chunk Cookie Soap, Day Two
9 Good chocolate is a luxury here in Beijing and I’ve found myself missing being able to pick up chocolate chips for baking (and eating with peanut butter on a spoon). I decided to make a soap that would hopefully settle my addiction for chocolate and particularly chocolate chunk cookies. Since […]
Chocolate Chunk Cookie Soap, Day One
3 Wow, this has been a very easy and fun process of making decoctions and adding in the fabulous extracts into our cold process soap. I have deciced to do a ginger decoction now, so I have gathered my supplies and I’m ready to start, first I will clean and cut up some […]