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Soap

Yesterday, I showed you the way I made a milk soap and I promised we would look at the soap that failed. Today will be the day that I show you how I re-batch a failed soap. Collect needed items: Ingredients Failed Milk Soap from yesterday Water Raspberry Fragrance Oil […]

Rebatching a Failed Milk Soap

October 14, 2010 in Soap / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

A while ago, our blog team was asked to make a milk soap that was scented with Raspberry Fragrance Oil. This blog post covers my adventure while making this soap. Collect needed items: Ingredients Sweet Almond Oil Coconut Oil Palm Oil Shea Butter Sunflower Oil Sodium Hydroxide Water Milk Raspberry […]

Raspberry Milk Soap

October 13, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

According to the dictionary, Castile is a former kingdom comprising most of current day Spain. There is a special soap variety that originated in the Castile region called … (any guesses) Castile soap. This soap only uses olive oil and sodium hydroxide. This soap was originally made because there was […]

Castile Soap

October 12, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

Since the mornings have been a little chilly lately, I’ve been drinking a fair amount of coffee to help jump start my mornings. As I was making my morning cup of coffee, I couldn’t help but wish that I could start my mornings just a little earlier. I’ll bet you […]

Coffee Soap

October 11, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

I’ve been playing around with a different swirling method to see if I could do something different. I struggled with putting this idea to work, but I had a very strong hunch that I was on the right track and I just needed to adjust some things. After three batches […]

Dreaming in Purple Soap

October 8, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

Yesterday, we made some very realistic looking soap dentures and we are going to round out our creepy soap collection by making soap that looks just like miniature brains. Collect needed items: Ingredients Melt & Pour Glycerin Soap Base (We will use white) Black Onyx Dry Color Purple Raspberry Dry […]

Ewww! Brain Soaps

October 5, 2010 in Melt & Pour Soap / Soap by Andee

On Friday I showed you how to make the best looking Jack-o-Lantern soaps and today, we will continue our Halloween themed soaps by making soaps that look just like some dentures! Collect needed items: Ingredients Melt & Pour Glycerin Soap Base (We will use white) Black Onyx Dry Color Purple […]

Just Soap Dentures

October 4, 2010 in Melt & Pour Soap / Soap by Andee

I’m so excited to share this tutorial for the Mini Jack-o-Lantern mold from Wilton. This mold is so cute and there are so many ways to make these Jack-o-Lantern soaps. I’ll show you my favorite method to make these and why it is so easy! Collect needed items: Ingredients Melt […]

Jack-o-Lantern Soaps

October 1, 2010 in Melt & Pour Soap / Soap by Andee

This soap is the last soap I have to share from our recent “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. I’ve been very impressed by all the talent these soapmakers possess and I hope their work has been as inspiring for you as it has been […]

Swap Feature – Catherine’s Coconut Cream Soap

September 28, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

This soap is our second to last soap! This soap is from our recent “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. These soaps have been so much fun to look at and review! Just like Elaine’s soap yesterday, I just wanted to hold Cindy’s soap up […]

Swap Feature – Cindy’s Lavender Body Soap

September 27, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

Two more soaps to go! This soap is from our recent “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. I hope you have been enjoying these wonderful soap recipes. I hope you have been enjoying these wonderful soap recipes and using them as inspiration. When I received […]

Swap Feature – Elaine’s Lavender & Vanilla Oatmeal Swirl Soap

September 26, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

Wow! I’ve been impressed by the last four soaps I’ve shared with you and I still have three more soaps that I haven’t even shared yet! I’ve now shared three of the soaps from our recent “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. I hope you […]

Swap Feature – Cecelia’s Smells Like Bella Soap

September 25, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee