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Swap Feature – Andee’s Spearmint & Basil Soap

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

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 have been enjoying these wonderful soap recipes and I hope these will be inspiring to you. Crystal’s soap was a surprise for me as I normally […]

Swap Feature – Crystal’s Berries & Twigs Soap

September 24, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

I’ve shared two of the soaps from our recent “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. I hope you have been enjoying these wonderful soap recipes and hope these will be inspiring to you. Robin’s soap was absolutely yummy in scent. Just smelling her soap made […]

Swap Feature – Robin’s Orange Cream Soap

September 23, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

As I shared yesterday, we recently had a “My Favorite Recipe to Share” soap swap on The Sage Forum. Everyone sent in wonderful soaps and I felt that all of their time and effort into their soaps needed some extra special recognition. I hope you are enjoying this collection of […]

Swap Feature – Esther’s Good Morning Breakfast Scrub Bar

September 22, 2010 in Featured from the Swaps / Hot Process Soap / Soap by Andee

We recently had a soap swap on The Sage Forum. This swap was so much fun! Our theme was “My Favorite Recipe to Share”. Everyone sent in wonderful soaps and I felt that all of their time and effort into their soaps needed some extra special recognition. I hope you […]

Swap Feature – Brittany’s Huckleberry Buttermilk Soap

September 21, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Featured from the Swaps / Soap by Andee

I made a total of 10 batches and here are the results from my first venture into soapmaking. Wow! I can’t believe I made this much soap. Batch #1: Yesterday I shared that my first batch of soap volcanoed right out of the mold. Yikes! It turned out that my […]

Newbie Soapmaker – Day 4 Results

September 17, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

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 […]

Newbie Soapmaker – Day 3 Procedure

September 16, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

Lye and Oil Kits

September 14, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

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

September 14, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

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

September 13, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

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

September 10, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

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

September 9, 2010 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee