Thoughts and ideas from the world of Majestic Mountain Sage.

Soap

Yesterday, I showed some of the mishaps from making melt & pour soap with embedded soap pieces. How do we prevent the soap pieces from being melted by the soap we pour over the pieces? How do we have clear defined objects in our soaps? Today, I will show you […]

Pouring Techniques

June 10, 2009 in Melt & Pour Soap / Product Assistance by Andee

Today we were testing a fragrance oil and it got so hot that the soap overflowed the mold! Since we are firm believers of the adage, “A picture is worth 1000 words,” I had to get a picture to show you what happens when a fragrance is not compatible with […]

Soap Whoops!

June 9, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

What about the mishaps that occur when you make a Melt & Pour Soap? Did the color swirls bleed? Did your embedded items pop out of the mold? Did you put too much glitter in the soap? Once these mishaps have occurred, there is very little we can do to […]

Melt and Pour Mishaps

June 8, 2009 in Fast and Simple Gifts / Melt & Pour Soap by Andee

Now you have your adorable curls and cutouts. As cute as they are now, unfortunately they don’t last very long as individual soaps. One thing you can do is place them inside a larger translucent bar. Now your masterpieces will last longer! How fun! You will need: Curls and Cutouts […]

Placing Curls & Cutouts

June 5, 2009 in Fast and Simple Gifts / Melt & Pour Soap by Taylor

I have always loved making sugar cookies and making fun shapes with either a cookie cutter or a knife. I love making hearts and stars and clouds. They are so fun and cute! It made me wish I could show everyone my masterpieces. I am going to show you have […]

Soap Cutouts

June 4, 2009 in Fast and Simple Gifts / Melt & Pour Soap by Taylor

My name is Taylor. I will be assisting Andee, the blog mistress, in sharing with you the coolest projects, new processes and more. I love to read, garden, cook, and overall, have a good time. I am looking forward to learning and sharing with you on this blog. Now, back […]

Soap Curls

June 3, 2009 in Fast and Simple Gifts / Melt & Pour Soap by Taylor

On Friday I promised I would show you how to make soap petals. What are soap petals? Soap petals are silk flower petals dipped in scented melt and pour soap to make a one-time-use soap. There are two different methods for making soap petals that I will show today. Collect […]

Making Soap Petals

June 2, 2009 in Fast and Simple Gifts / Melt & Pour Soap by Andee

Andee, I’m not sure exactly what you are looking for regarding the Hot Process Soap submission, nor have I ever written any blog. So here it goes – toss it if you need to. 🙂 I’m very new to Hot Process soap making and fairly new to soap making in […]

Hot Process Soap by shelikesspring

May 26, 2009 in Hot Process Soap / Special Features by Andee

Hello fellow soapers! My name is Kathy and I have volunteered to be a guest writer for my method of Hot Process using a Crock Pot. Equipment Needed: Mold for soap – line with freezer paper while soap is cooking 😉 Recipe (handwritten) and a print out of the MMS […]

Hot Process Soap by jaspersgarden

May 25, 2009 in Hot Process Soap / Special Features by Andee

This is one of the questions I hear answered by our Technical Support Department while helping soap makers when they call wanting help. I thought that I could share some pictures previous soap batches I’ve made and show what you are looking for as indicators of the trace. First things […]

What is Trace?

May 22, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

Yesterday I showed making a creepy critters soap and I thought I would expand on the embedding objects in soap. Today I’ll show making a soap that will have any pirate running off with your soap to hide the treasure. Collect needed supplies Transparent Melt and Pour Soap White Melt […]

Pirate Treasures Soaps

May 8, 2009 in Melt & Pour Soap by Andee

Have you ever looked at melt and pour soap and seen the embedded objects in soap and wondered how it is made? Today I’m going to show how to embed objects in melt and pour soap. Today I’m going to show snakes and frogs in melt and pour soap for […]

Creepy Crawly Critter Soaps

May 7, 2009 in Melt & Pour Soap by Andee