Thoughts and ideas from the world of Majestic Mountain Sage.

Soap

Many of you have been clamoring for photos of the Cold Process Soap with Rose Hip Powder after it came out of the mold, so here are the finished results of this batch. As you can see, these soaps are beautiful. I used a bench knife to cut this into […]

Finished Cold Process Soap with Rose Hip Powder

May 5, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

What do you do when you are requested to make a baby soap that has tea tree and lavender? Go lightly, dear soapers, go lightly. This question was recently posed to our technical support staff and here is the recipe and the thoughts behind the choices. Oils to use are […]

Baby Soap

April 22, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

I forgot to release this completely Friday, so here it is now! I’m one of those M&P soapers that gets jealous over the swirled soaps we made for the Cold Process Soap Week. I couldn’t stay jealous, so I decided to resolve the issue and make a swirled soap for […]

Melt & Pour Soap, Day 2

April 13, 2009 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts / Melt & Pour Soap by Andee

Wow! We were so busy yesterday, and it was a zoo around here. To reward those of you waiting ever so patiently for Melt and Pour soap, here it is. Tada! I decided that I would share two soaps with you today to make up for the delay. Soap #1 […]

Melt & Pour Soap, Day 1

April 7, 2009 in Color In Products / Fast and Simple Gifts / Melt & Pour Soap by Andee

Today we are going to make a cold process soap with rose hip powder. This will be our coloring agent. Let’s make our regular test batch type of soap. If you missed the original week of cold process testing, you should look here. 6 ounces Hydrogenated Soy 5 ounces Coconut […]

Cold Process Soap with Rose Hip Powder

April 2, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

What does lye heavy soap look like? I want to show a photo from a well known book.This is Norma Coney’s book, The Complete Soapmaker. You may have a copy. The photo on page 32, as shown here, is the perfect example of what NOT to make. This soap is […]

Lye Heavy Soap

March 16, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

Botanicals are often added to soaps. While I don’t have problems with most botanicals there are ways to add these items and few problems. No sweets: if your fruit item is sugary sweet it will probably cause problems in your soap. If you must add a peach puree to your […]

Botanicals in Soap

March 13, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

Monday was a great snow day. It was 12 to 28 inches of white stuff, depending on where each MMS employee lives. This slow moving, heavy storm brought up our failed soap ideas. What do you think of doing when the weather dumps lots of snow? A cup of hot […]

Reviving A Failed Batch

March 12, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

Let’s talk a moment about curing soap. If the soap was made properly, cure time is used for giving up excess water to the air. This is great if you live in a desert, but what if you live in a humid location? We highly recommend all soap get cut […]

Curing Soap

March 10, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

Today’s blog is about how to approach color. When coloring a soap, we often think, “I want half my soap blue and half white in a lovely swirl.” In reality, the color is nowhere near half the mixture. True mixtures which are half white and half color have too much […]

Cold Process Soap, Day Five

February 27, 2009 in Cold Process Soap / Color In Products by Andee

Today’s Recipe: 6 ounces weight Hydrogenated Soybean Oil 5 ounces weight Coconut Oil 4 ounces weight Olive Oil 1 ounce weight Grapeseed Oil 2 TBSP dried Peppermint Leaves 7 mL Peppermint Essential Oil 2.2 ounces weight Sodium Hydroxide 6 fl oz water This mixture is much the same as those […]

Cold Process Soap, Day Four

February 26, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee

As you know now, we are working on a basic formulation that has slight changes to determine WHAT effect an ingredient has. Today’s recipe is this: 6 oz wt Hydrogenated Soybean Oil 5 oz wt Coconut Oil 4 oz wt Olive Oil 1 oz wt Lanolin 6 fl oz Black […]

Cold Process Soap, Day Three

February 25, 2009 in Cold Process Soap by Andee