Heart Attacks and Back To Soaping!

I've not been online much over the past few weeks, since before Christmas because I suffered a small heart attack and got diagnosed with a heart condition that pretty much wiped me out physically for awhile. I'm now mostly recovered and back in the soap alchemy lab heating up the cauldron to churn out some soapy creations. Pictured are some the recent soaps I have made both cold process and hot process. The first is called Mint Rose, and is actually a rebatch of Secret Rose Garden which was originally cold process. The lye was bad and the soap remained too soft and had to be redone. Ingredients include oils of olive, coconut, sunflower, rice bran, and castor, distilled water, soymilk, sodium hydroxide, sodium lactate, cosmetic micas and glitter, lemongrass essential oil and other fragrance oils (custom blend), titanium dioxide, sugar, rose bud petals and mint leaves.

This next one was inspired by Fairies and springtime! I call it Fairy Garden and I absolutely love this one!

And lastly is a restock of one my favorites, Lovely Lavender with oils of olive, coconut, castor, avocado, sustainable palm, water, sodium hydroxide, kaolin clay, lavender essential oil, and lavender buds.

Well, there's more to come as spring approaches. I've already got plans to restock my popular sea salt soap bars and am planning a tea soap with a southern twist! 

Recent Holiday Happenings and Makings

I've been busy, busy, busy gearing up for the Christmas holidays! I had a huge custom soap order for a men's soap for some pilots so came up with The Aviator hot process soap themed to represent the sky that pilots know oh-so-well. I also have been working on (and still doing) a custom order of bath bomb cupcakes for an upcoming Christmas party, and I'll hopefully have them finished by tomorrow. So with those orders, plus making gifts for my family, and shopping, I haven't been on here much lately. I've also added lotion bars to my arsenal of body care products that I will hopefully have for sale online really soon, so stay tuned for details! With all that said, below you'll see what I've been up to. Enjoy!

Making of The Aviator men's soap

Some new additions from my alchemy lab: bath teas with spa salts.

Lotion bars made with luxury butters and essential oils

The Aviator soap for men

Working in the soap alchemy lab

Custom order

Christmas is Coming... You Ready?!?

I haven't posted in awhile because of some health issues and taking care of my son who is autistic and going through a rough patch right now.  Well today after a few weeks of doing nothing in my soap alchemy lab, I decided to jump on the Christmas bandwagon and do some bath bombs cupcakes (my 1st attempt). I'm horrible at piping, but they turned out okay for my being a piping newbie.

These have added rice bran oil and shea butter for a skin loving boost for the dry winter months. They smell like a wintry pine forest with a hint of mistletoe and sweetness, and have cosmetic glitter, sugar deco pieces, and sprinkles. The "frosting" is actually whipped melt & pour soap so once the bath bomb has fizzed it's last, you're left with a lovely softening soap to get squeaky clean with! I also made a few round bath bombs from the leftover mixture. HO HO HO!

Busy today shrink wrapping and labeling my soaps!

Saturn Bath Bombs!

These were made at the request of my 7 year old son whose a huge astronomy buff. :) I added moisturizing Shea butter and sunflower oil to the recipe to help his dry skin.

Toilet Fizzies

These work great for helping to clean your toilet by dropping one in, let it fizz and foam for a few minutes, then scrub the bowl with a toilet brush. They can also be dropped in the toilet bowl after flushing after you've "done your business", ahem, to help odors. :) I made these with tea tree oil and lavender essential oils for scent.

Trying My Hand At Bath Bombs & Melts