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

Delicate Lavender Soap Made Today

I've been sick with a cold and haven't made soap in almost 2 weeks, so it felt nice to don my soaping gear and get to work on a nice lavender soap! Made with olive, coconut, sustainable palm, avocado, and castor oils, scented lightly with lavender essential oil, colored with a mix of cosmetic micas, and finished off with some lavender buds on top. Smells like it's name, delicate, calming, and light.

My New Mad Oils Goodies Are Here!

Gorgeous micas, autumn and winter fragrance oils, clays, flower petals... oh what soapy delights I will have fun making with all this swag! Stay tuned for my upcoming fall and winter soap designs using these beauties you see here. ;)

Tonight!

Tonight's the night! The Guinness Stout is finally ready and so am I. Beer soap will be made tonight (finally)! I am really excited to be using my new Beer fragrance oil for this recipe. I will post photos when I'm done and it will of course be another late night soaping session since I have to wait until my son is fast asleep to make any. :)

Can't Wait to Try This!

I have just ordered a beautiful soap to try by the lovely Katie at Royalty Soaps! I absolutely cannot wait to give it a try. I have followed Katie and her company for many months now on Facebook, here on Blogger, and her You Tube channel. As a fellow soap maker, I look to others for inspiration, delight in their creations and technique, and love to sample what they have to offer. I'm interested in the types of ingredients they use, the fragrances and/or essential oils, how their soaps will feel on my skin. I will post an update to this after I receive my soap from Royalty Soaps and use it. :)

Here is the Butterfly Garden soap I ordered from her. <3