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!

Mini Soap Cake

I love making soap cakes and cupcakes which is still fairly new to me. It's quite nice doing something more artsy and creative than just a bar of soap. This one (there are 6 total) smells so yummy that I want to eat it! I used a yummy chocolate scent in this batch that smells like hot cocoa and used avocado oil in my recipe for the first time which made the soaps really soft and took longer than usual to remove from the mold. I'm working on tweaking the recipe a bit to harden it up more. I posted this photo on my Facebook business page and already sold one which always makes me happy needless to say! I'm keeping 2 to cut into sample cake slices since the bottoms got slightly dented while coming out of the mold. I'm also still trying to come up with a name for this batch as well... any suggestions?