What's in your soap pot this weekend ?

[jarvan]

I actually have to work another 10 hours and then my 70 hours are done and I get my week off of work (work every other week) and soaping is at the top of the list. I am planning a kiwi-strawberry whipped soap, using pureed kiwi and strawberry FO. Hope it goes ok!

 

[jarvan]

I actually have to work another 10 hours and then my 70 hours are done and I get my week off of work (work every other week) and soaping is at the top of the list. I am planning a kiwi-strawberry whipped soap, using pureed kiwi and strawberry FO. Hope it goes ok!

 

[rubato456]

poured a spearmint soap in the new soap mold my dh made a la keith brown......i'm excited to see how it comes out. used the spearmint leaves i treated per advice of soap for breakfast to prevent browning of leaves. fingers crossed

 

[honor435]

i made "chesnuts and b sugar", it was supposed to be tan with brown swirls and looks like its going to be yellow with purple, last time i looked, swirls! yikes.
Iam making "wild mt honey" from peak, tom. it is my best seller, very strong, but good. Going with hp and no color.

 

[wookie130]

I made a chamomile neroli log this morning...used chamomile tea leaves, and swirled with yellow oxide. I used too much yellow oxide (I was still in the heavy-handed Ultramarine violet mode), and the color of the swirl sort of looks like baby poop brownish yellow, but it's passable, I think. Smells nice...it's either starting to gel, or just finishing up...not quite sure where it's at with that whole thing at the moment.

I'm making a pumpkin soap tomorrow with buttermilk!!!

 

[rosesoap]

Made 2 batches today with a couple more planned for tomorrow.

1) Citrus eo blend (bergamot, litsea, sweet orange, grapefruit) with calendula petals (also infused in olive oil prior to soaping).

2) OMH-Bitter Almond fo blend with baby oatmeal added at trace.

Tomorrow's plan: 1) an fo blend of frank&myrrh, sandalwood and vanilla
2) an eo blend of lavender, sweet orange and patchouli with ground chamomile and 3) an eo/fo blend of cassia, clove, bergamot and rose

Trying to stock up for some holiday bazaars.

--Barbara

 

[gekko62]

Yesterday I did a purple & blue pop-mica funnel swirl...Yowza those colours are bright! :shock: Very happy with it,tho haven't cut yet.First time with synthetic colourants,& FO. Used violet blossom from bigtrees-smells like old time yardley violets.
Tonight Im trying sweetcakes honeysuckle hollow,with lemon & tangerine pop-mica(& praps a sm. amt TD,to tone it down slightly)
I've run out of my rose geranium & pink clay,& Sw.or/ylang/patch with red clay,so Im busy busy busy for the next day or so!!

 

[CarmenJean]

I made a white and blue swirl soap on Friday. Managed to cut it yesterday, and I'm really pleased with it. It's an Ocean Fresh FO, and smells really loveley!

I made some beautiful Zebra M&P soaps about a week ago, but the FO had vanilla in it, and I didn't know. So, now I have 6 bars of lovely grey liquorice scented soap that we'll have to use. I cannot see anyone buying this grey mess. Boo Hoo. Oh well - live and learn eh?!

 

[jmk7765]

poured a spearmint soap in the new soap mold my dh made a la keith brown......i'm excited to see how it comes out. used the spearmint leaves i treated per advice of soap for breakfast to prevent browning of leaves. fingers crossed

Oh! I missed the thread on keeping spearmint leaves green...how do you do that?

 

[Deb]

No soap, though i need to do a rosehip castille for an order this week.....

but i've done 500 lip balm already and I want to do about the same again!

I'm in for surgery end of the week and need to work ahead a bit. I know I can label and clean up tubes if i'm not totally 'there' so to speak, but I know i'll have my backside handed to me if I try and make soap or lippy!

 

[wookie130]

Alright, I sacked the buttermilk/pumpkin soap for today, and resorted to a simple rosemary mint with a dark green ITP swirl. It looks and smells yummy in the mold. I was a nimrod and forgot to freeze my buttermilk last night, so I'm going to go and measure everything so it's ready to rock in soap tomorrow night. 8)

 

[Milla]

no soap for me. I was going to make a jojoba and almond oil conditioner, but DH and I worked on the yard instead. I also had to work on my wine. I've got 6 gallons of Amarone style wine fermenting away. Yummy. MIL came over to drop off apple turnovers from the orchard and smelled all of my soaps. She's a good person to use as lots of scents give her headaches. Almost all passed the test!

 

[LJA]

I'm gonna go check on how much coconut oil I have left and maybe crank out a strawberry flavored soap. I also have some body mousse orders to fill....

 

[heyjude]

Earlier in the week I measured oils for 5 batches of soap and then put them in individual containers. Now I am good to go once my daughter heads back to college and other two are back to school on Wednesday. Yahoo!!!!

Jude

 

[ikindred]

My shelves are getting full. I just unmolded my Lavender Vanilla with Lavender buds last night and managed to unmold my Lemon with Oatmeal this morning. I am excited to try the Lemon Oatmeal. I used alot of shea and oatmeal because I am a gardener and wanted this bar to be a "Gardeners Soap". I hope it doesn't disappoint me since it is the first time. I added lots of Shea( 10%) to the recipe and grated up lemon zest and infused lemons in my oils for 2 days prior to making.

Lavender Vanilla
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/9251/lavender001.jpg

Lemon Oatmeal
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/1286/l ... ifting.jpg

keeping my fingers, toes and eyes crossed! :shock:

 

[heyjude]

No soap, though i need to do a rosehip castille for an order this week.....

but i've done 500 lip balm already and I want to do about the same again!

I'm in for surgery end of the week and need to work ahead a bit. I know I can label and clean up tubes if i'm not totally 'there' so to speak, but I know i'll have my backside handed to me if I try and make soap or lippy!

Deb,

Good luck with your surgery. I hope everything goes well. Will be sending good thoughts your way.

Jude

 

[Guest]

No soap, though i need to do a rosehip castille for an order this week.....

but i've done 500 lip balm already and I want to do about the same again!

I'm in for surgery end of the week and need to work ahead a bit. I know I can label and clean up tubes if i'm not totally 'there' so to speak, but I know i'll have my backside handed to me if I try and make soap or lippy!

I hope your surgery goes well and you have a quick , pain free recovery .

Kitn

 

[Milla]

My shelves are getting full. I just unmolded my Lavender Vanilla with Lavender buds last night and managed to unmold my Lemon with Oatmeal this morning. I am excited to try the Lemon Oatmeal. I used alot of shea and oatmeal because I am a gardener and wanted this bar to be a "Gardeners Soap". I hope it doesn't disappoint me since it is the first time. I added lots of Shea( 10%) to the recipe and grated up lemon zest and infused lemons in my oils for 2 days prior to making.

Lavender Vanilla
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/9251/lavender001.jpg

Lemon Oatmeal
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/1286/l ... ifting.jpg

keeping my fingers, toes and eyes crossed! :shock:

Absolutely beautiful soaps! I love them both!

 

[Deb]

no soap for me. I was going to make a jojoba and almond oil conditioner, but DH and I worked on the yard instead. I also had to work on my wine. I've got 6 gallons of Amarone style wine fermenting away. Yummy. MIL came over to drop off apple turnovers from the orchard and smelled all of my soaps. She's a good person to use as lots of scents give her headaches. Almost all passed the test!

What is amarone style wine? I make wine with windfall apples a lot, but mine are based on Peggy Hutchinsons' books.

 

[Milla]

What is amarone style wine? I make wine with windfall apples a lot, but mine are based on Peggy Hutchinsons' books.

It's actually wine from a kit from Cellar Craft. It takes about 5 weeks to 2 months to make and then I try to age it for at least 6 months. I also make wine from fruits and all that, but the kits wines are comparable to the store bought wines.