Recent content by soapmage

I have been busy labeling soaps for the general store owner and taking product photos. Egads it takes forever lol!

The bugs are adorable and I love the salt bars! I have yet to make whipped soap, but I keep watching YT videos of others doing it lol.

No, I got it on sale at Michaels last fall. I really love it and wish there had been another one.

Absolutely stunning colors and swirls, and design! LOVE it! I tried that and actually got dragon eyes lol! I just wish mine was black instead of gray though.

I'm sorry about your dad. I guess I'll have to get ready for the emotions whenever I smell it or look at it, but it may be healing as well.

I'm gearing up right now to make my first shave soap! I also just got my baking soda out of the oven for use as washing powder to go into my first ever laundry butter! Gonna be a busy day! :)

LOVE it!!! They're gorgeous! I really need to try this, I keep seeing it all over the place... time to jump on the soapy bandwagon, eh? :)

I'm doing a bit better thank you for asking. I've been to my doctor several times and it's definitely an arthritis issue but they did more blood work to check for Lupus and other things as well. I was on Prednisone which helped but it was of course short term and now I'm on Mobic until we get...

I haven't been on here much since mom died, but I managed to finally get back in the soap lab a few days ago and made my first fall soap of the season. I call it Fallen Leaves and used Mad Oils micas and their Home for the Holidays FO. The inside colors were too muted for my taste but they still...

I do both and at my market show the "fancy" soaps didn't sell that well, the HP and plain CP soaps did. But in the shop my stuff is in the fancier soaps sell better than the plain soaps. I agree with shunt2011 that it totally depends on your market, the customer (and their age even), your area...

Thank you all so very much. Your kinds words about my mom and me made me cry all over again, but in a happier more peaceful way.

I lost her on the 9th in the ICU. She never even made it out of the hospital. When they removed her CPAP she didn't last 15 minutes. I'm heartbroken and feel so many emotions all at one time. Luckily, daddy and I were with her the entire time and we held her hands and I spoke to her and kissed...

I'm sorry you couldn't be there Dahlia.

I'm doing the same thing for the shop I'm in. The owner's pagan. What about dragon's blood, patchouli, more earthy scents? That's what I'm doing for mine. Just a thought and good luck!

Got word from my dad this morning that mom's being moved from ICU to a nursing home and to contact hospice. It's just a matter of time now. I'm leaving tomorrow for Chattanooga, TN to stay with my sister-in-law who's not far from where mom will be so I can visit her daily and help care for her...