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Hi all, Here are some of my new soaps & sugar scrub cubes : hope you like them!

My new "Love Potion" silk soap which is fragranced with a blend of orchids, ripe peaches & pears, mandarin zest, soft musk with a hint of vanilla. Hope you like it! :)

Improving tested recipe. This is still in the making. Exfoliating Coffee Soap with coffee, - Coffee beans are for decoration purposes only-naturally :) Fragranced with roasted almonds & hazelnuts. Top note is delicious marzipan and base is earthy saldalwood with warming vanilla.

Everyone is making cupcakes... so being different my invention is :) : "Shea & Pink Salt Silk Slush bars" with pink himalayan salt, coconut milk and of course Shea butter. Fragranced with "a rich, powdery floral fragrance with invigorating top notes of mandarin, bergamot, pink pepper and...

Family gifts are sorted! :) Thanks, Porumi

Hey all, Here is what i made earlier. Christmas "Mistletoe" silk & goat's milk handmade soap with lots of shea & cocoa butters. Fragrance: Mistletoe. Thanks, Porumi

So i have been looking up some companies here in UK and Ireland who make handmade natural soap. Shocked is what i am!!! Some are just liars whereby they forget to mention sodium hydroxide as an ingredient and then some have sooooo many artificial ingredients I cant even pronounce!!! All the...

Hiya! So yesterday decided to try the lye over hard oils method-love it!! Still traced fast but much better. Fragrance here is mainly coconut, ylang ylang and watermelon. Still not perfect as it has some air holes but really like this one. Thanks, Porumi

Hi all, How many are you based in Uk? Where do you purchase your fragrance and essential oils? I have tried sooo many but clearly they are not good as it causes all sorts of issues when making. :) Im based in London btw. Thanks, Porumi

Hi all, Made a vanilla and lavender soap yesterday with a bit of bergamot and white musk. Recepie: 15% avocado, 5 % castor, 30% OO, 20% PO, rest CO. Sf at 7%. Added goat, buttermilk and yogurt powder to oils. Then separated the mixture into three and coloured with purple grape mica, teal...

Hey all, Decided to myself some whipped soap, off to a fridge now :) Thanks, Porumi

Just a rant... So my friends are testing my soaps and they all like the ones which are hard to work with trace wise. I love doing designs as I am quite creative as a person but I cant! My options are: change recipe or do boring designs. Obviously the most important is the recipe but just a bit...

Now, i know it looks odd in a mold but usually comed out pretty :) Because my fav recipe traces fast, what i do now is add fo to base colour and colours i mix on top are fo free and thus runny. Use a spoon and mix it all up. Will post cut photo tomorrow. Fo: ginger, nutmeg, cedarwood and...

Hi all, This what i have made recently... All FO caused a quick trace but they smell great! Violet Silk Kiss: Hidden Raspberry in White Must: Thanks, Porumi

Hi all, Added buttermilk with clay to oils before lye and it curdled big time! Still finished but just wanted to ask if it will affect the soap?? Help and thanks! Thanks, Porumi

I love the simplicity of this one. Fragranced with Honeysuckle, Jasmin& Patchouli Thanks, Porumi

All, Here is what I made last night: peppermint chocolate with shea butter. This is my fav soap recepie but the hardest one as it traces soooo fast! Thanks, Porumi

All, Here is my problem: used frozen buttermilk instead of water, added a bit if silk then the lye. When it all melted the mixture was too cold! Less than 20F!! Plus the silk did not melt. What did I do wrong? Thanks. Thanks, Porumi

So, my final batch of the day! Superfatted at 20%, with caster oil and cocoa butter. Always wanted to try this one :) Thanks, Porumi

Hey all, Made two batches today :) below is Honey & Oats fragranced with Honeysuckle, Almond and Buttered Pecan. Love this one! Second one is Cherry Madness - has beautiful swirls inside just the top looks pretty mad... Hope you like it :) Thanks, Porumi