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After not making soap for over a year I finally got motivated and decided to go all out. 4 batches in one night. Lilac blossom Ginger and Lime Cobalt Sea Glass And Awakenings I've a plant sale coming up May 17th so I'm going to take soap and candles with me along with my vegetable starts. Gotta...

Does anyone know if there's a dupe out there of the fragrance of the dove pink beauty bar? I can't figure out what notes are in it but I'd like to try and replicate it for a friend of mine.

Ok so I know a gift is just to be received and thank the giver but for the love of little green dragons, why do people buy soap makers gifts of soap?! And it's not like they don't know that I'm a soap maker. The holiday gifts have started and some family friends who have known me since I was...

So last May I moved to Missouri from Washington state. I bought a house with a few acres. Thought I could make a go of it but I've completely lost my motivation to do make soap. Then this past August I got laid off from my job and have been applying for everything I can and still have no job and...

I feel like I'm on a crazy rollercoaster and have no idea where it's going to stop. Thankgiving was the getting of the puppy, Riddick. Christmas was braving the winter storms and driving across country to be with family. New Years was braving ice and snow to get back home. Between Christmas and...

I'm primarily a soap maker but I've been making candles for a few select customers. I also do gift baskets with soap, lotion bars, and candles with the same fragrances. I've been using Soy wax because hey it works for me. However I'm getting bees and while I know they will need some time to ramp...

So just before Thanksgiving I drove to Ft. Worth, Tx and picked up my new Catahoula baby. He's from the bloodline of my first catahoula and he's so darn cute I can't stand it. Say hello to Riddick!

and it's killing me not to tell! My family all lives in another state, 33 hours away by car. I can't afford to fly home and if I did fly I'd only be able to stay for 1 day and then fly back home because I have dogs. BUT I'm plotting and planning and the dogs and I are going to drive to my...

So I have some neighbors that love my soap and they order a whole batch of 20 bars just for themselves about twice a year. Some they give as gifts but most of the soap they use. The male half of the marriage actually stores the soap in his dresser so the scent permeates his clothes. Anyway he...

Sadly I've been occupied and haven't made soap in months. I don't think I've made anything since January. I had mixed up some lye water in containers and sealed them but didn't use it until yesterday when I decided I was sick of seeing those two containers on my shelf and since I'm packing up...

So you may remember about 2 weeks ago I took in two rescue bunnies. Well what I was told were two boys actually turned out to be a boy and a girl and since they had been kept together they did what bunnies do and multiplied. I woke up this morning to a surprise. 5 wiggly baby bunnies.

So my neighbor showed up with these two bunnies. Apparently they were left behind by people who moved to Puerto Rico and didn't want to take the bunnies with them. So now they are living with me until I can find them new homes. On a side note my little rescue hummingbird Buzzer was visiting my...

So I was walking my dogs this morning and my neighbor waved me down. She had hummingbird on the ground in her driveway. It was cold and wet and unresponsive. So I brought him home and stuck him in my cleavage to warm him up. When I felt him start stirring I tucked him into a tissue nest and...

I think I've lost motivation to do anything. Even soap making. I've been drawing up designs and I bought some new micas and fragrances to work on the spring and summer designs. I measured out all of my hard oils into their buckets for 6 batches of soap, I mixed up 6 batches of lye/milk so all I...

Has anyone ever had a fully cured bar of soap that was just fine and had a good lather, suddenly stop lathering? I made some lavender soap last year and I gave a bar to my sister at Christmas time. She's been using it for the last month and she said it was lathering just fine when she started...

Ok I know its silly but I bought my pups pajamas and now they are being tortured by having to wear them.

Cleaning out containers is always a pain especially when using beeswax or other waxes. You can never get it fully clean. BUT I found these little silicone flexible measuring cups that work great on clean up. You can just let the wax or butters cool and then turn these inside out and the wax and...

So I placed an order before I injured my wrist for bulk oils from WSP. Now I'd ordered oils from Brambleberry and some other places and thought that WSP would be similar in that the oils would come in buckets but not the no stir palm oil. It came in a box and I open the box and it's a 50lb block...

So I made a quick video on the lather of my egg soap if anyone is interested. It's kind of dark because I don't have very good lighting in my kitchen.

So I've been thinking about adding lard and tallow to one of my recipes and seeing how it performs. I found lard for $1/lb at my local grocery so I bought a bunch of it mainly to make pie crusts but since I have plenty left over in my freezer I figured why not use it in soap. I can't seem to...