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I made whipped/cream soap over the weekend. I've only done this once a year to use for my footscrubs and every year I do slight tweak. This year was using calendula infused olive & macadamia oil. (The only reason I used the macadamia oil was because I was short on the OO and the MNO is getting close to expiring with no real plans to be used. It was an impulse purchase...lol.) This was also the first year I've gotten to use my big stand mixer to do all the whipping, holy time saver Batman! Last year I didn't have a big stand mixer so I had to whip and rot my batch six times before I got it to hold (ish, I mean, as much as whipped soap is going to hold over time), this year I might be ok with half as many whips. I will see I guess.
Other soapy stuff: I ordered jars for emulsified sugar scrub and for the cream soap that will eventually be made into foot scrub. The first brewery put in a fourth order this weekend, one restock that they can't seem to keep in, and three new beers. OMG, wholesale saved my "life" - or at least my self esteem. I was really starting to get a bit depressed about the way business has gone this year and was seriously thinking about quitting. This has at least balanced out the budget. Hopefully this is just a "hump year" and I will definitely be taking alot of lessons with me. Anyways, I'm squeezing in two of the brewery batches before the holiday the other two will need to have FO's ordered for which is great timing because I have a "small" list of FO's I'd like to order anyways. I was hoping I could tackle the emulsified sugar scrub this week, but I think that will be a Black Friday project - which is ok, these are gifts for my sisters, so I have time. The other project I'd like to tackle is shampoo bar recipe tweaks - I do have to make a batch as-is for a friend who is extremely happy with her results. We shall see how my time works out over the long holiday weekend.
Other soapy stuff: I ordered jars for emulsified sugar scrub and for the cream soap that will eventually be made into foot scrub. The first brewery put in a fourth order this weekend, one restock that they can't seem to keep in, and three new beers. OMG, wholesale saved my "life" - or at least my self esteem. I was really starting to get a bit depressed about the way business has gone this year and was seriously thinking about quitting. This has at least balanced out the budget. Hopefully this is just a "hump year" and I will definitely be taking alot of lessons with me. Anyways, I'm squeezing in two of the brewery batches before the holiday the other two will need to have FO's ordered for which is great timing because I have a "small" list of FO's I'd like to order anyways. I was hoping I could tackle the emulsified sugar scrub this week, but I think that will be a Black Friday project - which is ok, these are gifts for my sisters, so I have time. The other project I'd like to tackle is shampoo bar recipe tweaks - I do have to make a batch as-is for a friend who is extremely happy with her results. We shall see how my time works out over the long holiday weekend.
