What soapy thing have you done today?

[Zany_in_CO]

My soaping cupboard is bare and I have to make lotion for my wholesale customer; MSM Emu Oil Cream, Lotion, beeswax and shampoo for my 98-year old mother in Phoenix and restock my stash of "Just for Me" lotion and herbal balm plus a few small batches of different soaps on my Round Tuit List so I can cross them off at long last. Unfortunately, I forgot to place an order with Herbco dot com for some herbs to infuse in oil to use in two of the products on the list. I must do that first thing in the AM! (Talking to myself here.)

Soap and lotion shipments are starting to arrive. I placed an order with Elements B & B yesterday and it arrived at 11 AM this morning. Gotta love that! Shipments from Chicago and Ohio won't arrive til Monday. I coulda made lip balms this afternoon, but nooooo. As much as I love my DH, he sure does get in the way of progress some times!!!

 

[SunRiseArts]

Serene those look awesome! Please make me a sun!

Here are some soaps I made in February. First one is MP on the pot type swirl, with sinus relief fragrance. Second is an MP and CP hybrid, scented with Island nectar and smells divine. Third one is juicy apricot. Fourth is chocolate orchid. And the last one I call it snail soap.

 

[Serene]

I will!

 

[shunt2011]

Planning on making some more soap and sugar scrubs. Had a small show last Saturday and they darn near cleaned me out of sugar scrub. Also need to make some lip balm. Happy I've been working on my website, trying to bring it back up to par. More work to do yet but will get there. Also need to think about working on my taxes so I can get those done.

 

[Moebym]

Told my parents I'm making soap for their birthdays in April, so I ordered some palm oil, clays, and supplies for making shaving soap (KOH, stearic acid) a few days ago. I've spent so much money on soapmaking supplies and on handmade soap in the last month or so that I'm afraid of looking at my credit card statement.

The six-bar soap mold I ordered from Amazon just arrived, so I'm going to be picking that up shortly. It'll be perfect for the birthday soap project since the bars will come out looking perfect from the get-go.

@SunRiseArts Very pretty soaps! Come to think of it, I could really use some sinus relief...

 

[Serene]

Soapy thing today. Waiting for the clay to be firm up to finish it off, then cast it. I hope SunRiseArts likes it if not I have me a sort of Sun type of mold. The struggle is real at my house as I keep trying to organize the Soap room.

 

[lrpolillo]

Just cut this today

. It has Georgia peach as the fragrance and I did in the pot swirl. It has some little bumps. Never seen that before what do you think??

 

[Serene]

Oh this is lovely. It looks like a little town far off into the distance as you go through a tunnel. Tree on the left and house in the middle with more trees to the right.

 

[SaltedFig]

Serene, I can already imaging SunRiseArts using your mold, amazing!

(Pretty soap Irpolillio, the swirl and color is lovely!)

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Aw, the best laid plans... Getting my herb order together the first thing in the AM didn't happen. First I had to inventory what I had on hand. Took forever, with constant interruptions! Then make a checklist of what I needed that I didn't have on hand. As it happened, I had most of the herbs I needed for the recipes I have planned, so the order was small. But now I'm excited to get back to one of my favorite things, making herbal infused soaps, oils and balms. Can't hardly wait.

 

[Misschief]

I made a batch of Lemon Poppyseed soap today. AND... went out for lunch with a friend and traded five bars of my soap for two molds and 12 bottles of EO and FO that she'll never use. She wanted to get into soap making but, after a stroke, decided it was better she didn't.

 

[SunRiseArts]

Soapy thing today. Waiting for the clay to be firm up to finish it off, then cast it. I hope SunRiseArts likes it if not I have me a sort of Sun type of mold. The struggle is real at my house as I keep trying to organize the Soap room.

OMG!! I was joking! Did not think you would really make me one, but that is absolutely AWESOME!

 

[SunRiseArts]

Mischief, that top is divine!

 

[SunRiseArts]

I cut the rebatch I did the other day into bars. Rather gooey; this is now a science experiment. They are yellow and not very pretty. I now have a checklist of what not to do for my next batch, which I will do when my scents arrive.
Soapmaking is a learning process. At least my ugly soap makes lather!

Don't get discourage. Everything in life is a learning process, and practice. Lots of practice. Take notes and such, so you know what went wrong.

 

[cmzaha]

Please please please keep posting pictures - y'all are awesome! Unlike me, who is an uninspired lump of soap dough smashed into the family room carpet. (I *might* be a bit sore yet over that incident...)

I've also been spending a lot of time thinking about what type of soaps I really want to make. I suspect some of my "I don't want to make soap" issues have just come down to overwhelming myself with making "fancy" soaps, when really... I just want to make simpler bars with no imbeds, just nice swirls or layers or solid colors. So I'm realigning my future soaps with that in mind. Hopefully this week will be a good week to make soap

I cannot sell fancy soap no matter how many times I have tried. So I make all bars the same shape and size and make nice swirls. Even at Christmas I cannot sell lumps of Coal or my cute Sleigh soaps that I like to make and always end up giving away the sleighs and lumps of coal. I find simple and consistent is the best if selling in outdoor markets. Our website was another matter, we could sell my daughters fancy melt and pour soaps but she does not make them anymore

 

[Zany_in_CO]

I find simple and consistent is the best if selling in outdoor markets.

So true! I agree. My wholesale customer always tells me that they have many repeat customers now and their customers depend on them to not change a thing!

 

[Misschief]

I made these today... soap rocks (not all of them are soap) and another batch of Java Jumpstart soap. I also cut the Lemon Poppyseed soap I made yesterday.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Your rocks rock! LOL

 

[RacerSpuffy]

I made a soap curing rack. Unfortunately the bar code was difficult to remove from a few dowel rods.. I'll address that later. The rack will hold approximately 96 bars when full.

Edit: Forgot a batch of soap, lol. New picture uploaded.

 

[Misschief]

Your rocks rock! LOL

Thanks! They were fun to make!