Assorted soaps.

I haven't blogged in ages, but i have been busy making soaps. These are just a few of the soaps available for sale right now. Starting from the top going left to right we have: Inner Child, a lavender musk scent, Oatmeal Soap with a hint of tart apple, Island Vibes, Lemon Verbena Poppy Seed Soap, Lychee Red Tea Soap, Castile Soap (100% Olive Oil), Floral Sunset and Orange Smoothie. All these soaps and more are available at wwww.soapsandlathers.etsy.com.

Mother's Day (Free Shipping)

Valentine's Day Soap (Lychee Red Tea)

The valentine's day soap is cut and is now on the curing rack. The lychee red tea fragrance is just amazing. One of my personal favorites. I may just save a bar of soap for myself. I plan on having this scent as part of my permanent line-up. Of course i have to now decide whether or not i will use the same color combinations or change it up for future sales. I am loving the color, which is mixture of fuchsia and magenta. To complement the color of the soap i painted on some gold mica after the soap was cooled. This soap will be available for pre-order in a couple weeks.

Love is in the air

Valentine's Day is almost upon us, so my first soap of the new year will be ready just in time for this holiday. I scented this soap with lychee red tea fragrance. Now i have eaten the lychee fruit on and off since i was a child. So when i saw the fragrance, i had to buy it. I was not disappointed. To me the scent in dead on. I love it. The lychee fruit is a native of China but can now be found in many parts of the world. This fragrance has a lovely floral and fruity scent that is just sweet and exotic. I made this soap with just a single color,, ranging somewhere between fuchsia and magenta. I added a bit of gold mica in the top swirl but i think i will paint some more on after it's cooled to let the colors pop some more.

Yuletide au Lait

Tis the season....My Christmas soap is done. This is Yuletide au Lait, a creamy turkish mocha scent with notes of chocolate and vanilla. To kick it up a notch, i added some eggnog, french roasted coffee and grated nutmeg. It's a rich, warm scent, perfect for the cold weather. Will be up for pre-order in a few days.

Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale

Christmas, my favorite holiday is almost here. As my gift to you, enjoy 20% off your orders. No minimum purchase required. Sale starts November 29th until midnight December 2nd. EST. This offer does not include the purchase of custom items.

The case of the lumpy soap batter.

I was never a big fan of jasmine. The flowers are pretty but for some reason the scent always made me feel nauseated, even more so if i'm hungry. However i put my personal feelings aside and experimented with jasmine fragrance oil for one of my newest soaps. On any given day working with floral scents in cold process soap can be difficult. While this scent didn't misbehave beyond repair, it was certainly unruly. I was soaping above room temp. Knowing how floral scents tend to behave i had my soap batter (colored with titanium dioxide) ready to be scented. As soon as i added the fragrance, small lumps formed in my batter; the type of lumps you see when mixing cake mix from a box. I stick blended a little and also used my spatula to annihilate the lumps. I was able to whip most of them into submission however a few still remained. I have heard of ricing, but don't recall ever experiencing it. The fragrance oil seemed to cause some ricing, and the batter did get a bit thick, however it was still manageable. I have since cut the soap and the tiny lumps were made of oil. Overall, the soap fared better than i hoped. I will have to read more about ricing soon. Jasmine is a nice floral scent in CP soap so i hope to work with it again.