Christmas Spirit....

Soap # 22 made 14/11/2015 best after 14/12/2015

Christmas Baubles, fragranced with Home for the Holidays, this is the third batch of this soap, being handmade each one is very slightly different and has it's own character.

Soap # 23 made 14/11/2015 best after 14/12/2015
'Ginger Highlights, fragrance with my own blend of ginger, frankinscence, litsea, lemon, orange and bergamot essential oils

Four thieves....

Soap # 18 Four Thieves or Forthaves....made 7/11/2015 best after 7/12/2015

Love this blend of essential oils Rosemary, Sage, Lemon, Lavender and Clove, you can read more about it here

Yes, I did make a full loaf but lost the photos somewhere, too busy to fuss about it just now so used the nearest bars available.....

Soap #19 made 7/11/2015 best after 7/12/2015
Christmas Baubles fragranced with Home for the Holidays a lovely fresh Christmas scent.

Soap # 20 Christmas tiger swirls,

Elf Sweat fragrance oils with a tiger swirl on the left...

Soap # 21 Coconut Kisses

Lots of yummy butters and oils and a Coconut cream fragrance oil.....this soap was such a vibrant yellow from the FO but it has mellowed and is now a lovely rich cream colour...

Holidays are coming!

Soap #16, Winter Berries, made 31/10/2015 best after 31/11/2015

Winter Berries Fragrance oils
Red, green, black white colourants

Olive oil
Rice bran oil
Shea butter
Coconut oil
Avacado oil
Palm oil
Tussah Silk
Kaolin clay

Lovely scent but colours morphed slightly, that is something that happens sometimes. If I use this fragrance again I'll take a few different steps now that I know that.

Winter Berries is a lovely fragrance and even though the colours changed slightly it's still a lovely looking soap.

Soap #17 Home for the Holidays, made 31/10/2015 best after 31/11/2015

Oils as above
Red ( my own concoction), green and white micas
Home for the Holidays fragrance oils

I'm naming this one Christmas Baubles, smells off Christmas trees and fresh winter mornings....

Still Soaping...

Soap #14 made 24/10/2015 best after 24/11/2015
Purple Passion

I needed to make a rebatch of some lilac coloured soaps

Coconut oil
Palm oil
Olive oil
Shea butter
Mango butter
Castor oil

Lavender & Tea tree essential oils

Colours  TD, purple passion, carnival green, glitter white, pearl black
Kaolin clay

Bar size av 169gms

Soap #15 made 24/10/2015 best after 24/11/2015
Absinthe

Heavy bars at 180 gms

I bought a batch of fragrance oils and among them was this small bottle of Absinthe.

What's the luck... arrives one day and the next I read somewhere online that this fragrance accelerates and sets like soap on a stick. I thought I might as well just use it straight away while it still seemed like a problem in my mind. I was all set to just dump it in the mold if it became a problem but sectioned off some of the batter to do a top if posible. After adding the fragrance oil I was ready and watching.... no reaction at all.... quickly added some colour, still no reaction so added the top and did a quick swirl, still no reaction.

Anyway, it turned out to be a simple soap but it didn't accelerate and has made some lovely bars....oh, and it smells great too!

Pure White soap..

Soap number 12 made 17/10/2015, ready no sooner than 17/11/2015

 There is something about pure white plain soap isn't there? I didn't take any in process photos this time. As usual lots of goodies, first time trying tallow..

Coconut Oil, Castor Oil, Olive Oil, Sustainable Palm Oil, Tallow, Cocoa Butter, Rain Water,
Sodium Hydroxide, Kaolin Clay, Tussah Silk and  Lavender, Neroli and Bergamot essential oils

Strange phenomonon going on there, if you look closely one bar has been out on display in the open while all of the others has been stored on racks in a darker room for a couple of weeks, the bar out in the open is whiter. I love the simplicity of these plain, natural but luxurious bars of soap.

Soap number 13 made 18/10/2015 ready no sooner than 18/11/2015 (but intend to keep until summer 2016)

Another white soap but this time with a citronella base so will be a very good 'bug off' soap for summer.

Coconut Oil, Castor Oil, Olive Oil, Sustainable Palm Oil, Tallow, Shea Butter, Avocado Oil, Rain Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Kaolin Clay, Tussah Silk and Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Clary Sage, Wild Tea Tree and Citronella Essential oils.

This soap needs a longer cure time but can you see the white bar standing out again, that one has been out on display for two weeks too, it will still cure the same as the others, we'll see the difference in colour in a few months time with this one...