Yay! A successful batch. It really does a body good. :) I decided to try my slab mold again and I hope I end up liking it better this time. I am still using up some oils so this batch has Olive, Palm, Coconut, Castor, Apricot Kernal, Macadamia Nut, and Avocado oils. It is scented with bayberry which is such a wonderful scent. I added in some red and green jojoba beads and sprinkled the top with glitter. It seems I'm getting a head start on the holiday season! I am also trying to process out some of my fragrance oils and this was about the last of them that I hadn't tried yet.
I've been doing a lot of reminiscing about my early soapmaking days and those batches were mostly essential oil batches. I'm wanting to phase back into mostly naturally-scented soaps. I will continue to use some of my favorite fragrance oils but I'll hesitate to buy any new fragrance oils for now. However...I couldn't resist getting a pumpkin pie fragrance oil and that one is on the way. I can't wait! I have to do something as Fall is my absolutely favorite season.
Love making soap. What process do you use? I heat up the oils on the stove, then remove from the stove and add the lye/water mixture, and then pour into the mold.
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Hi Suzanne. I use the room temp cold process method. I let my both my lye and oils cool down before I blend.
ReplyDeleteHolly sounds and looks lovely cannot wait to see it cut. :0)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty Holly and thank you, that's a good idea with the holiday seasion, because it's just going so quickly and Christmas will be here before we know it:)
ReplyDeleteSo creamy white! Love the hint of color & sparkle. It's what you do best!
ReplyDeleteHolly, that is so beautiful! Nothing says Christmas like the smell of bayberry!
ReplyDeleteNice swirls & sparkes! It has a lovely, delicate look that's very appealing. Nice work! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks great Holly! You've got me hooked on glitter now:)
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone! I think bayberry has just become one of my most favorite scents. I can't stop sniffing it. I am going to try to get some pictures of the soap today.
ReplyDeletePatrice- there are worse things I could have gotten you hooked on. :p