Quick Update!

*waves* Hey y'all! Hope everyone had a great holiday season! As usual it was busy in my household! I can't be on here long, but I wanted to show everyone some of the latest soaps I have been doing over the past couple of weeks. 

I also wanted to share that I have finally tried the hot process method! After the first try with hot process soapmaking (I made shampoo bars), I was not to sure that I cared for it too much, simply because I didn't like what the end result looked like, and I was limited on what I could do with it. However, the bar was amazing! So I decided to try it again and do a fragrance free, and color free batch of shaving soap. I wanted it to have a bit of an Old-Timey appearance and this is how it turned out.

I think I am actually going to like this method of soap making, but am going to reserve it for certain lines.

 I have also started doing sketches of designs that I want to implement in my soaps and I had everything planned out. Unfortunately some of the best laid plains can go haywire at the slightest glitch. This next batch was regarding the color. It was supposed to be brown and pink...and I wanted to darken the brown a little bit so I used some black. Well...I say some, but apparently it was a bit too much so it came out grey and pink. lol It still looks good though and actually fits the fragrance that I used.

I think it came out interesting.  ;)

Ok so another mishap I had was with an EO (Ylang-Ylang). I like the scent, but was not expecting it to accelerate the soap batter the way that it did. I even soaped at a lower temperature just in case. When I added the EO, it actually appeared the slow it down a bit so I separated and colored the batter. The next thing I knew the batter hit thick trace and I had to work fast to get it in the mold before it was too hard. It was my plan to swirl, and only layer two parts of the batter. Instead the result was the below.

So it looks interesting, but not sure that it really suits the Ylang Ylang EO.

Well folks, it's been a busy day for me, and it is getting late. Feel free to drop me a line and let me know what you think. I will be checking back in soon! ;)

Suds & Bubbles,
Soapy