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Stopped by the local coffee shop/internet cafe/used bookstore the other day to see what was new. I spoke to the owner about possibly carrying some soap, and she seemed all for it. Soooo, here is the first batch of soap specifically for them. Scented with a mix of Chocolate Frappuccino and Evening Mocha, with a bit of cocoa sprinkled on the top. YUMM!!Just cut it a few minutes ago, and I'll post pics once it's had a chance to brown up on the inside.
Here is the loaf freshly unmolded. It was
beautiful!! Kind of like Irish Spring, but better. The scent is strong, and I'm so tempted to use the end piece. This is made from my new recipe, and I'm going to have a hard time waiting for it to cure. I desperately want to try this out!
I melted the oils and prepared the lye solution the night before, so this was actually my first attempt at fully room temp soaping. It was a very smooth batch, that took all of 10 minutes to accomplish. Usually soaping stresses me out a bit, but this may be a way for me to get more accomplished...make my lye water ahead of time, have my batches weighed out and ready, and just go for it.
One little piddly batch of Cucumber Melon. Trying out a new recipe that contains no olive oil (one of my staples), and has soy which I normally find causes slimy soap. I played and played with the soap calcs to come up with a balanced recipe containing soy that won't contribute to slime. Four simple little oils...coconut, tallow, soy, and sunflower. I'm hoping it's a great recipe, because it was certainly easy to soap.
Will post pics as soon as it's unmolded and cut.
Last Wednesday afternoon, I delivered my first wholesale order to a new account, Chestnut Hill Ranch Bed and Breakfast. This account found me through a mutual friend who wholesales soap to the bed and breakfast for sale in the gift shop and gift baskets. As soon as Cher, the owner, mentioned soap I shied away explaining that I wasn't interested in biting the hand that fed me, so to speak.
Turns out our mutual friend has exclusive rights to the gift shop and gift baskets, but isn't interested in making smaller soaps for the guest rooms. Enter, A Woman with Scents! I get a larger slice of the pie, without stepping on any toes...ain't life grand?
Scents! What else?
Just got a shipment of fragrances from Daystar Candle and Soap Supplies. Ultimate Vanilla...YUM! This scent has always been a favorite with customers, and the name says it all becasuse it IS the Ultimate!
Sun Drenched Raspberries...Not quite what I was expecting, but nice oob never the less. This scent has more of an herbal/floral note than I was looking for, and the berries are a bit tart, but who knows what might bloom from this once poured in candles or soaped. Hope to soap it tonight, using my newest recipe.
Chocolate Silk Frappuccino...I think this is the smoothest chocolate scent I've ever ordered! Usually I can detect a plastic/not-quite-chocolate note, but that note is not present in this fragrance oil. This one might blend wonderfully with Sun Drenched Raspberries...or maybe Black Cherries.
Stopped by the local coffee shop/internet cafe/used bookstore the other day to see what was new. I spoke to the owner about possibly carrying some soap, and she seemed all for it. Soooo, here is the first batch of soap specifically for them. Scented with a mix of Chocolate Frappuccino and Evening Mocha, with a bit of cocoa sprinkled on the top. YUMM!!
