On the Curing Rack: Zesty Ginger and Cedarwood Sage
I have two new soaps to show you! The first one I am calling Zesty Ginger. The fragrance is described as sharp, untamed lemon with a splash of fresh orange and a squeeze of grapefruit, sprinkled with some dewy green […]
On the Curing Rack: Pumpkin Pie Soap
Pumpkin Pie soap is definitely a customer favorite for the past several years! It’s made with real pumpkin puree and goat’s milk for a real skin treat. If that wasn’t enough, the fragrance is deliciously spicy and sweet AND lingers […]
On the Curing Rack: Spiced Apple Cider
I finally made time to create the first soap for fall: Spiced Apple Cider! It’s a one-of-a-kind blend of all the apple and spice fragrance samples I had on hand, plus some extra green apple fragrance as well as a […]
Fall Soap Line-Up
I sent out a survey on Sunday to my Preferred Customers only, asking them to choose their top 3 choices from a list of potential soap scents for the fall. I also gave a little incentive for participating. Everyone who […]
On the Curing Rack: Melon Supreme
Check out how I made the Melon Supreme soap in yesterday’s post here. It is made with juice and pulp from fresh cantaloupe and watermelon! Scented with a sweet and yummy blend of cantaloupe and watermelon fragrances, and colored with […]
Making Melon Supreme Soap
Ever wondered if you can make soap with cantaloupe? How about watermelon? Yes, you can! One of the farmers at the market where I sell my soaps gave me a cantaloupe to do just that – and another farmer gave […]
On the Curing Rack: Butterfly Kisses
Here is a great story of an ugly duckling turning into a swan! Two years ago I blended a scent and created a soap that I sold as “Hibiscus”. Some of you may even remember it! I had a request […]
On the Curing Rack: Red Rock Canyon
Dare I say that this was my third attempt at creating a gradient soap tutorial that didn’t work out? This time the soap was just fine – it was the camera that didn’t cooperate! I had a little mishap about […]
On the Curing Rack: Limeade Soap
This soap is inspired by Lori P, who mentioned after I made the lemonade soap that if I made a limeade soap, she just might have to come through the screen. Since I have never actually seen someone come through […]
How NOT to make a gradient colored soap…
Another soapmaker has requested that I do a tutorial for her blog on how to make gradient colored soaps, so I thought I would put together a video this week on how I do that. Only it didn’t go quite […]