Soap Challenge – Week 10 Link-Up

This week’s challenge was, well, challenging!! I had a lot of fun making the Poppy Fields soap with my girls. Since they finished up school this week, we decided to give a bar to each of their teachers, with instructions […]

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On the Curing Rack: Black Raspberry Creme – again!

I absolutely had to make another batch of Black Raspberry Creme soap! The last batch didn’t even make it to the farmer’s market before it sold out! I’ve attempted to make them the same as the last batch, but the […]

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Soap Challenge – Week 10

The suggestion for this week’s challenge came from Pamela Leis of By the Sea Soaps. We are creating a landscape soap! What on earth is that? Well, from what I understand, it is an artistic technique that captures some sort […]

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Soap Challenge – Week 9 Link-Up

I decided at the last minute to make my own soap for the challenge this week, which was to create a soap with a peaked top. Ever since I saw Louise’s post about infusing chard leaves in the lye solution […]

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Salt Bar Lather Testing

For me, a great handmade soap needs just two things: 1. It has to have LOTS of lather – and not just any lather: STABLE lather. 2. It has to leave my skin feeling moisturized. I hold salt bars to […]

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Soap Challenge Week 9

Quick Soap Swap Update: It would appear that using google documents may not have been the best choice for creating the sign-up. I have heard from 3 people who had signed up for the swap, but I never received their […]

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Soap Challenge – Week 8 Link-Up

Before I talk about salt bars, I want to be sure that everyone who signed up for the soap swap received their swap partner info last week. There were over 50 people involved, so the chances of me making a […]

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Mokalata and China Rain Soaps Now Available

These are both pretty small batches, but I wanted to let you know that the Mokalata and China Rain soaps are now available! Mokalata is a very unique soap made with pure kahlua (coffee liqueur) and a sweet chocolatey-coffee type […]

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Soap Challenge Week 8

Did you check out all the beautiful gradient soaps from last week? I am so happy to hear that this was a favorite technique for several participants! So many beautiful soaps! This week’s challenge is to formulate a salt bar […]

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Soap Challenge Week 7 Link-Up

Our challenge this week was to create gradient colored soaps! It was a bit of a challenge for some – or so I’ve heard. The soap batter really has to be at that perfect stage where it’s not too thick […]

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