On the Curing Rack: Winter Wonderland Soap
As promised, here are the photos of the Winter Wonderland soap: I couldn’t take photos of a Christmas soap outside since it is 70 degrees and sunny today! Feels nothing like winter, that’s for sure! As you can see, I […]
The Highs and Lows of My Soapmaking Day
Today was a marathon soapmaking day, mostly in preparation for the holiday season. I made four batches of soap and each of them was a different recipe. I had melted all the oils last night, and cooked a bottle of […]
The Making Of the Winter Rose Soap
This is for Donna who asked how I swirled the Winter Rose soap! With comments like “it needs its own museum,” and “If I made that I would be putting one on the mantelpiece and spend all day gazing at […]
On the Curing Rack: Winter Rose Soap
Let me tell you about the Winter Rose soap! It is scented with the most true-to-life rose fragrance, blended with just a hint of resinous Frankincense & Myrrh essential oils. Our rose bush just happens to be blooming right now, […]
Soap of the Week: Sunflower (in the Kansas Wind)
I was born and raised in Kansas, and apart from my four years of college and a year and a half in Knoxville, Tennessee, this is where I’ve lived most of my life! I hear lots of jokes about the […]
Reformulating Facial Moisturizer
I’m back to the old grindstone. The Skin Glow Facial Moisturizer is completely sold out, and now I need to reformulate because I couldn’t get oil soluble green tea extract anymore. I have a water soluble variety now which has […]