Happy Friday everyone! It's a short week for many, but they always feel longer to me as you have to try to fit 5 days of work into 3.
But first, a peek at the first summer tomatoes and eggplant from my veggie garden...
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| Future dinner |
I didn't quite make my July 4th deadline for a ripe tomato, but that's okay. This little plate of loveliness will be grilled up and made into some yummy bruschetta for dinner tonight.
On to soap, shall we?
I gave my first shot at coffin bombs and they turned out pretty cute. The rose petals made the sides crumble off a little, but otherwise, I think it's a good start. I'm going to take them to my UPS lady today; I'm sure she'll be thrilled!
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| Coffin bombs...for people dying to take a bath! |
I made some more 100% Olive Oil soap in "Peppermint Patchouli". I love to use peppermint soap in the summertime; it's so refreshing and cooling after a hot day outside. I'm pretty set on my Olive Oil soap ingredients and process and it's one of the most favorited soaps from my friends and family.
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| "Savon de la Bonne Mere Marseille" means "Soap of the Good Mother from Marseille" LOL! |
I tried another batch of my "Old Faithful" 5-oil soap recipe with the 15% water discount to see if it would give me the same results and it did. I made a "Summer Melon" soap using a melon/peach blend of Fragrance Oil (FO). It turned out nice, but has a little soda ash on top.
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| "Summer" Melon soap |
Making soap is a lot like making pickles: you don't know what you've got until they're ready, and that can take a while. So, I think I am going to hold off making more of my "Old Faithful" soaps for a while until some of the newer soaps cure and I can try them out in the shower/bath.
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| Need to test drive some of these soaps! |
My earlier batches of soap over the past months had a tendency to be scratchy, even when I didn't add any exfoliating clays or charcoals. I think that was due to me not knowing about melting my solid oils down enough and the stearic acid within the oils wasn't dissolving.
I want to see how my newer soaps, where I've melted my oils clear, perform and feel in the shower/bath and I need to let them cure. I don't want to waste expensive ingredients on soap that doesn't measure-up.
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2 comments:
I don't get the coffin soap. You'll have to explain that one to me.
The stamped cubes of soap are gorgeous. That's a pretty photo.
Great job on your soapy posts and products. I enjoy following your progress.
LOL Mary, the coffin bath bombs are a steam-punk/goth-lite sort of thing. They're really popular around Halloween.
Baby steps with everything else. :-)
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