It's been 24 hours and it's time to do some soap cutting. Getting the soap out of the box for cutting is easy. I take off the tape... ...turn the box upside down.... ...and out drops the block of soap. Check it out! Brian calls this an bar of soap for an elephant lol. Now it's time to trim the soap. I …
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Making Soap
It's soap making time! Time to make that Lavender Lemongrass soap! Time to pour the lye into the base oils. I try to pour slowly so there are no splashes. Here's a close up. Once the lye is poured in, it's time to mix the soap batter. The soap looks so creamy! (Don't you love these close ups?) Time to …
Prepping to Make Soap
There's a lot of prepping that goes into each batch of soap I make. Watch me as I take you step by step into a batch of soap. One of the first things I do is to line my mold. My dad made these for me. It would be much easier to use silicon molds, but I won't. I love that I still use wood molds he made for me. It's easy to do once …
My visit to Candles and Supplies
We visit my daughter and her family in Virginia a few times a year. We drive through Pennsylvania and like to stop in Strasburg to check out antique shops (for me) and train museums (for Brian). What I never realized, is that my friend Cindy's shop, Candles and Supplies, was pretty close by. I needed a few things for my Bath Bonanza …
Fermented Rice Water Shampoo Bar
Way back in 2021 on a Facebook Live, I made a fermented rice water shampoo bar. I make a lot of soaps on Facebook, but this one seemed to hit a nerve with people. A good nerve. I received so many comments and messages asking me about it. Truth is, I made it for potential white label customer. He was trying to recreate a "green" …