kelleyaynn
Well-Known Member
I'm on spring break, and have been on a soaping/bath & body making binge. Yay! Here are pics of what I've made. I don't color my soap (yet, I generally prefer non colored soap, but looking at all the terrific soaps others are making, I think I may have to break down and try it out), so they aren't that interesting looking, but here goes anyway:
The soap on the left is my shea shower soap, scented with coconut lime verbena. Next time I might try a light green. The soap on the right is my eucalyptus rosemary EO kitchen soap with lemon peel. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that soap. Feels great, smells awesome, and takes the onion, garlic, and other smells right off your hands. That one needs no color. I like the rustic look of it for the kitchen.
These are the first three I made this week. The green one is a 90% CO, 10% shea butter salt bar (50% salt). I did tint that one green. don't like it so much, but it's okay. This one is the soap equivalent of making red wine: have to wait at least 3 or 4 months to try it! The middle soap is a facial recipe I'm tweaking. Used aloe juice instead of water. Scented with baby bee buttermilk - smells like almond extract to me, so that's the last of that FO for me. The soap on the right is a baby soap I formulated as a baby shower gift for some teachers at school who will soon have babies. Unscented and no color. The facial soap I did not gel, and the baby soap I did gelled.
My first batch of sugar scrub cubes, and my first experiment with color - I like how they turned out. The green ones are scented with coconut lime verbena (LOVE that scent!), and the blue ones are scented with Capri Olivo (Nature's Garden). I really like that scent too.
I made the shower and kitchens soaps, and sugar scrub cubes for a handcrafted soap basket I'm putting together for my school's fundraising auction at the end of April. I also made a batch of mango/shea/cocoa body butter that is terrific, scented coconut lime verbena to match the soap and sugar scrub cubes I'm putting in the basket. I have yet to make my hand soap bars and some bath melts for the basket.
The soap on the left is my shea shower soap, scented with coconut lime verbena. Next time I might try a light green. The soap on the right is my eucalyptus rosemary EO kitchen soap with lemon peel. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that soap. Feels great, smells awesome, and takes the onion, garlic, and other smells right off your hands. That one needs no color. I like the rustic look of it for the kitchen.
These are the first three I made this week. The green one is a 90% CO, 10% shea butter salt bar (50% salt). I did tint that one green. don't like it so much, but it's okay. This one is the soap equivalent of making red wine: have to wait at least 3 or 4 months to try it! The middle soap is a facial recipe I'm tweaking. Used aloe juice instead of water. Scented with baby bee buttermilk - smells like almond extract to me, so that's the last of that FO for me. The soap on the right is a baby soap I formulated as a baby shower gift for some teachers at school who will soon have babies. Unscented and no color. The facial soap I did not gel, and the baby soap I did gelled.
My first batch of sugar scrub cubes, and my first experiment with color - I like how they turned out. The green ones are scented with coconut lime verbena (LOVE that scent!), and the blue ones are scented with Capri Olivo (Nature's Garden). I really like that scent too.
I made the shower and kitchens soaps, and sugar scrub cubes for a handcrafted soap basket I'm putting together for my school's fundraising auction at the end of April. I also made a batch of mango/shea/cocoa body butter that is terrific, scented coconut lime verbena to match the soap and sugar scrub cubes I'm putting in the basket. I have yet to make my hand soap bars and some bath melts for the basket.
