Last week was another busy one....
Got my laminated product / company display signs finished in terms of graphic design, picked up copies of the final laminated product & dropped them with the stores selling my stuff.
Now designing a small card for each soap which lists each one's highlights ie. essential oil blend / botanical colorants used / luxe additions used / locally sourced ingredients used. Marketing, marketing, marketing!
Delivered orders of body butters. Not soap, but hey....
Got my 2" round labels printed for my larger herbal salve tins, as well as for various round soaps which I do in cavity molds that don't allow for a wrap around or front label.
Poured my hand salves & migraine salves in various sizes, labeled & dropped all of them off to one of my local stores.
Got my brand sign design finalized, then stopped by my local sign shop to check out a sample & to give her the go-ahead to knock several of them out. Picking up this Thursday, then going to be attaching some botanical embellishments around each of them, which suits my brand theme.
Made my first 16 pound batch of goats milk soap this afternoon, the simplest batch so far. Purple Brazilian clay with plain white (kaolin), as well as lavender & rosemary essential oils. It feels so wrong
because I'm so used to blending 5-6 essential oils for a scent & using a whack of various botanicals as colorants. Praying nothing overheats or cracks, although I doubt it as I could only use 50% goats milk because I didn't realize I was so low before starting.
While waiting for my lye / goats milk & oils to cool today, labeled more soaps for a new store order.
Mixed a very small batch of oils & lye solution & set aside for tomorrow's soap which I'm using to pipe on top of the goats milk soap once I un-mold it. I decided it was too boring for me with too much purple on top, so want to dress it all up a bit before cutting.
Ordered more goats milk from my local farm for more soaps this weekend, to be picked up this week.
Knocking out another 16 pound batch of goats milk soap this Friday / Saturday 100% plain, which is going to be difficult for me hahaha
I may at least have to do a small swirl or a funky, coloured top....just cuz I can't leave well enough alone