What soapy thing have you done today?

[traderbren]

My wife and I are attending our first local sale together. Some of her pottery and lotion bars, my soap and aftershave. I spent a lot of time yesterday getting things ready for that.

Good luck. Take pics!

 

[mymy]

Made my first honey oatmeal milk soaps. Used individual mold I bought last week. It yielded 15 bars 50grams each. Honey really gives nice smell to the bars.

 

[songwind]

Good luck. Take pics!

The first day went pretty well.

 

[Misschief]

I made two batches of soap this weekend, one beer soap, and one lard bases soap. Today, I designed my labels for both and have them ready for printing at work tomorrow.

 

[jules92207]

Interestingly, I mentioned this to my son's (what do I call her???? they just had a baby together and want to marry but can't because the drama llama won't sign the divorce papers) lady/girlfriend/fiance/love of his life, and she didn't bat an eyelash... thought it was a great idea and she's heard of it before. She even told me that some body builders will pay up to $30/oz. for breast milk. (She's considering donating to a breast milk bank.)

Wow, I'm impressed.

 

[Misschief]

Wow, I'm impressed.

With which part? The girl's a keeper, I tell you. And she's crazy about my son. What's not to like?

 

[traderbren]

I made a batch of shaving soap for my dad scented with Teakwood Cardamom, and then a loaf of Ginger Lime with an all veggie recipe for a friend of mine. He requested EOs, so I'm hoping they stick.

 

[jules92207]

With which part? The girl's a keeper, I tell you. And she's crazy about my son. What's not to like?

That she's open to the soap, willing to donate milk...all of it. She sure sounds like a keeper.

 

[jules92207]

I made a batch of shaving soap for my dad scented with Teakwood Cardamom, and then a loaf of Ginger Lime with an all veggie recipe for a friend of mine. He requested EOs, so I'm hoping they stick.

Yum!!!

 

[Misschief]

I sold 10 bars of my Blackstrap Ale soap to the microbrewery that makes it. They were thrilled to see me and can't wait to start selling any of the beer soaps I make with their beer.

 

[TBandCW]

I sold 10 bars of my Blackstrap Ale soap to the microbrewery that makes it. They were thrilled to see me and can't wait to start selling any of the beer soaps I make with their beer.

That is so cool!

 

[tigersister]

I made a huge batch of tea tree oil soap for my husband. He's been out for a while, and bought himself a bar of his old commercial favorite. He says it's not as nice as the soap I make. :mrgreen:

 

[Misschief]

Spent some time inputting all my soap making supply receipts and tweaked my brochure.

 

[powderpink]

I just finished making a batch of Morrocan Mint soap, inspired by Handmade in Florida's design.

It's a lot less sophisticated but I guess that's just 'cause I'm an inexperienced newbie

There are some teeny tiny, bright red spots on the kitchen tiles though, where I stick blendered, so I'm afraid the lye reacts with the stone tiles... I should stop being lazy and just tape newspaper all over the kitchen.

Once all my christmas soaps are done I'll post pics of the results!

 

[handavaka]

Today I've labeled 100 soap dishes, 12 Bars of soap, and 10 Wash cloths. I just signed on with 2 Spring 2016 events, and will be placing another order of EO's for a custom lotion order.

 

[jules92207]

It's been a few weeks of labelling. I need to make some soap before I lose my mind.

 

[chemandcreate]

Tested a new fragrance blend, hoping once cut this will look okay as it went pretty quick.

 

[Neve]

I tried to rebatch a zappy hand-stirred soap. Unfortunately after I put it in the oven I forgot all about it. It overflowed

 

[Misschief]

I haven't done it yet but I will be teaching my husband how to make soap. He's finally on board with this new "hobby" of mine..... now that I've sold 25 bars in two days, to two people.

 

[penelopejane]

I just finished making a batch of Morrocan Mint soap, inspired by Handmade in Florida's design.



It's a lot less sophisticated but I guess that's just 'cause I'm an inexperienced newbie



There are some teeny tiny, bright red spots on the kitchen tiles though, where I stick blendered, so I'm afraid the lye reacts with the stone tiles... I should stop being lazy and just tape newspaper all over the kitchen.



Once all my christmas soaps are done I'll post pics of the results!

You know newspaper probably isn't a sufficient shield for your tiles as drops of liquid can soak through. It might be a good idea to buy a thick sheet of plastic coated fabric or thick plastic table cloth and use that to protect your kitchen.