Oh my word. If you have not checked out the landscape soaps from last week’s challenge, please do yourself a favor and go check out the masterpieces in the link-up. There are some seriously ama...
This week’s challenge was, well, challenging!! I had a lot of fun making the Poppy Fields soap with my girls. Since they finished up school this week, we decided to give a bar to each of their ...
I absolutely had to make another batch of Black Raspberry Creme soap! The last batch didn’t even make it to the farmer’s market before it sold out! I’ve attempted to make them the s...
The suggestion for this week’s challenge came from Pamela Leis of By the Sea Soaps. We are creating a landscape soap! What on earth is that? Well, from what I understand, it is an artistic tech...
I decided at the last minute to make my own soap for the challenge this week, which was to create a soap with a peaked top. Ever since I saw Louise’s post about infusing chard leaves in the lye...
For me, a great handmade soap needs just two things: 1. It has to have LOTS of lather – and not just any lather: STABLE lather. 2. It has to leave my skin feeling moisturized. I hold salt bars ...
Quick Soap Swap Update: It would appear that using google documents may not have been the best choice for creating the sign-up. I have heard from 3 people who had signed up for the swap, but I never ...
Before I talk about salt bars, I want to be sure that everyone who signed up for the soap swap received their swap partner info last week. There were over 50 people involved, so the chances of me mak...
These are both pretty small batches, but I wanted to let you know that the Mokalata and China Rain soaps are now available! Mokalata is a very unique soap made with pure kahlua (coffee liqueur) and a...
Did you check out all the beautiful gradient soaps from last week? I am so happy to hear that this was a favorite technique for several participants! So many beautiful soaps! This week’s challe...
Our challenge this week was to create gradient colored soaps! It was a bit of a challenge for some – or so I’ve heard. The soap batter really has to be at that perfect stage where it̵...
This soap has been making a comeback at Great Cakes Soapworks since 2005! That yummy blend of sweet berries and cream with just a hint of musk just never gets old! Black Raspberry Creme soap by Great...
I’ll tell you up front: this week’s challenge isn’t one of the easier techniques. We are doing gradient colored soaps! There are a couple different ways to do a gradient colored soa...
It was nice to get back to a design challenge this week, wasn’t it? I finally decided to make one myself, although it isn’t technically a faux funnel pour soap. I wasn’t feeling ins...
I am continuing to change up the lip butter flavors, and I believe I have two more winners for you! Honey Lemon and Chai Tea Lip Butters It took several test batches to get them perfected, but I beli...
Soap Challenge Participants: Here is your chance to try out someone else’s soap from the Soap Challenge! I am organizing a 1:1 swap, which means you will be swapping soaps with one other Soap C...
This week’s Soap Challenge is making a faux funnel pour soap! I believe this technique was first introduced on Brambleberry’s Soap Queen blog last July, and has since become quite popular...
Oh, how I wish we could smell through our monitors into all the wonderful soap photos of this week’s challenge! I hope everyone was able to come up with at least one scent blend that they are o...
I quietly made these two soaps in the background during a couple of the Soap Challenges. The Nag Champa soap is actually made with a little bit of buttermilk that I had left from the milk soap challe...
My apologies to those who aren’t involved in the Soap Challenge – I promise to post about new soaps tomorrow!! I had 54 people take the survey – thank you very much for your input!!...
You know I always encourage you to go check out the link-up from the week before at this point! Some fabulous soaps as usual, and LOTS of learning experiences this week from the alcohol soaps. Here w...
How did it go this week? Alcohol soaps can be rather challenging! I wasn’t overly excited about the way my Mokalata soap turned out with the kahlua, but it does smell rather amazing! Not only d...
Having been inspired by the sweet pea soap made by Amy at Tenth Avenue Soapworks for the piping challenge, I decided to do something similar for a Mother’s Day soap. Last year I used the Sweet ...
I have a new yummy soap ready to go: Fruit Salsa! This is what I call a Party in a Bar!! Fun, bright colors go exceptionally well with this fruity-floral soap: Fruit Salsa Soap by Great Cakes Soapwor...
This week’s challenge is going to be fun! We are making soap with alcoholic beverages. The sugars and alcohol create loads of lather, but they also create challenges when you put them in soap! ...
I’ve heard all kinds of feedback about this week’s challenge – some people had a lot of fun, others not so much… I had fun making the cupcake soaps, but I’m still not co...
I finally got the Black Raspberry Creme soap cut this afternoon! It is a most delectable fragrance of sweet berries and rich cream. If you love the fruity type fragrances, you will LOVE this soap. I ...
Black Raspberry Creme is one of those fragrances that never goes out of style. I love it because it’s sweet and yummy – AND it is a dream to work with in soap. You get that creamy vanilla...
Here is the new Blackberry lip butter! I am taking the opportunity to try out some new flavors now that some of the regulars are out of stock. The blackberry flavor is a very sweet, lip-smacking-good...
Here’s your chance to go check out the link-up from last week! So many beautiful milk soaps made with a variety of milks! For this week, I am joining the beginner class as I have never attempte...
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