Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Spring Line

 Happy Days - will be ready 2/22
This is a lard based soap.  Lard gives a wonderful creamy lather to soaps and is a wonderful addition, but of course, not vegetarian:)  The lard is then balanced with rice bran oil, coconut oil. castor oil, avocado oil, and shea butter.  Aloe Vera juice was the liquid used.  Scented with a wonderful mixture of essential oils - lavender, orange, and a touch of patchouli


 Rose Garden - will be ready 2/22
I was very impressed with this rose scent.  Many rose fragrance oils tend to be very fake and cloying.  This one to me really smells like a fresh rose, complete with the green undertones.  
This soap is made with mostly olive oil.  Coconut and castor are then added to add hardness and lather.  Aloe Vera juice was used for the liquid.


 White Citrus - will be ready 2/18
This soap is scented with a fragrance oil that is a dupe for B&BW's "White Citrus".  This is another lard based soap.  The rest of it is made with rice bran oil, coconut oil, shea butter, avocado oil, and castor oil.  Liquid used was coconut milk.


 Honeysuckle - will be ready 2/12
This soap consists of lard, coconut oil, sunflower oil, and castor oil.  It is then superfatted with shea butter and avocado oil.  Aloe Vera juice is the liquid used. It is very lightly scented with honeysuckle fragrance oil.


 Heliotrope - will be ready 2/12
This soap consists of lard, extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, castor oil, and sweet almond.  It is superfatted with shea butter and sweet almond.  The liquid was aloe vera juice.  It is scented with heliotrope fragrance oil.


 Herbal Shampoo and Body Bar - ready now
This bar starts with an infusion of nettle, calendula, chamomile, yucca, chickweed, sage and rosemary into rice bran oil.  That oil was then combined with palm, coconut, and castor for the base.  Superfats were jojoba and coconut oil.  Alfalfa powder was added and the liquid was as combination of aloe vera juice and coconut milk.  It is scented with lavender, mint, rosemary, and tea tree.


Eucalyptus Mint Salt Bar - will be ready 2/22
I just LOVE salt bars.  They are smoothly polishing and make my skin feel just wonderful.  This one is pure coconut oil with a high superfat to keep it moisturizing.  Fine grain sea salt is then added in equal amounts to the oil used.  Alkanet and alfalfa are the colorants used.  Scented with essential oils of eucalyptus and peppermint.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Been busy :)

Goat Milk and Honey
This soap is made with olive, canola, coconut, castor, and grape seed oils along with a touch of shea butter.  The liquid used is goat's milk.  Honey is added for its wonderful properties for the skin and to boost lather.

Lavender Mint
This soap consists of olive oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, avocado oil, and castor.  It is scented with Lavender Mint fragrance oil.

Lavender Goat Milk
This soap  is made with palm, coconut, canola, olive, castor, and grape seed oils.  Goat milk is used for the liquid.  It is colored with alkanet root and scented with lavender essential oil.


Goat Milk, Honey, and Oats
This soap is made with coconut oil, canola, olive oil, castor oil, grape seed oil, and cocoa butter.  Goat milk is the liquid used and then honey and ground steel cut oats were added.  


Hemp Milk and Bamboo
This is a bar made up of only coconut oil as a base.  It is super fatted (meaning more oil left over after saponification) at a much higher rate then other bars since coconut oil can be drying as it is so cleansing when made into soap if you don't leave enough left over.  When made with a high super fat, it is very moisturizing.  Hemp milk is the liquid used and Bamboo Hemp fragrance oil is used to scent.


Herbal Daze
This soap is based on Palm, Canola, and Coconut oils.  It was then superfatted with almond oil, shea butter, olive oil, and glycerin. The liquid used is an infusion of calendula, chickweed, and nettle.  Bentonite clay is added and calendula petals are swirled throughout.  This soap is scented with essential oil of lemongrass with a touch of patchouli.

Nag Champa
Nag Champa starts with a base of Canola, olive, coconut, palm kernel, grapeseed, and castor oils.  Calendula infusion was used for the liquid along with a bit of sugar to boost lather. 

Snow Soap
This soap uses canola, palm, palm kernel, and shea butter.  The liquid used was fresh snow :)  It is scented with essential oils of lavender, mint, and rosemary.

Sea Salt and Charcoal
This bar starts with base oils of coconut, castor, and cocoa butter.  Sea salt is added to make a truly unique experience.  Its very smooth with just a hint of exfoliation.  Activated Charcoal is also added.  Aloe vera was used for the liquid and this is scented with essential oils of rosemary and mint.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry
This soap starts with a base of canola, palm kernel, olive, cocoa butter, and castor.  Liquid is goat's milk and it is superfatted with olive oil, shea butter, avocado oil, and glycerin.  Scented with chocolate covered strawberry fragrance oil.

Orange, Mint, and Patchouli
This soap starts with a base of vegetable shortening (with Palm), canola, coconut, and castor oils.  Hemp milk is the liquid used.  It is then superfatted with shea butter, olive oil, almond oil, and glycerin.  It is scented with essential oils of Orange, Patchouli, and Peppermint.