Thursday, August 9, 2012

Soapmaking

I've been soap making this week.  Tony made new molds for me to use.  I should have taken pictures of those.  Here are my soaps so far.  This one is Lemongrass and Citrus.  It's made with lemongrass and grapefruit essential oils.  I used 80% olive oil and 20% coconut oil as the base and green tea to make the lye mixture.  
 I love this one.  Honeysuckle and Calendula.  I usually don't make soap with fragrance oils, but this one is so subtle.  I did not know, but Marigolds and Calendulas are the same flower.  So, a few weeks ago, I picked some Marigolds from our flower beds and dried them for my soap.

 I have a typewriter set that I can stamp my soaps with.  So pretty.

This one is Peppermint and Shea Butter made with a loofah sponge.






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