Hello, recently I've made some more soap, experimenting with a new flavour this time, and a new decorative technique. Before this, I made some clear, pink lavender soap in various shapes as part of a birthday present for my friend. Then I was free to go wild! I ended up making 500g of clear-ish apple and cinnamon bars of soap. For this I used green soap colouring, apple essential oil and real cinnamon. It's a nice dark, olive-like green which glows when in the right light. I also added cosmetic glitter, by lining the mould I used for the soap with it. On top of this, I grated previously made soap as a confetti-like decoration, and added this to the bottom of the mould before pouring in the soap. However, this doesn't show up so much due to the darker colour of the soap. Nevertheless, it worked how it should have and I will definitely be using it for future soaps!
I also bottled 100ml of the lavender and honey bubble bath I made recently, as another birthday present for my friend. Here you can see how I plan on decorating the bottles- minus the label unfortunately, but that will be here by the time I'm selling them! I created a very 'makeshift' label for my friend, so that she knows the scent of the bubble bath!
I think I'm coming out of the 'trial and error' stage of soap making now, and that next time they'll be just how I want them! This is great as I'm starting work this weekend (yay!) which means I will be able to afford more soap ingredients, and get ready for selling them in the hopefully near future!
Here are some of the lavender ones, I've decided to call these particular soaps 'Lavender Sweethearts' as, let's face it, they're pretty sweet! I'm particularly proud of the star as I managed to layer three colours of soap without any rubbing alcohol! (Pink, green and clear) There are also hearts which have been wrapped up as part of my friend's birthday, along with another flower and spiky circles. Next time I'm going to really work on reducing the amount of air bubbles created while making the soap to produce a better overall effect.
I also bottled 100ml of the lavender and honey bubble bath I made recently, as another birthday present for my friend. Here you can see how I plan on decorating the bottles- minus the label unfortunately, but that will be here by the time I'm selling them! I created a very 'makeshift' label for my friend, so that she knows the scent of the bubble bath!
I think I'm coming out of the 'trial and error' stage of soap making now, and that next time they'll be just how I want them! This is great as I'm starting work this weekend (yay!) which means I will be able to afford more soap ingredients, and get ready for selling them in the hopefully near future!
Here are some of the lavender ones, I've decided to call these particular soaps 'Lavender Sweethearts' as, let's face it, they're pretty sweet! I'm particularly proud of the star as I managed to layer three colours of soap without any rubbing alcohol! (Pink, green and clear) There are also hearts which have been wrapped up as part of my friend's birthday, along with another flower and spiky circles. Next time I'm going to really work on reducing the amount of air bubbles created while making the soap to produce a better overall effect.
Now for the apple and cinnamon, here are some pictures of some of the soap in and out of the light:
Now for the bubble bath, here's how the bottles will be decorated ready for their labels:
Thanks for reading, next month there are a lot more soapy treats in the way, including the making of Christmas soap bundles!
In the next week posts will include health and my trip to Auschwitz early this year, which will also link to some worthy literature for you to check out!
Louise x
In the next week posts will include health and my trip to Auschwitz early this year, which will also link to some worthy literature for you to check out!
Louise x
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