Category Archives: Soap

Gift Basket Reveal, More Fizzies

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Charity

I finally finished the gift basket of homemade bath and beauty products for my aunt-in-law (is that a real title?). Contents: six bars of plumeria soap, plumeria lotion, a plumeria candle, and plumeria bath fizzies. I changed the label on … Continue reading →

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Homemade Gifts – Bath Fizzies

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Charity

The past few days, I have been working on making bath fizzies to give for Christmas, along with other homemade bath and body products – soap, lotion, and lip balm. The Soap Queen has a great tutorial (part one, part … Continue reading →

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Christmas Soap Gift Bags

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Charity

What do you get when you combine the Christmas Tree Soaps from yesterday, the Snowflake Soaps from a couple of weeks ago, and carved eraser stamps in cute Christmas designs with gift bags, cardstock, and some markers? Adorable Christmas soap … Continue reading →

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Christmas Tree Soap Tutorial

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Charity

Materials: Wilton six cavity silicone Christmas tree mold 12 oz. clear melt and pour soap base fragrance oil in a Christmas scent – I used Brambleberry’s Hollyberry blue and yellow (or green) liquid soap colorant opalescent green mica alcohol in … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Soap and Cute Kid Moment

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Charity

The Soap Queen blog has a whimsical soap project for Thanksgiving. (Suggestion for a substitute for the soap injector: an oral syringe, such as the type used to give kids medicine. Some pharmacies even give them away for free.) I … Continue reading →

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Martha Stewart: Homemade Bath And Body Recipes

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Charity

I received my December issue of Martha Stewart Living in the mail yesterday and I was excited to see that it has an article with homemade bath and body recipes that you can make and give as Christmas gifts. The … Continue reading →

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Snowflake Soap Tutorial

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Charity

Yesterday, I finally started making holiday soaps. The first ones I made were these adorable goat milk snowflake soaps scented with peppermint essential oil. Here is exactly how I made the soaps pictured here. Obviously, there are several ways to … Continue reading →

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Charity

Well, not really, but I have started making Christmas soaps. I want them to be perfect, so I am practicing the techniques now, trying things out, and deciding what designs I am going to use. Here are the ones I … Continue reading →

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My First CP Soap

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Charity

I realized that I never posted pictures of my cold process soap. For my first trial, I did not use any fragrance or color. Those additives can change the rate of the chemical reaction, so I decided to do a … Continue reading →

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Tell Me No Lye

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Charity

I have been making soap using a pre-made base for quite some time now, but what I really wanted was to make my own soap from scratch. The soap making process involves a chemical reaction between oils and sodium hydroxide … Continue reading →

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