Candybee Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I'm working on salt bars. Got an order for a wedding plus I am almost sold out from this past weekend. I am turning into quite the saleslady pushing salt bars. LOL The order is for pink and green salt bars in spearmint and eucalyptus. So I guess I will be working on that tomorrow. Not today. Today I had to mow the lawn. It takes a lot of energy out of me so I am bushed. The soap can wait til tomorrow!! So what are you all working on this week? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aboutthatscentfullife Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 No soap in the pot just yet. Been working on my business plan. Exhausting in itself because of all the number crunching.....down to the cost per 1/10th ounce. Smh......I need some cabarnet sauvignon blanc and a candlelit quiet room......sigh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chefmom Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I have to remake a batch of hot process that I screwed up pretty royally last week. I was going to try a large version of a 1 pound experiment from last month when I had the soap traced and cooking in the crock pot I was putting my ingredients back in the cabinet and discovered that I used more shortening and coconut oils than I should have. It was pure user error on my scale... >>>hanging my head in shame<<< I spent the hour+ of cook time scrambling to run numbers to discover that I had 18 ounces TOO MUCH oil in the batch. I was going to superfat with shea butter, but scratched that, ran the whole thing through soapcalc and then went ahead with scents and color swirls. So far so good, the soap is at 18% superfat, and I have a different recipe that I go 20% on, so I'm hoping they cure and are good to go. >>crossing fingers<< Plus I tried beer soap for the first time. Cold process, so it's a long wait to see how it turned out.....that's why I like hot process. I can test quickly and at least have an idea of what is to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Sometimes the best soaps come from the mistakes I make. Hoping yours turns out nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 I just can't seem to get in the soaping mood this week. I just made a nice pine scented soap with french green clay. So far thats all I've made this week and I have a lot of soaps I need to make to catch up. Maybe its the markets I do. Maybe they are wearing me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_35550 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I know just how you feel CB and my business is closed. People keep asking for soap and now I have an order for a fragrance that is no longer in stock (Mediterranean Garden from AH/RE). Yardwork and soapmaking are more than my old body can take. Not to mention printing up the wrappers and all of that headache. I made a batch that went immediate soap when I added the fo (combined white tea, rain and lemon sorbet) but wrestled that bad boy into colored layers in my log mold and it turned out just fine. I've got blisters on my fingers from that adventure. I want to make a hidden peacock swirl or a hanger whirl this week-end. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazeKelly Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Blended Salty Sea Air and Blue Lagoon for a slab mold and it riced on me but I stick blended til it looked more smooth. Didn't get to do my pretty swirl and had to plop it in the mold and the white top got weird looking. It turned out beautiful though. Then tried my hand as making a boardwalk for the Summer Boardwalk fragrance..... it got thick so I couldn't do exactly what I had planned but I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 This week I only have 2 days to make soap and I need to make at least a half dozen different batches to keep up. Its great that soap sales have picked up but doing the extra markets leaves me precious little time to make soap. So this week I will make some Burberry, Cucumber Melon, Twilight Woods, and if I have time some Lavender, Goddess, Cinnamon, Unscented lard soap, and a baby castile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 Pawz Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) This week I only have 2 days to make soap and I need to make at least a half dozen different batches to keep up. Its great that soap sales have picked up but doing the extra markets leaves me precious little time to make soap. So this week I will make some Burberry, Cucumber Melon, Twilight Woods, and if I have time some Lavender, Goddess, Cinnamon, Unscented lard soap, and a baby castile.Just getting back into soap making again and have made 3 smaill batches using olive oil this week, with a citrus sage, lavender chamoille and spiced plum Edited August 4, 2014 by 7 Pawz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Glad to see you back and making soap again. I have to make some olive oil/bastile soaps too. I have a line of bastile soaps that sell like crazy. Seems everyone wants a high olive oil soap thats super gentle. Gonna start tomorraow on goat milk, coconut milk, and lullaby baby bastiles. If I have time I also need to make my sunflower and silk soaps; spring daffodils, some vanilla with allspice, and rebatch my cool water. Can't find a cool water that sticks in CP. May have to just HP cool water from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChandlerWicks Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I'm working with HP this week, after seeing Pumas beautiful HP soaps. I didn't like it before, but WOW!!!!!!!Fragrance Buddys MWs dupe of Lavendar Sage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootie04 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Just getting back into soaping after a 2 year hiatus. So today I made 100% lard soap for laundry and tomorrow I am gonna make some beer soap...working on a recipe for that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I'm trying to come up with a soap design for a Facebook challenge I want to do. I have the colors and scent picked out, I just have no idea on design...Sometimes I hate making decisions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 Whats the challenge? Maybe we can give you some ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 The challenge is to pic one of the pallets from these 4, and use at least 3 of the colors represented in that pallet. I got #3 (or chose #3) The scent is going to be Wonderberry from Aztec, and I'm using the teal, purple, yellow, orange and I might throw in the grey as well. The prize for the winner selected is a $25 GC from NG. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 That looks like a fall theme to me. Dry grasses, fall colors. Do you know any leaf designs or swirl techniques? I like the purple color in that pallet the best. Which colors did you pick? I hope the purple, black, and orange. I love bold colors together. I know I saw a design that starts out looking like a leaf design where you add colored layers over it? Where did I see it? Soaps 'n Lotions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Was it a feather swirl? Something like this maybe? I was actually thinking of doing something like this. Using the grey as the main batch color then swirling in the Purple, orange, teal, and possibly the brown/black. Actually I think you have given me a great idea, and if I can pull it off I'll be happy so most likely it will turn into a blob, but I'm going to try it anyway... LOL (BTW - this pic is a soap I did with my own blend of apple mint. It has turned out to be one of my favorite scents! LOVE IT) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 That's the swirl!! That looks like the pic I saw. I love how the design looks like leaves growing off a stem coming up from the ground. I have an idea but don't know how to go about it. Do you remember the embed soap that came out looking like the moon over the mountains? Wouldn't a leaf design with a background and the moon above be cool? Or a round embed with leaf design around it like a daisy? Gads... I couldn't do any of those myself. But I can see pictures of soap in my head all the time of what I WISH I could do!! LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I DO remember that soap!! I've been planning a soap like that for AGES too, and just haven't gotten around to it. I need to make the "moon" first though, and I don't have a round mold long enough to make it fit down inside my log mold and am too lazy to go buy the 1" PVC pipe cut to length. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 Whatever design you come up with I would love to see it. Does this facebook group have pictures from previous winners or is this the first contest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 As far as I know, this is the first one. Someone already posted their pic - it was done in pallet 4 - with the browns and creams, using a drop swirl. Very pretty. The Facebook group is I Saponify, No Lye. (not sure if I should say which group, if I need to remove it, please let me know) (And it's a play on words since we all know no lye, no soap) I'm in so many FB groups, it's ridiculous!! And to imagine just 3-4 months ago I didn't even frequent FB except once a year to plan an event and invite people... LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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