Some of the new items I have for this year include soap-free scrubs/masques in several varieties, decorative bath fizzers, and that elusive Elixir of Wahoo. The soap free scrubs are a result of co-conspiracy with a friend in Australia, and a remembrance of the ‘beauty cleansing grains’ Helena Rubenstein made when I was a […]
Exploration
Farmer’s Market 2013
Our local Farmer’s Market starts in little over a month from now; winter seems to have whizzed past. I spent a good part of it studying and doing product development–making the sparkliest bath fizzies, blending new soap scents, finding better packaging for non-soap items, formulating new shampoo bars, more sparkly fizzy bath treats, and soap […]
Green and leafy, fruity, spicy and sweet
The amazing smell of chlorophyll, that green life that drives the planet, is in full force now, and heavy on the air with all the rain we are having. I tinkered a bit with essential oils to evoke that GREEN, fresh scent, and ended up with a blend of lime, lime leaf (my new favorite […]
Group Research Project
A bunch of fellow soapers and I are working on a research project, investigating the effect various additives have on lathering qualities in soap. Included are milks, chelating agents, proteins, resin, and more. We all used the same exact base oils and procedure, and made the soaps within the same week. It should be fascinating […]
Oakmoss & plinky bubbles
I collected more oakmoss last week, (bonus to the weird weather; woke up thinking it’d be a good day to look for it, after the gale and downpour)–I think I will try tincturing it just for fun. It’s that or find a perfume locket for a chunk of it, I do like the smell….. at […]
