Saving Suka Cita

Folks, call the cops because this soap wants to kill me.


This is the batch that keeps on giving and hurting.

Suka Cita Laundry Soap, is not homicidal but white and fragrant and I'm not sure if I'm going to sell it because its so very nice.

Suka Cita Soap take 1: These are rough cut bars of the original batch. I was going to sell these but then I made:

Hand-milled Suka Cita!!!!



There are several ways to make soap:

Melt & Pour: Processed glycerin soap microwaved or double boiled into a liquid then made into bars: Difficulty: 2 out of 10

Rebatch: Pre-bought cold process soap created for rebatching, grated, boiled in bag, then molded. Often sold as actual handmade cold process soap or hand-milled soap. Difficulty: I have no idea because I've never tried it but it sounds pretty easy.

Cold Process: Melding oils and lye and water to make bars then curing from 4-8 weeks. Difficulty 5 out of 10

Hot Process: Same as above only you continue to heat it so that it needs about 24 hours of curing/hardening time: Difficulty 8 out of 10. I have tried and failed at this twice. I will not be trying again.

Hand-milled Soap: Follow the cold process to completion or close to it, hand grate the soap, reheat and rebatch with oils and then remold Difficulty 10 out of 10


I have never successfully hand-milled a soap, I have tried and failed. I *think* I may have actually done it this time. If so, I might scrap the rough-cut bars and hand-mill the rest. BUT I burned my thumb proving....


....that this soap is intentionally trying to hurt me.

Etsy SNS Sale 20% off

I am joining the Saturday Night Special event this Saturday, February 24th. 20% everything in my Etsy store...Begins 5pm EST on Saturday HERE

You simply add an item to your cart, go through every step but the paypal payment and then I'll send you a revised invoice via Etsy with 20% off. I'm selling several pounds including 3 custom pounds and some lip balm.

Lemon Sage Ginger

Can you tell I'm on a break from school?

This is one of my all-time favorites. A wonderful blend that immediately cheers me up. Made with Granulated Lemon Peel, Powdered Ginger and Dried Sage. The last couple times I made this the sage pieces were too big, this time my trusty and feared hand blender fixed that issue posthaste. This is a very nice soap.

Orange Ginger

I used my new favorite additive in this one....Powdered Rose Hips. I love the look of it, now seen in the Apricot Freesia soap. It provides natural color and speckles without any texture associated with seeds or other natural additives. This was a very small batch with Evening Primrose Oil added at trace.

Apple Mint

This is a favorite of many. Green Apple mixed with Peppermint. I added a tiny bit of Green Kaolin Clay to make it look like the flesh of a Granny Smith. This one came out nicely.

Creamcicle (Vanilla Orange)

One of people's favorites. This is made as rough-cut bars with dark orange swirls in it. Very orange this time around.

Grapefruit Peppermint

I love this soap so I don't like to be out of it. Made with a ton of French Green Clay its a rich green with a minty grapfruit scent.

Rose Petals

This is a very realistic rose scent, its the smell you think of when you think of a rose-scented soap. This was made with actual rose petals and a touch of pink kaolin clay.

Peppermint Chocolate Chip

This is fun....I hope....since its an experiment and all. Its peppermint soap with chips of Double Chocolate Madness. The bars will be rough cut so you can see the delicious white soap and the dark chocolate soap chunks throughout. I think this one will really look like some weird fudge.

Peony

This one is really sweet, a realistic Peony scent with two kinds of clay. Pink Kaolin Clay swirled with Red Clay. These came out very feminine and pretty. Made with Wheat Germ oil at trace, this soap is also very nurturing.

The next soaps

I have one more batch to do this weekend...I'm thinking Peony or Rose Petals because they smell so springy and I could use the lift or Grapefruit Peppermint or Creamcicle.

I only hae molds available for one more batch but maybe I'll make the creamcicle as raw bars the was I usually do, maybe with some nice swirls.

Coffee Scrub Soap

I made a coffee scrub soap with lots of Coffee Butter, Coffee instead of water and perhaps, too many coffee grounds. It is unfragranced but not unscented with its aroma coming from the coffee and coffee butter and no artificial fragrance oils. I also added a small amount of sugar solution at trace because that helps the lather and will cut down on the coffee bitterness. Its a little too scrubby though.

In production.....

I noticed a theme in the soap poll and that was "vanilla". Since a whole batch of Vanilla is done at the end of the month I decided to choose one more. The choices were Vanilla Mint, Creamcicle and....Lavanchouli (Vanilla with a touch of Lavender and Patchouli). I chose the last one just because its a new scent and I want to try it out.

I am also making two other soaps this week. One is Orange Cucumber with Hemp Seed Oil and Wheat Germ Oil, so it should be great for dry skin.

Then I am making a Shampoo Bar....Rosemary Mint....its made with Neem Oil which contains concentrated essential fatty acids help to restore moisture and elasticity to the skin and hair while it disinfects and heals. Also includes Jojoba Oil whichis very good in cases of psoriasis, scalp and hair care, and for hands and cuticles. Jojoba helps to heal inflamed skin conditions such as psoriasis or any form of dermatitis, helps control acne and oily scalps. And Wheat Germ Oil which is very rich in vitamin E, a natural antioxidant. In order to get the maximum amount of Lather this soap is being made with Goats Milk and Kosher Vegetable Glycerin is added at trace. The glycerin is an excellent humectant and emollient. And then to further wake up your scalp, Ginseng Extract is added. Many believe ginseng can stimulate hair growth. In conjuntion with the Rosemary Essential Oil which when used in shampoo and hair treatments, it helps stimulate blood circulation to the scalp, thus being beneficial for promoting hair growth.

Lemon Rosemary

I love this soap because its so easy to tell what it is because of the poppy seeds and lemon peel. No smelling for this one. This is a "leftovers" soap, this is when I am at the end of my supplies and I have 3-4 ounces of everything. I put it all together and end up with a recipe with 15+ ingredients. The great thing is that I don't have to store gigantic 5 gallon bottles or 7 pound buckets of oils just for a few ounces. This recipes has:

Canola Oil
Avocado Oil
Soybean Oil
Palm Oil
Coconut Oil
Palm Kernel Oil
Grapeseed Oil
Apricot Kernel Oil
Sunflower Oil
Bees Wax
Jojoba Oil
Shea Butter
Kokum Butter
Sweet Almond Oil
Lemon Essential Oil
Rosemar Essential Oil
Poppy Seeds
Lemon Peel

What's next?

I don't know. I'm waiting on some supplies and then....I have a list of soaps to do but no preference. Here's the waiting list. Feel free to give an opinion:

What soap should FFCS make next?
	Peony (FO)
	Vanilla Mint
	Rose Petals (FO)
	Cornmint
	Sensual Blend
	Rosemary Mint
	Amber Romance (FO)
	Vanilla with a touch of Patchouli and a touch of lavender
	Orange Cucumber
	Rosemary Tea Tree
	Unscented Calendula
	Rosewood
	Aloe Cucumber (FO)
	Creamcicle
	Lavender Mint
	Rosemary, Grapefruit & Peppermint
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