Yeah for gloves

So I use special gloves made by a wonderful shop called Busy B Designs, well a few months ago she stopped selling on Etsy to open a brick and mortar wine shop and things looked grim for me. As of last week I had officially ruined my last pair and viola! She is back to selling gloves on Etsy. www.busybaprons.etsy.com



What are so special about these you ask? Well they are extra glamorous which helps make me make elegant soaps but also they have 3-4 inches of fabric sewn on the ends for extra protection. Why her's and no one else's? Mostly because other people make them way too heavy so they don't stay up on your arm. I got a pair in the interim with so oilcloth fabric which I thought might be even better because that is water proof but they just fall down and get in the way. The Busy B gloves hold up for a while and are wonderful. So next time you are using our soap send a mental thank you to Busy B since they have been protecting me and making my soaps easier to make for a while now.

Fresh Blend Soap

An essential oil blend of Orange, Eucalyptus, Patchouli and Ylang Ylang, this soap is fresh but vaguely sensual probably due to the Ylang Ylang and Patchouli. I made it this time with Rose Hips Powder in addition to the Orange Peel Powder to give it a nice speckled texture and look. Very pretty. Made with tons of Cocoa Butter so this will lather like crazy when its done.


Approximate due date: 12/21/08


Soundtrack: Klee, Honeysuckle

Vetiver Lime

This is a blend of Vetiver (The odor of vetiver is described as deep, sweet, woody, smoky, earthy, amber, balsam), Lime and a touch of Bay. This is a similar blend to Aveda's Caribbean therapy, though when I think of the Caribbean I think of coconut but that's what they call it.

I made this with a touch of French Green Clay and it ended up a very nice celery color. No telling what it'll cure to be, its a nice color so i hope it sticks.

Approximate due date: 12/21/08

Soundtrack: Interpol, Our Love to Admire

Yuzu

So I ran out of this but have had many. many requests for it recently. If you belong to the Soap of the Month club you are virtually guaranteed to be receiving this in January. It is made with Yuzu fragrance oil, Yuzu is a Chinese citrus fruit that is part Mandarin and part a citrus fruit similar to grapefruit.

I made this soap with some Red Palm Butter at trace meaning that its properties will remain in the finished soap. It is the highest butter in the Omega Fatty Acids loaded with 2 kinds of Vitamin E and Beta Carotene. This butter hydrates the skin and helps to smooth out wrinkles. It also tints the soap a yellowish-orange color, but the color is very faint.

Since the color was so faint and too similar to the Mandarin Neroli I made recently I kicked up the orange with Annatto Seed Powder, now I hope it does not look too similar to the Bergamot Grapefruit soap.

Approximate due date: 12/14/08

Soundtrack: Sonic Youth, Goo

Cherry Blossom

I made two soaps with fragrance oils this time around. This is the first one, Cherry Blossom a fragrance duplicate similar to the Bath & Body Works Cherry Blossom. Should smell like cherry flowers. This one was an extension of a custom pound a customer ordered, I added Pink Kaolin Clay to ours, but included the Calendula Extract that she wanted. This is a dark pink made with Lanolin, Mowrah Butter and Mango Butter for extra moisturizing power.


Approximate due date: 12/14/08

Soundtrack: Tokyo Police Club, Elephant Shell