This soap was fun from start to finish and I love how the final scent turned out! Unfortunately this was one of those soaps that I let cook a little too much, so it has quite a few bubbles throughout. Live and learn!
Base Oils: Olive oil, coconut oil, castor oil, hemp seed oil, cocoa butter
Superfatting: Shea butter & almond oil
Fragrance: 40/40/20 Scotch Pine/some other pine/plumeria fragrance oil
Unfortunately this is one of those batches where I do not have my soapy notes. I do know that I had two separate pine fragrances and added a small amount of plumeria to sweeten it up just a bit. The end result was a very authentic (to me) evergreen forest smell. It reminds me of playing in the woods as a child when we lived in West Point perfectly.
The soap itself was pretty easy to work with. I did a base layer with some sparkling silver mica to simulate some form of snowfall, did not touch the middle layer's color, and then put a top layer of green. Since I had some extra soap that wouldn't fit in the mold I worked on some smaller sized soaps without the sparkly base layer. Of course I covered the top in a variety of green & iridescent glitters because I'm a sucker for sparkly things.
This is a stronger scented soap, and I did experience some crumbling issues while cutting. In my experience pine does that a lot so I knew to expect it. The lather is good enough (big bubbles but not lots of them) and the scent stays. As a result I wouldn't recommend this soap to anyone who is not a fan of pine. I happen to love it so that means more soap for me! :)
This is the soap that I've casually tried to dupe the scent of, to no avail. I can't even find the fragrance oils from the same supplier. Of course this happens to me!!
Bubbles smubbles. I bet it still works the same.
ReplyDeleteI like handcrafted over handmade too. Makes it sound more skilled, more artisan. hehe
What is that snowflake background you take these pics on? Placemat? Napkin? Scrapbook paper? I love it, whatever it is. lol
~Deb
That's how I feel about soap. While the bubbles are nice I don't need them to know if a soap is working or not.
DeleteThe background is some decorative scrapbooking paper I picked up from Hobby Lobby. Initially I was worried that it would be too cluttered for pictures but it turned out perfect for setting the holiday mood :)