Pine Needles Handcrafted Soap

Ahh, such a gorgeous soap. I love how the swirls turned out and how white I was able to get the white section of my soap. Very minimal titanium dioxide dragging, too!

Lavender Cotton Candy Handcrafted Soap - Round Two!

I like how this soap turned out looking. A very gentle swirl of colors. This was one of the soaps I brought with me to Korea, so I can comment on how it performs after a full curing time! This particular bar doesn't look the best because someone (*coughmomcough*) dropped it on the floor. Thanks a lot. :)

Pumpkin Soufflé & Hazelnut Coffee Handcrafted Soap

Ehh, another titanium dioxide dragger. What can ya do?

Vanilla Handcrafted Soap

Also known as Vanilla from Essential Depot Makes Me Sad. This is one of the soaps that I had seize on me and didn't end up looking very pretty. I mean, maybe it does? I can say I was going for a more rustic, sloppy look. Think anyone will buy that story? Dad says he likes it and the soap was for him, so that's all that matters.

Pink Grapefruit, Strawberry, & Pink Sugar Handcrafted Soap

This was a soap I absolutely fell in love with, from the scent to the colors to the performance from the loaf ends I washed my hands with before leaving home. Ah, I'm really regretting leaving a lot of the soap I made to my family. I'm selfish and want it all back, dangit! LOL

Cherry Blossom & Pink Sugar Handcrafted Soap

Another soap with some titanium dioxide dragging in the final, cut product, but I'm still a huge fan of how it turned out. So is my sister, if her reaction when I dragged her over to check out the soap is any indication.

Plumeria Cotton Candy Strawberry Handcrafted Soap

This was one of the last soaps I made after finding out that I was getting ready to leave for Korea. I really, really enjoyed how this soap turned out except for some initial difficulties after the soap hardened up.

Haul: Brambleberry December 2015

When I found out that I'd be staying stateside for a bit longer, I figured I should stock up on some secondary soap making oils. While I did that I bought a few bits and pieces that I've been wanting to try.

Blogmas Bonus! Winter Pine Handcrafted Soap!

I've decided that I like the word handcrafted over handmade. So that's what I'm going to go with!
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!

Blogmas Bonus! Lavender Handmade Soap!

I made this soap on November 20th for my Mom, who is an insane lavender fan. Besides some crumbling and acceleration issues I had this was a really fun soap to make!

Blogmas Bonus! Lavender Cotton Candy Handmade Soap!

I made this soap some time in September. I can't currently find my soapmaking sheets from my time in Georgia. As a result, most of my earlier soaps will have to be done by memory.

Birthday Splurging: Destash from Lauren!

So as everyone knows by now, my birthday was on April 3rd. In the weeks (read: month >_>) leading up to my birthday I bought quite a few things with the thoughts of "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SELF!!" So stay tuned over the next few days while I share with you all the lovely things I got (some of which I cannot truly share with you until much later... they haven't arrived yet D: ).
Lauren posted a destash in late March and I snatched it right up, just like I did her first destash (What's that? I'm crazy? I have a problem? Naaaaw, you crazy!). So here I am to share this with you guys as I epically failed at sharing the last destash I got from her! Don't kill me, please.

First off we have Rosegirls!! And I'm going to include cold sniff reviews... because I am silly and never write them down when I do my melted reviews on wax and more importantly just because I want to. HA!
Kaelyn's Banana Bubblegum: Fruity bubblegum! Banana-ey bubblegum! I like using exclamation points!!
Royal Sweet Potato Pie: I smell cinnamon here, and what I'm assuming is the pie part. It smells really good!
Creamy Baked Zucchini Bread: Okay... I'm unsure about this one LOL. On first sniff I smelled something I recognized as bread. Then I sniffed again... and I smelled this icky B.O smell that one of my classmates in elementary used to always have?? I'll have to cut a super tiny piece of this and melt it to see what it is I really smell.
Chocolate Desire: I smell an almost alcohol-y note here, but underneath it I think it's a white chocolate that I smell. Lauren I will hurt you if when I melt this it's that disgusting coco scent! YOU BETTER NOT BE YANKING MY CHAIN! Upon further reflection, I think that alcohol-y note is supposed to be vanilla. Either way, my hopes are suuuuper high on this one.

 

Ava's Country Cupboard - Fireplace: This smells like burning wood! Ohmaigawd! I've always loved that smell!! Ughhaslkfjaskldaj <--- nosegasm AND I believe M will love this as well! This could possibly be a win-win scent!!

Closet Full of Wax - Vanilla Buttercream Bear claws: I like this a lot better than the Bear Claws scent all by itself. The VB tones down those notes I found iffy in the Bear Claw. Win!!! 

Closet Full of Wax - Buttercream Crunch: I almost pick up on something cinnamony here, so I think one of the Christmas blend tarts may have been near this one. However, I'm seriously shoving this tart up my nose and I still smell it. So I am confuzzled.

Jack Be Nimble Candle Creations - Blackberry Crisp: This smells like one of those Hubba Bubba pieces of gum, though I can't remember the flavor. In any case, I want to chew this, even though a small part of my brain tells me that would be a bad idea. This is also a vendor I've never tried before, nor heard of before. I'm intrigued about this vendor now!

 Sniff My Tarts - Pumpkin Mallow Latte: I hate you, Lauren, with a very loving passion. This is an awesome coffee smell! I don't really pick up on the pumpkin but it's a very authentic latte coffee smell! I want moar :(

Ollie's Soaps - Pink Vanilla Butter Fudge: Before even reading the name I sniffed this and picked up on the Pink Sugar. I'm not quite sure I pick up on the vanilla or butter fudge in this, but that's still okay because I like pink sugar all by itself.

Streetman Candle Co. - Caribbean Breeze: Mmmm... tropical is really the only description I can come up with. I've never tried Streetman, as they closed before I could get in an order, but I'm looking forward to smelling this in action!

Lil' Kitchen Candles - 16 Candles: A generic candle smell, but not in a bad way. It's very pleasant to my nose.

Lil' Kitchen Candles - Circus: An almost fruity concoction. As a side note, how cute are these Hello Kitty/Easter Egg tarts?! I love them!

Lil' Kitchen Candles - Momma Can't Bake: All I can pick up is a cake scent. I should really look at the websites while typing up my thoughts so I know what I'm supposed to be smelling... oh well!

Lil' Kitchen Candles - Pink Sugared Bread:  I like this combination, but it's really hard to describe.

The Happy Little Bee - Caramel Cafe: Mmm... coffee. Mmmm... caramel. Me gusta. 

The Happy Little Bee - Unicorn Toots: *insert giggles about the name* This smells like an apple-y shampoo I used to have, but it's not a bad apple. I actually kind of like this one. We shall see if the apple remains this subtle while melting.

Tiffany Candles - Serendipity: Your typical serendipity scent. I like it!

Fruity Loops: Your typical fruit loops scent! Ah like it!

Ultimate Donut: Cinnamon gingerbread men is what I pick up on. This makes me want to put up a Christmas tree.

Sweet Dreams: This is Lavender mixed with... something. Or maybe it was just lavender. In any case I'm a lover of lavender scents so this will be well loved.

Crabby Candle Co. - Vanilla Lavender: I melted and liked this scent before, so I win again buahaha!

Lasting Scent Candles - Autumn Leaves: This smells exactly like outdoors and leaves and fall and awesomeness.

Victoria's Designer Creations - Serendipity Zucchini Bread Surprise: I wonder what the surprise is. I really smell the ZB here but I'm hoping the serendipity will cancel out that tortilla chip smell.

Sugar & Spice Gourmet Soy Candles - Strawberry Zucchini Cream Cake: I don't actually pick up too much on the zucchini here, so I like it!

Country Christmas: This smells very similar to Vintage Christmas by The Bathing Garden. Long story short, I really like it!

Haley's Heavenly Scents - Witches Brew: Mmmm... cinnamony? Sweet? Candy? I like it, and I've been wanting to try HHS for a very long time now.

The Scented Princess - Rosemary Mint: A typical rosemary type scent. I'm still trying to figure out what the mint part is. Eucalyptus? Spearmint? Both?

Cupcake Candles - Elf Games: Another Christmas scent with a hint of something possibly fruity. I don't want to open the bag until I melt this tart, as opening it requires that I break the label.

Pumpkin Macaroon: Pop tart melts?! Where can I get me some more of these!! This smells like a bready pumpkin pie, which I just so happen to love.

Front Porch - Cotton Candy: Your typical cotton candy scent. Yum!
Granny Smith Green Apple: M will love this one. Me, not so much. *sigh* the things we do for love XD
Family Christmas: This smells like an evergreen tree. I like nature-y scents like this so BAHAAHHA!
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls: The cinnamon doesn't seem too overwhelming in this, and I can actually pick up on the pumpkin. I think I win here.

The Bathing Garden - Vintage Circus: It smells sweet and fruity to me! I really enjoy this off cold sniff.
Orange Chiffon Cake: Mmmm... This smells like a cake. And an orange. LOL what do you expect? I like this, though I'm worried that when I melt it the orange will overpower the cake part.
Scentsy - Pumpkin Marshmallow: Would you believe me if I told you this is my first Scentsy bar? Well it is. And oh my goodness is this heavy on the pumpkin. I don't even think I pick up on the marshmallow!

Can-Do-Candles - Vanilla Butter Fudge: Ablegh. This is super heavy on the butter. It reminds me of a biscuit batter/dough smell when the recipe is heavy on the batter.
Dark Spice: Whoooo-ey is this heavy on the "dark." I'm interested in seeing how the different spices show themselves when this is melted.
Peppermint (soap sample): This smells like pure peppermint. I shall use this the next time I shower. I didn't know Can-Do does soaps!

Candles From the Keeping Room - Christmas Kitchen: I smell a heavy peppermint here over all the other scents, so much that I really can't identify what else is in here. Hmmmm!
Cranberry & Chestnuts & Brown Sugar: Mmmm... I like this. I feel like I should be having a glass of milk with this. Although I am surprised about the cinnamony note. Is that the chestnut?
Pink Sugared Cranberry: Can I get this in a smoothie and take it with me to work today? Please? It smells so delicious!
Peppermint Meringue: I don't know what the meringue part is supposed to be but I sure smell that peppermint!
Gingerbread Pumpkin:  Mmmm... Gingerbread cookies mixed with pumpkin? What could be wrong with that?

Sugar Cookie Fluff: I think I want to bake cookies after sniffing this.
Gooey Chewy Kettle Corn: Hmmm... interesting. I smell a predominately butter note in this.
Coconut Macaroon Philosophy: This smells almost like the coconut conditioner that I use! Then there's a floral note hiding in there. I like it!!
Buttery Cake Bites: I don't pick up on butter or cake at all in this one. In fact I really don't pick up on much at all besides a floral note.

Okay... I'm going to go snort a bag of coffee beans and take a shower. My sniffer is pooped, as you could probably tell by reading my ever-dwindling scent descriptions. Stay tuned for more in coming days!