Himalayan Lavender and Cedar Handmade Salt Bar

First time I saw a salt bar was watching Soaping 101's instruction video. She made a bar that used activated charcoal and kaolin clay as the colorants. I thought it was so chic and cool. I just couldn't wait until I got the chance to make one. Here I present to you my very first salt bar. I used the same recipe as Ms. Cathy did in her video. Now I'm not selling this so I think it is ok to use.

The recipe was cut in half so I only got three bars which I think is perfect for self use. As you can probably tell by the name I used a fragrance oil called Lavender and Cedar that I received as a sample in my latest Brambleberry order. Smells beautiful!! I also used their 12 bar rectangle silicone mold. Which gave me this prefect shaped bars. I absolutely love the size of these bars. Prefect fit in my hand, and perfect shape. I didn't use clays for my colorants. I used utramarine lavender pigment and natural soap batter. The  color was of course inspired by the name but also to the fact that purple/lavender is my favorite color. :-) The salt that I used was Pink Himalayan Sea Salt tha I also got from BB.

After double pouring the mixture into the mold I thought I would leave it but I decided to do a quick Taiwan swirl to finish them off. I have to honestly say that for my first time I think I did a pretty good job. I have so many ideas running through my head for the next salt bar. Can't wait!! :-)

February Soap Club Challenge: DNA/Helix Swirl

So here she is! This is my entry to the February Soap Challenge Club. We had to try the DNA/Helix swirl this month and let me tell you is was a challenge for me. I decided to keep my same colors from last month challenge which were titanium dioxide for white, activated charcoal for black, blue vibrance mica and pink vibrance mica. In this particular soap I kept the bottom natural so the colors on top could pop. The fragrance oil used was Black Raspberry and Vanilla. I added the four colors to the squirt bottles and started the design on top carefully. After all the colors were on I did small 's' swirls from side to side. Then made larger 's' swirls from top to bottom. That was the hard part, but I think I did it. I am very proud of myself. What do you think?! :-)

Sweet Pinkey Handmade Soap Bar

I usually take the time and think about what my next soap loaf will look like. Most of the time I get my inspiration from a certain scent or description of one. This time I was inspired to make a loaf from a pair of pants. They have a beautiful floral scene with a deep blue color and wonderful pinks and greens. I just had to mix this up. I was also inspired by the scent of this soap since it reminds me of my late great grand-grandmother Pinkey(Hint the name of the soap). The bar is scented in Sweet Pea fragrance oil from Natures Garden. It's known to accelerate, but I was able to work with it, and it stayed at a nice trace since I used full water. Some of the colors, such as the blue and baby pink, were a custom blend. The lightest color, an off white I would say, is actually natural soap batter. I loved the way it looks!! I didn't use TD at all. Yay!!! So, to be honest I think I did a good job. I happy with it.