New look Sunshine

The lure of Micas has been too strong and I’ve finally succumbed into trying some. What do I think about them? I love them! Not only do they look beautiful, I find them so much easier and less disappointing to use than natural colours. With some natural colours you can have a soap that looks gorgeous when first made, but a few weeks down the track, when the natural colour has faded, you’re left with just a plain old ordinary looking soap bar.

No, I’m not giving up natural colours, although it is tempting LOL, I still think they are better health wise, but I can see myself trying a few more of these gorgeous colours. If you like the look of Sunshine, you can find it at Natural Aroma Handmade soaps.

Lavender & Mint

Well it's been a while since I've posted, but with Christmas gaining on us very quickly I thought it was time to show a few soaps I've been busy making for Christmas.

Lavender & Mint is a lovely uplifting bar, made of course with Lavender and Mint Essential oils:) A 100% natural bar, it is coloured from Green Clay and Alkanet Root, I've added both Shea and Cocoa Butters for super pampering and it's available now from our Natural Aroma.

Twilight

So sorry I haven't posted for ages, I was sick for a while and time just seems to have gotten away from me. One of my latest soaps is Twilight, why Twilight? I just thought it looked a bit like a full moon??? I'm not very good at coming up with soap names, I find it just so hard sometimes trying to think of something original, so I hope this is OK.

I had some left over soap that I wanted to try and use up and thought I'd go with the old faithful ball, but this time I embedded some extra soap squares into the balls to try something a bit different.

I've fragranced Twilight with French Lavender, Patchouli and Cedarwood, I think maybe I could have added a touch more fragrance, but for those who don't like lots of fragrance, then this would be perfect.

OK, over and out and I'll try not to take so long to post again next time:)

Choc Mint

I must have food on my mind lately, this is the third post in a row that has handmade soaps that look, yes I have to say it, good enough to eat! I hate those dreaded words, it seems that everytime I hear them it means "No Sale".

They are the words I really don't like to hear at the markets, the how pretty, how gorgeous, how beautifuls, all mean sales, but the "it looks good enough to eat" NO sale!

So why the heck do I keep making them? don't know! I just really like the look of them and besides when you have a Natural soap that smells good enough to eat, like peppermint as above, it just seems natural to have it look that way as well.

Oh well, I'll just keep making my "Good enough to eat" soaps, there are still some customers with good taste out there, who appreciate them lol.

Sushi Anyone?

I was making some little bear soaps to take to the markets, you know the molds you buy from K-mart? cute little things that I thought would be nice for children. How hard could it be, make a batch of soap and just pour into the mold, right? Wrong, the poor little things looked like they'd been attacked with a hammer; their faces were all mangled and just awful. I wouldn't be able to give them away let alone sell them,lol.

What the heck was I going to do with them? I didn't want to waste them and they were just plain too awful to use the way they were. With the old brain working very hard, I decided to turn my poor ugly little bears into Sushi Bars, took them to the markets and not one single one sold, oh dear!!!!

Oh well, at least they look a lot prettier than the ugly little soapy bears. If you'd like some Sushi Bars, you know where to go:)

My new soap stamp

Well, I finally ordered my soap stamp, as you know I've been wanting one for years and years and just hadn't gotten around to ordering one. My beautiful soap stamp comes from Anhoki at Anhoki's Place. Anhoki is very down to earth, easy to talk to and just wonderful to do businees with and John who made my lovely stamp did a fantastic job. I'd gladly reccommened them to anyone who's thinking of having one done. Thanks so much Anhoki and John:)

Chocolate Biscotti

This one looks good enough to eat! looks like chocolate with biscuit pieces I'm hoping? made with cocoa and shea butters with a delicious aroma of orange, lemon and spearmint.
I was so anxious before I cut it, when I first took it out of the mold it didn't look so great and I really had my fingers crossed that once it was cut, it would look a lot better. I'm really happy with how it turned out.
Maybe a good handmade soap for Mothers Day? I know a few Mums who'd love this one.