Well...I guess I have lagged. It has been too long since my last post. I have been working on some new items though. I have made a chocolate covered nut scented salt bar that I swirled (more like marbled) in cocoa powder. They smell delicious and have a great lather. I also made an ocean rain scented soap that I swirled in what was supposed to be blue but it turned a lovely shade of purple. Anyone else every have trouble with this? It was an FD&C colorant. I also just received my package of incense so that I can dip my own. I am pretty excited about making them.
On another note, I am really excited for Sunday. This weekend is graduation at Wesleyan and Ted Kennedy was supposed to speak, but now Barack Obama will be taking his place! So, I am really excited to hear him speak. I will try to take pictures to post.
ooooooooooooooo - awaiting the Etsy salt bar to buy..... yummo!
ReplyDeleteSarah - you have some beautiful soaps! I use ultramarine blue to get a true blue color in my CP soaps. I'm going to attempt a salt bar this week - wish me luck!
ReplyDeleteWhat FD & C color was it? One of the blue FD & Cs goes a lovely purple in CP soap (blue number 1) so that could be why it went a lovely purple?
ReplyDeleteJoanna: The salt bars will be listed in my etsy shop in about 2 weeks.
ReplyDeleteAmy: Do you have trouble dispersing the ultramarine? Do you add it at the start or once the soap traces?
Anne-Marie: Yup it was FD&C #1. This is interesting since the place I bought it from does not mention any discoloration. Ah well...maybe I can call the soap purple rain.
Amy- Best of luck with the salt bars...They are really a nice treat!
ReplyDeleteI mix the ultramarines with a little bit of glycerin and add them after trace. They will bead up, but once the stick blender hits them, they disperse beautifully! You can also use a little bit of oil, but I've had better luck with the glycerin.
ReplyDeleteMy first salt bar experiment didn't work so great (you can read about it on my blog www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog), but the second looks much better. I'll probably post about it tomorrow. Thanks!