Lemon and ginger soap

This photo was taken 12 hours after I plopped the soap mixture into the moulds. I like the colour it as turned. The problem with using natural colorants is that you can't always get the exact colour you want and the colour is always tied to a specific natural source. So coffee soap will always be brown and orange juice will always make it orange so you can't really have bright blueberry coloured orange scented soap without getting a weird mixed scent (which might be nice but not necessarily the desired effect).

This soap is no where near ready to come out of the mould. By this point the coffee soap was. It's still slightly too soft to hold the shape. I am not sure whether its because of the difference in liquid base or because I discounted the liquid base to much. It should be fine but as it was the first time I tried discounting its hard to know until I unmould and try one.

Lemon and ginger soap

Today's batch - lemon and ginger soap! Made with olive oil, lemon and ginger. Wonder what colour it will turn... I wasn't expecting it to be such a dark brownish yellow. It is likely to lighten in colour though given the fact that the soap colours become more white opaque as they sophonify.

This is another one I an eager to try.

Coffe scrub!

Last night I tried my new Coffee Scrub soap.  I was very please with how it turned out over all, I must say.  I could feel my skin thanking me for using it.  The coffee grounds were a nice addition too.  It felt like they were massaging my skin as i used the soap.  I was surprised because I have never tried a soap with this kind particles in it.

My one concern with the bar is, you feel like just rubbing away until the bars all gone...

However, I have far to many and too little space, so I am trying to get rid of a few so i have listed on ebay!

Sandlewood scented soap

This soap was made to order - sandalwood is not a scent I would use. It is a really nice scent but one 10ml bottle cost £2.85 from Fresh skin UK, an inexpensive company. From other retailers I have seen the price vary from £3-5. The colour of this first stage is indicative of the later creamy colour it will become. These ones already have solidified but I can't seem to get them out of the moulds yet. I seem to have issues with this when I use metal moulds. It think I will have to wait for the normal 48-72 hour period to claim them from the mould, when they soap is dryer.

Coffee soap day two

48 hours since mixing, and 24 hours after unmoulding. The coffee soap is now showing a pretty dapple effect. Unfortunately it still smells like new soap.