Homemade laundry soap

Making homemade laundry soap using leftover soap scraps, borax, and washing soda.

Soaps Make Nice Mother's Day Gifts

Soaps make nice gifts for mom on Mother's Day coming this Sunday, May 13th. Mother's Day is right around the corner. Make sure you honor your mom this Mother's Day. The Bible says to honor your parents and this is the day to recognize them.

New Soap Scent - Sounds Delicious!

I am about to embark on a new scent for my fancy soaps. I actually ordered this scent with the Reptile soap in mind. It is kid friendly, and will make the soap appealing (a peeling) to kids. I have been intrigued by this scent ever since I saw it described at www.elementsbathandbody.com

Here is their description:

Fruity, tropical medley of fresh bananas (of course!), tangerine, mixed berries, pineapple, kiwi, mango & papaya with a dash of vanilla. Easy on the banana with a perfect blend of sweetness. The name may not be appealing, but the fragrance is incredible!

BATH & BODY SAFE: YES

The name of this scent is 'Monkey Farts Fragrance'. I thought it would sound a peeling to all of you.
Well, at least the description is!

The problem is, that it might make me hungry, when I smell the finished soap!

So, ....... What do you think?

Goat's Milk Oatmeal Soap available in Both Rough Cut and Smooth

Just an update to let you know that both the rough cut soaps and the smooth are available for the Goat's-Milk Oatmeal Soap. (Smooth is in limited quantities right now). Also, I have some Chai Goat's-Milk Oatmeal Soap as well.
Coming soon: Sheep shaped soap. I found a cute sheep soap mold and will use that with the fancy soaps. Will take pictures.
Goat's-Milk Oatmeal soaps are $3.00 a bar. If interested in purchasing, send an email to awestruck@bellsouth.net
If you live in the Central Florida area, I may be able to get the soap to you in order to save postage (postage seems to be getting higher everytime I order something!) Let me know and we can talk about a meeting place. Thanks.
A portion of the Goat's-Milk Oatmeal Soap goes to Sanctuary Ministries .

New Soap - Chai Goat's-Milk Oatmeal Soap

I made the goat's-milk oatmeal soap using chai tea this time and here are the results. Notice the two on the left top. They are rectangle bars made with a single mold. The round one has an imprint, but it is hard to see it because of the color and texture of the soap. I will sell these for $3 a bar, and a portion will go to Sanctuary Ministries.

           

In case anyone is wondering what the scent is, the scent is Oatmeal, milk, and honey.

         

New Kind of Lava Soap - With Pumice

I thought I would make a soap and add pumice to it. The end product would be much like a Lava soap, but a different shape and color. I could add a scent to it as well. Well, in the fall, I tried my hand at this and I love the finished product. It is mildly abrasive, similar to the goat's milk-oatmeal soap. I feel so clean when I use it! I originally intended to make it for men. I always give Lava soap to the men in the household for Christmas. Now I get to make my own with my copy-cat recipe! I call it 'Volcano' soap. Here is a pic:

I did add too much color to this first batch, but once it cured, it wasn't so noticeable. The color was like a coral, but the next batch was more like salmon. I am selling these at $3 a bar if anyone is interested (or if I don't use them up first!).

Round, Rectangle, or Flowery?

    I find it interesting that a long time ago, I used to make shaped soaps. I used molds that were intended for making candles, so most of the soaps were huge. I made a cat one, a football one, an apple, and a little Nativity figure set all out of soap. Out of all of those, the only one I sold was one cat one!
   Years later, I have some friends that want me to make goat's milk-oatmeal soap. They want it to be in rectangle bars. So I have been making those and they seem to be in demand.
  I used to wonder why people preferred the rectangle soaps to the fancy shaped ones. One reason, I think, is because when a bar is pretty or looks like an object, it tends to not get used, except as a decoration. One person put an apple soap in their fruit bowl, I noticed!
   So now I am mainly concentrating on making rectangle bars. Some of them are plain, with a rough cut, and others will have a flowery picture on the front. Someone once suggested that perhaps it is because the rectangle bars are easiest to hold. That makes sense.
   So my next decision to make on the shapes, is whether people will buy round or oval soaps, or will they prefer the rectangle ones instead of the round ones?
   What do you think? Please post your opinions and thoughts here in the place for comments. Thanks.