Serenity Pure Essential Soap

I fancied making something pink coloured but, again, using only natural colours and my first choice was, of course, pink clay.  Now, there does seem to be some differences in pink clays you get from different suppliers - not too sure why - but they do provide slightly different pink colours.

The concept for Serenity came from the essential oil blend that I developed comprises 5 Fold Orange, Bourbon Geranium, lemony May Chang (or Litsea as it's also called), deep dark Indonesian Patchouli and one of my utter favourite, exotic floral Ylang Ylang.  The name came from this blend and then the design for the soap came after.  Of course, the goodies in the soap came first - as they rightly should, after all, we buy soap to use on our skin, not just to sit and stare at all day! I hate when people say "it's too good to use" .. no way, all my soaps are made for your skin first, for design second! Anyway, the skin goodies include Aloe Vera, organic Green Yogurt, Goatsmilk, Coconut Milk, Sweet Almond & Golden Olive oils, tons of creamy Cocoa Butter, white, pastel pink and pale pink clay, cocoa powder and it's all topped with dried rose petals.  I have to tell you that this is going to be a stunner to use and a stunner to look at!!!

Here is the Making Of video:




And then the Cutting video:





And, finally, some still photography from Titch at http://www.facebook.com/takenbytitch - she's an incredible naturally talented photographer.

I really hope you like Serenity - she is one of my favourites so far and a joy to make and to smell!! If you'd like to purchase one, check out the link at http://www.iamhandmade.com/ourshop/prod_2089442-Serenity-PreOrder-Cure-Date-23-July.html.

Enjoy!!

Citrine Sun Pure Essential Soap

Citrine Sun was made as an antidote to the lack of sun happening this summer (at least in Ireland anyway!).  I wanted something sunny and bright and what better than the fabulous brightness given by fresh carrots.  Oh yep, I did say fresh carrots .. in soap? For sure, full of vitamins and antioxidants and pure skin goodness, why not? It's a mega skin treat.

Added to this, I also included organic Greek yogurt, goatsmilk, kaolin clay, Sweet Almond & Golden Olive Oils and lashings of creamy Cocoa Butter.  I've fragranced it with my own blend of essential oils which include May Chang, 5 Fold Orange, Bergamot, Lavender & Ylang Ylang and smells divine! And it's all sprinkled with Black Poppy seeds.

Below is a short video on how to make a carrot puree for soap - you replace your water with this when making your lye water:




And here is the Cutting video:




And, finally, the stills photos courtesy of Titch Holland of http://www.facebook.com/takenbytitch:

 

Hope you enjoyed the videos and photos ... if you'd like to give a good home to this soap, check out the website at  http://www.iamhandmade.com/ourshop/prod_2089431-Citrine-Sun-PreOrder-Cure-Date-23-July.html.