Black Magic Nectar - Final Pure Beer Soap

So, we've sadly reached the end of our six pack of beer (hic!).

Given I'm Irish, I figured it'd be almost unpatriotic of me not to make something with Guinness.  So I did! And here is Black Magic Nectar... I used the Guinness for the water portion of the soap and added tussah silk to it (of course, I couldn't soap without silk could I?).  I wanted a nice black soap with a nice white top so I basically made two soaps... the largest amount for the Guinness and the small amount I made with just water and coloured with a little titanium dioxide.

The soap is made with Dead Sea Mud, Activated Charcoal, Kaolin Clay, Colloidal Oatmeal & Pure Silk.  It's fragranced with a smooth, woody fragrance with top notes of orange and lemon, blended with black pepper and rosemary on a base of clove, jasmine, woods, patchouli, musk and amber.  Smells fabulous! 

Well actually, why am I telling you when I can show you? I did a Making Of and a Cutting video for this soap so watch and see what I did next.....

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So, here are the final images for the soap ... I am really really happy with this, it's going to be one totally incredible soap for your skin and, oh my word, does it smell SO GOOD! This is available on pre-order now if you'd like to reserve one, check out the website at http://www.iamhandmade.com/ourshop/prod_2010492-Black-Magic-Nectar-PreOrder-Cure-Date-6-June.html. Enjoy!!

Huge thanks to Titch at www.facebook.com/takenbytitch for her video and photography work - she's a total gem! Make sure to like her page!

Beer Soaps... Oh Yeah!

Well, it's all Amy's fault.

Yep, she started the whole challenge about soaping with booze.  Beer is big in Ireland, there's no doubt about it.  I couldn't find how many were actually sold in Ireland last year but I suspect it's lots... and lots, and lots and, probably, even more lots.

I don't beer, I never liked the taste of it at all.  But I found myself becoming very interested in beer in the last few weeks.  Again, it's all Amy's fault.  I made a beer soap and then realised how much fun it was ... from prepping the beer to actually making it.  Loved the bubbleage from the little tester soap balls I make from my trimmings, love the creaminess of the soap, just so much fun.  So I decided I'd do six beer soaps, a six pack.. geddit? I wanted to make them with only Irish beers (cos I'm in Ireland, seems fair) and I wanted them all to be a bit different.. from each other and from other beer soaps you can get out there.

So here's the first one, Lemon Nectar.  Oh I decided to call them all somethingsomethingsomething Nectar... it was the drink of the God's after all, seemed fitting.  So this is made with Beamish Irish Stout which is my hubs favourite pint and it's from Cork, which is where we want to live one day.

I decided that I'd add some extra goodies in all these soaps so all the Pure Beer soaps have colloidal oatmeal that helps to calm sensitive skin, silk that adds an extra level of luxury and either clay or Dead Sea Mud for their skin lovingness.

So Lemon Nectar is made with Beamish Irish Stout, colloidal oatmeal, tussah silk and kaolin clay with Sweet Almond & Golden Oil Oils and tons of creamy Cocoa Butter and is fragranced with my own blend of zesty citrusy May Chang and deep and earthily sexy Patchouli.  It smells incredible!!

Pics below... I'll show you the others in the next few blog posts.  This one is available for pre-order right now http://www.iamhandmade.com/ourshop/prod_1993049-Lemon-Nectar-PreOrder-Cure-Date-28-May.html.