I've been a little busy this weekend making videos .. I've not made one in a while and just felt like showing people how I made my soaps. I got a great response from the making of Adam & Eve video that I did another two today, both cutting soaps ... Black Raspberry Vanilla and the Adam & Eve shown in the previous video.
So, here you go, for your viewing pleasure, two new videos:
Cutting Black Raspberry Vanilla:
Cutting Adam & Eve:
Hope you enjoy!!!
Showing posts with label vanilla anise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vanilla anise. Show all posts
Monday, October 17, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Adam & Eve
Following on from the recent poll I held on Facebook, the Vanilla Anise fragrance I had delivered about two weeks ago was the second favourite for me to soap. I simple adore this scent - it's light and dark at the same time, very grown up, very unisex. I haven't met anyone yet who didn't like it. It's described as a blend of vanilla orchid against a spicy accent of anise and the warmth of vetiver, amber and clove. For people who don't like vanilla, you'll still love this - and I know that Dennise of Briny Bar Soap has given it a total thumbs up .. she even took it on a road trip across the States with her and uses it as a shampoo bar!
It's had a revamp since I made it last (it was one of my tester fragrances, I wanted to see how it'd behave and how well the fragrance would last - I was very happy with both tests!). I wanted something more dramatic though - I thought the original look just didn't do the fragrance justice.
For this version, I've used Golden Olive Oil, Cocoa Butter, organic Palm Oil (of course, from a sustainable source), Coconut Oil and Castor Oil (gotta love them bubbles!). As ever, I added Pure Silk - this really adds a luxurious element to the soap, I just wouldn't be without it (we deserve it people!). It's coloured with titanium dioxide and black mica that I bought from the US.
I'm dying to hear what you think of this - I was inspired by a fellow soaper, Ka fée from Soap Session who made a similar soap and I just had to try it out. I hope she is impressed with it!
Oh and I'm calling it Adam & Eve, because my hubs had to help me with the design; once I'd preppred everything and got the mix into one jug of raw black soap and one of raw white soap, I needed to get it into the mould as soon as I could so hubs helped about half way through and worked with the white as I worked with the black. Adam & Eve is named for us but it helps that it's a very unisex fragrance too!
So.. I present you Adam & Eve:
It's had a revamp since I made it last (it was one of my tester fragrances, I wanted to see how it'd behave and how well the fragrance would last - I was very happy with both tests!). I wanted something more dramatic though - I thought the original look just didn't do the fragrance justice.
For this version, I've used Golden Olive Oil, Cocoa Butter, organic Palm Oil (of course, from a sustainable source), Coconut Oil and Castor Oil (gotta love them bubbles!). As ever, I added Pure Silk - this really adds a luxurious element to the soap, I just wouldn't be without it (we deserve it people!). It's coloured with titanium dioxide and black mica that I bought from the US.
I'm dying to hear what you think of this - I was inspired by a fellow soaper, Ka fée from Soap Session who made a similar soap and I just had to try it out. I hope she is impressed with it!
Oh and I'm calling it Adam & Eve, because my hubs had to help me with the design; once I'd preppred everything and got the mix into one jug of raw black soap and one of raw white soap, I needed to get it into the mould as soon as I could so hubs helped about half way through and worked with the white as I worked with the black. Adam & Eve is named for us but it helps that it's a very unisex fragrance too!
So.. I present you Adam & Eve:
Black & White swirls
Soap Tops - Look Ma, NO glitter!!
I adore this look
A big ol' stack of soap
Group Photo
Close of up the swirl
Adam & Eve - basking in the sunshine
I really hope you enjoyed these pictures - if you're interested in buying Adam & Eve, it will be fully cured on 30 May and will be available in our online store.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Who says soap isn't good company?
Vanilla Anise has been on a 1,000 mile road trip from Pittsburgh to Minnesota by way of Ohio, Illinois & Iowa to name but a few states! It's so funny... and crazy to think my soap has travelled further than me because I've never been to the US myself (we saved to go but you know how things go these days).
If you'd like to read all of Dennise's post, here it is .. it's really funny and the pictures are just hilarious!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Vanilla Anise
Yet another adventure in cold process soapmaking. This one is Vanilla Anise which is described as a blend of rare vanilla orchid blossom with the spicy accent of anise and the warmth of vetiver, amber and clove, creating an unexpected, modern vanilla story. To my nose, the aniseed comes out first and foremost, which is a very good thing as far as I'm concerned, as I love, love, LOVE it!
In the mould, full of lovely swirlies!
First cut - cut too early, not quite ready (but how beautiful is that top?!!)
Lovely swirls but not cut on it's side so the dark colour is dragging through the white
This one has a tinch of titanium dioxide not quite fully mixed in
Ohhh this one is just beautiful - cut on the side and just lovely
A group shot!
Hope you liked these pictures, I really enjoyed making this - it should be cured by mid to late November and I cannot wait to try it out; really hoping the fragrance will have stayed because the whole curing room smells of it now and it's divine!!
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