October 2023 | Unicorn Poop Body Butter | KCK Soapery

A coworker friend loves my "Unicorn Poop Fragranced Body Butter". Thank you so much "J".

It took me a while to start making this as I have to wait for the fragrance oil to be delivered.  The purple and pink swirled body butter comprise the unicorn poop.  The plain white is for my daughter and is unscented.  This batch includes Argan oil, Avocado oil, Shea butter, Mango butter, and Cocoa butter.

Unicorn poop is described as a rainbow of delicious treats such as sugared strawberry, sweet peach, ripe raspberry and cotton candy!

Above picture is Shea butter.

Shea butter is ivory in color. It is widely used in cosmetics and is known to benefit dry skin.  Since it is getting colder, our skin is starting to get dryer.  A body butter with Shea butter is just perfect.

Added in some Mango butter in the picture above. 

Mango butter have excellent moisturizing property. It softens and plumps the skin which also reduces the presence of wrinkles. Consequently, it is gentle enough to be used as a lip balm or face moisturizer.

Mixed in the Cocoa butter wafers.

Cocoa butter are known to reduce skin dryness and improve elasticity. It also slows skin aging. Moreover, it improves blood flow to the skin which tends to smooth scars and wrinkles fast.

When the butters are melted, I added the Avocado oil and Argan oil so they don't get subjected to the microwave.

Avocado oil adds moisturizing attributes and wonderful glide to the final product.

Argan oil is rich in vitamin E and essential fatty acids.

Added some Arrowroot powder so the final body butter will not be too greasy.

I let the batch harden naturally.  Some tutorials would place the batch in the fridge to harden it faster.  

Added some more Argan oil just because I have a whole bottle of it and I am making this batch for a friend who likes Argan oil.

Mix until fluffy.

Separate the batch into three.  Colored one with pink mica and the other with lavender mica.  I always envision unicorn poop to be fairytale-like.  

Then into the piping bag it went. 

I hope everybody enjoys this product as much as I enjoy making them!

Thank you!

Glynith

 

June 2023 | Camouflage Soap 2023 | KCK Soapery

 

    Thank you to my friend "S" for remembering my handmade soap.  She ordered for a baby shower soap which made me decide to make some artisan soap for my hubby who is running low on his supply.

    The hubby likes my camouflage soap so I made a small batch for him for my first "made from scratch" soap for this year.

    This batch of soap is made with olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, castor oil, cocoa butter, and scented with "shave and a haircut" fragrance oil.  Colors used were white pigment, activated charcoal for black, brown and green mica.

    You will notice that in the video, I did not pour any fragrance oil to the white soap batter, that is because I used some of the white for my friend who wants a sample of another scent.

Thank you for dropping by!

Glynith

March 2021 | Kentish Rain | KCK Soapery

This batch was made for a friend who now works at a private medical laboratory. She decided to use my handmade soap for laboratory week this coming April.  Their logo colors are teal and black .  I sure hope I got the color motifs right!

I made the soap using a recipe from the book "Milk Soapmaking" by Anne Watson.  It includes coconut oil, cocoa butter, palm kernel oil, olive oil, and rice bran oil.  The process was saponification provided by goat's milk and lye (sodium hydroxide solution).  Colors used were blue mica, activated charcoal for black ,and titianium dioxide for white.

 Fragrance oil used is called "Kentish Rain" which is described as a fresh and earthy mix of basil, green leaf, lily, rose, violet, sandalwood, and tonka bean from Brambleberry.

Here is a video of this batch:

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September 2017 | Chocolate Lovers | KCK Soapery

Fragranced with Chocolate Lovers, a scent described as a mixture of lemon, orange, bergamot and mandarin, lily of the valley and coriander with notes of sweet chocolate, warm vanilla, and musk. 

Inspired by the name of the fragrance oil, I decided to tweak with my recipe and incorporate cocoa butter.  This recipe includes Olive Oil, Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Castor Oil, and Cocoa Butter.

Since this fragrance oil will discolor the soap to some shade of brown I decided to use that discoloration as the main color of the soap and made swirls of white using titanium dioxide and a combination of red and brown mica for the second color.

Dropped both white and the red brown colors into the main batter.

Used a chopstick to make a diagonal design on the top.

Off the mold.

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