March 2020 | Cool Water | KCK Soapery

Cool Water fragrance oil used in this batch is a combination of lavender, jasmine, oakmoss, musk, and sandalwood; Scent is Musky citrus, with light florals.

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February 2020 | Shave and A Haircut | KCK Soapery

Using my usual recipe for this handmade soap which includes Olive oil, Coconut oil, Palm oil, Shea Butter, Castor oil and Mango Butter.

Fragrance oil is described as a mix of lemon, bergamot, cool mint, lavender, green accord, sandalwood, cedar wood, amber, and musk. It smells just like walking into a barbershop!

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February 2020 | Coffee and Cream | KCK Soapery

This batch was inspired by my hubby who love coffee and enjoys roasting his very own gourmet green coffee beans.  This was made using the recipe I found in "LovinSoap".   I  changed the patchouli and orange essential oils to rosemary and peppermint essential oils for this batch, however, I used the same main recipe in Lovin soap.  Surprisingly, it turned out just as expected!

Instead of water, I used brewed coffee from Costa Rica from the hubby's supplies. The coffee grounds for some exfoliation and some coffee beans for the top.

Wet soap.

Here is the video of the making and cutting.

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February 2020 | Aromatherapy Energizing | KCK Soapery

    I made this batch of handmade soaps a few weeks ago using a mold I bought for myself for Christmas and Valentine's!

    I always love the look of the soaps made with the dividers.  The different colors are more evenly distributed and not intermingling over each other.

    This batch is made using my usual recipe olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, shea butter, mango butter and castor oil. Colors used were purple, teal and pink mica and titanium dioxide for white.

    Fragrance used is called Aromatherapy Energizing which is described as an uplifting blend of fragrance and essential oil blend of fresh and airy notes of lemon, garden peppermint, spearmint, wintergreen and floral notes of gardenia, jasmine, and rose.

I also bought a cutter for this batch.  

As of the writing of this blog, my cutter and mold are both unavailable.  I will keep an eye for when it will be available and add the link in the next post.

Wet soap after swirling. 

I always love the look of wet soap.

The two different cut made by the new mold and the new cutter.

Here is the video of the making and cutting of this mold.

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February 2020 | Bridal Shower Giveaways | KCK Soapery

Thank you "I" for thinking of me for your bridal shower giveaways.

We decided to give it a rustic yet feminine look and came up with a flowery kraft paper "I" already have on hand and finished the wrapping by using a lace to tie it all up.

These were made using melt and pour technique sprinkled with dried flowers and scented with Gingered Bergamot described as an exotic fragrance with citrus top notes of bergamot surrounded with nuances of freshly ground ginger combined with notes of Sandalwood, Cedar, Indian Patchouli, and Sweet Basil.

I hope everyone who receives them will love them!

February 2020 | Glassine Bag Packaging - What do you think? | KCK Soapery

I saw the use of glassine paper bags as soap packaging and I am intrigued.

The idea of using something that is biodegradable and prevent my soap from getting too many hands and nose touching and sniffing the soaps during craft shows sounds like a great idea.

We shall see how my soaps and customers will like this transition.

What do you think?

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January 2020 | Valentine's Giveaways | KCK Soapery

Thank you "S" for deciding to make my soap as your Valentine's giveaways this year.  As I was searching for an inspiration for this Valentine's giveaways, I came into an article that described this technique as "hybrid" soap.  It is absolutely nice to know that we now have a name to this kind of soap making style.  It is made using both the melt and pour (glycerin) soap and the cold process soap.  

This batch is scented with Gingered Bergamot described as an exotic fragrance with citrus top notes of bergamot surrounded with nuances of freshly ground ginger combined with notes of sandalwood, cedar, Indian patchouli, and sweet basil.  The cold process base is made using my favorite recipe which includes Olive oil, Coconut oil, Palm oil, Shea butter, Castor oil, and Mango oil.

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January 2020 | Gingered Bergamot | KCK Soapery

This batch is made for a sweet baby girl who just turned one!

Thank you "L"

It is made with melt and pour or also called glycerin soap.  Perfect for when you don't have 4 to 6 weeks of curing time for the cold process soap making. I hope everybody who's going to receive these giveaways will love them.

These are the number 1's just out of the mold.

Made a batch with pink base and white number and vice versa.

Out of the mold.

Scented with gingered bergamot described as an exotic fragrance with citrus top notes of bergamot surrounded with nuances of freshly ground ginger combined with notes of sandalwood, cedar, Indian patchouli, and sweet basil.

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Glynith

January 2020 | Love Spell | KCK Soapery

I made a second batch of Valentine's Soap for a friend "S".  Plus, I want to make a successful batch using the new heart embed.  This time, I used my usual favorite recipe which includes Olive oil, Coconut oil, Palm oil, Mango butter, Shea butter, and Castor oil.

Scented with a combination of essential oil and fragrance oil described as a lavishly lush blend of orange, peach, cherry blossom, and white jasmine.

This time, I swirled the top using a skewer.

Only five bars out of eleven ended up being what I want them to look like.  Six bars have their bottom layer stuck on the mold.

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Glynith

January 2020 | Amber Soap | KCK Soapery

I made this batch right after the cut of the 50 Shades Valentine's soap.  This time, I used my usual recipe that never failed me and is chuck full of skin loving ingredients including Olive oil, Palm oil, Coconut oil, Shea butter, Castor oil, and Mango butter.  I also waited for it to harden more by letting the batter sit in the mold for two days before cutting.

Fragrance oil used is described as a rich amber with hints of sandalwood and cedar wood.  Colors were titanium dioxide for white and yellow, pink, and purple mica.

I used biodegradable holographic glitter for some shimmer.

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January 2020 | First Unicorn Poop Body Butter for the year 2020 | KCK Soapery

Thank you "J" and "S"!

I tweaked my previous recipe a little. Hopefully, they like this one better than the previous ones.  These skin loving body butter is made with shea butter, mango butter, avocado oil and coconut oil.  I added a dash of vitamin E oil and some arrow root powder to minimize the greasiness of the butter.

Fragrance oil used is "Unicorn Poop" described as a rainbow of delicious treats, such as sugared strawberry, sweet peach, ripe raspberry, and cotton candy.  This time, I left most of the butter the natural white and colored some with pink, yellow and purple mica.

Hopefully you guys will like this recipe better!

January 2020 | Valentine's Icing | KCK Soapery

Since this soap batch is an order from a friend "T", I did not play with the recipe and just used my usual tried and tested favorite recipe, which include: olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, shea butter, mango butter and castor oil. 

I still played with the scent by using one I have never tried before called "Angel". This is an essential and fragrance oil blend described as an enchanting jasmine touched with the deep sexy notes of musk, patchouli and brown sugar. This blend changed the color of the soap batter into yellow. But a little dose of titanium dioxide lightened it up. Since there is no vanilla content, I suppose the icings are totally safe from morphing. Then, it turned out to be creamy white and the red stayed very nice red.

Now, we are just waiting for the cure and these little icings are going to their new homes!

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January 2020 | 50 Shades Valentine's Soap | KCK Soapery

Happy New Year 2020!!!

This is my first batch of soap for the new year.  It's made for Valentine's Day and I used a new heart shaped embed I found online.  As you can see in the picture above, the design was good but the texture of the soap was disappointing.  It's what I get for playing with recipes and fragrance oils or maybe I was a little too excited for my first batch that I may have poured the batter too early or removed it from the mold a little early.

Hopefully, I get to post most of this year's soap projects more than last year and that I make a better soap next time.

Ingredients used were olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, rice bran oil, shea butter, castor oil, mango butter and lye.

Colors were titanium dioxide for white and red mica.

Fragrance oil used is called 50 Shades it is described as: a seductive marriage of tained rose and wild geranium with addictive "can't live without it" notes of bergamot and gold amber.

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April 2019 | Purple Bamboo Lotus | KCK Soapery

This batch of handmade soaps is going to be giveaways in a bridal shower this coming May.  The color motifs include two shades of purple, gray, and white.  When I look into my supplier's site to order for purple mica,  I realized that there are so many more varieties of purple.  I ordered a few to see which would come close to the shades I needed.  The trick is that most of these purple shades are not stable in cold process soap.  So here is to hoping the colors I picked will stay true to what we see in the package.

I sprinkled some glitters on top!

It has been a few days now, and so far I am happy with the colors.  They haven't morphed to different colors or shades so far.  Now, I am just waiting for the curing period to be good to the colors as well.

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