November 2014 | Solid Body Lotion | KCK Soapery

 

Body lotion bars contain shea butter, colloidal oatmeal, sweet almond oil and beeswax.   The yellow was scented with bergamot and tarragon, the green with energizing fragrance oil and the red with mistletoe and ivy fragrance oil.

 

 

Below included on the far left of the picture are 3 lotion bars which were not colored and contain hemp seed oil instead of sweet almond oil and tea tree essential oil instead of fragrance oil.

 

Hoping for these lotion bars to give some relief to our skin now that winter is here.



November 2014 | Christmas Eve | KCK Soapery

I am naming these guys "Christmas Eve"

 

 

Ingedients used were Coconut Oil, Rice Bran Oil, Olive Oil, Palm Oil, Mango Butter, Castor Oil and Avocado Oil.

 

 

Colors were matte blue, strawberry red blended with stained glass red, titanium dioxide for white and a significant amount of activated charcoal for black.

 

 

Fragranced with "Mistletoe and Ivy" described as a sensual Christmas blends of cedar leaf, Siberian fir, English holly, holiday mistletoe, cooling camphor, trailing ivy, sandalwood, vetiver, and frosted musk.

 

 

I did an "in-the-pot" swirl of the white for snow, blue for the sky, red for holidays and black for the night.

 

 

Poured the swirled soap batter above into the mold.

 

 

Covered the top with white soap batter.

 

 

Drizzled the leftover blue and red for festive night scene.

 

 

Using the back of a spoon I textured the top.

 

 

Added the trees.

 

 

The stars and the trees were "melt and pour" soap.

 

 

 It was still a little on the soft side after 24 hours.

 

 

The whole soft soap loaf after 48 hours was finally hard enough to cut.

 

Hopefully the colors will stay as they cure.

 

 

Happy Soaping!



 

 

 

 



October 2014 | Mistletoe & Ivy | KCK Soapery

Second set of Mistletoe and Ivy scented soap bars.  The fragrance oil is describe as blends of cedar leaf, Siberian fir, English holly, holiday mistletoe, cooling camphor, trailing ivy, sandalwood, vetiver, and frosted musk.

 

 

Trees were made using Melt and Pour clear base and colored with green and glitters.

 

 

I had hope for these colors to stay like this after mixing and saponification process.

 

 

Red and Green drop swirl hidden under this creamy white top.  I like hiding the swirls, it adds to the excitement and anticipation for the cutting process.

 

 

The trees were added when the soap base batter was hard enough to hold the trees upright.

 

 

Sprinkled some green glitters on top for more Christmas feel.  Notice the crack on the far end of the loaf?  That happened to both ends, huge chunks of soap stuck to the mold.

 

 

I waited two days before unmolding this batch.  Most of the green morphed into a different shade and the soap cracked.  Since I can't wait to see the swirls inside, I cut into the loaf even when it was still a little tacky and streaks of white followed down with the cutter.

 

If these bars are not going to look better after the curing period, I will need to come up with something to do with them.

 

Happy Soaping!