March 2015 | Kentish Rain | KCK Soapery

 

This batch is scented with "Kentish Rain". Bramble Berry described this fragrance oil as rainy, salty mist green notes made up of basil, green leaf and ozone notes with added notes of muguet lily, rose and jasmine bring out the touch of violet in the blend for sweetness. Our perfumer added bottom notes of Sandalwood and tonka to round out the earthy, coast like feel.

 

 

Oils used were Olive oil, Coconut oil, Palm oil, Rice Bran oil, Castor oil, Shea Butter and Mango Butter.

 

 

Poured the batter into just two colors, titanium dioxide for white and blue.

 

 

Did an "in the pot" swirl but the batter started thickening.   Some of the batter did not penetrate down the deeper layer.

 

 

I can't help myself and gave in to the temptation - had to make a design to this layer even though I know I will just be covering it up.

 

 

The above swirls were hidden by a layer of white batter.

 

 

Topped with thickened blue batter.

 

 

Tried to swirl some designs using a chopstick.

 

 

These days, I waited for at least three or more days before unmolding.  I like how the soap is more settled and less tacky.

 

 

I love how most of the bars showed a "rain drop".  I still have a few more ounces of the fragrance oil and I am afraid I will not get the same effect next time.

 

 

Love this fragrance and how the swirls can be interpreted the way I envisioned - clouds and rain.

 

Hope you like what you see.  Thank you very much!



March 2015 | Amazing Grace | KCK Soapery

 

Scented with "Amazing Grace" type fragrance oil. Described as a feminine fragrance oil by Natures Garden that will make you feel pretty...oh so pretty!  Italian bergamot and sparkling lemon are sweetened with freshly picked citron and neroli.  A white floral jasmine, orange blossom and rose are blended with sheer musk and cedarwood. 

 

 

Colors used were liquid pink, titanium dioxide for white and activated charcoal for black.  Usual recipe of  Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Castor Oil, Shea Butter and Mango Butter.

 

 

The design plan was tilted zebra.  So I slanted the mold using a sandwich container and cut out  a cardboard box for the zebra stripes.

 

 

Poured the pink soap batter but as you see in the above picture, the batter thickened and I ended up spooning it into the mold.

 

 

Since I was so focused on making the tilted zebra design, I was not able to think of any other alternative design even when the batter got thicker and thicker with every spoonfuls of the batter that I plopped into the mold.  The black and white were supposed to be stripes but it was not meant to be.

 

 

Topped the rest of the soap batter on top of each other.

 

 

Stripes no more, just globs.  Almost giving a camouflage look instead.

 

 

Even with a lot of pounding to avoid bubbles, the batter was so thick by the time I finished spooning that some bubbles were inevitable.

 

 

These tiny holes are the bubble spaces.

 

 

This was not the plan for the batch but I think it turned out fine.

 

Thank you for stopping by!



March 2015 | Gingered Bergamot | KCK Soapery

 

This in-the-pot swirl is becoming a favorite swirl technique.  The color pattern is different everytime.  Every bar is different yet similar.

 

 

Ingredients Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Castor Oil, Shea Butter and Mango Butter.  Gingered Bergamot fragrance oil 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.

 

 

Colors used were liquid pink, yellow, green and white titanium dioxide.

 

 

As always, I covered the in-the-pot swirl with white batter and top the soap with mantra swirl.

 

 

Yummy wet soap.

 

 

Happy Soaping!

Glynith

 



March 2015 | Lavender and Tea Tree | KCK Soapery

 

This week's cold process soap is loaded with skin loving oils, butters and contains Lavender essential oil and Tea Tree essential oil.  This was made for a friend's daughter.  I definitely hope her skin will love this soap recipe.

 

 

Ingredients include Coconut Oil, Palm Kernel Flakes, Olive Oil, Hemp Seed Oil, Shea Butter, Mango Butter and Castor Oil.  I also added activated charcoal, colloidal oatmeal, lavender flowers and essential oils of Lavender and Tea Tree for more skin benefits.

 

 

Activated charcoal mixed in with the oils and butters.

 

 

Added some lavender flowers for some exfoliation.

 

 

After pouring the soap batter into the mold.  I was contemplating leaving it

just like this.

 

 

But of course, I had to give it some texture.  So I did a little spoon swirl.

 

 

 Added more of the lavender flowers for some color.

 

 

I allowed the soap to settle for a few days before cutting.  Some of the flowers came off the top of the soap.  I sure hope this recipe would just be perfect for her needs.  Thank you "J" for giving me the opportunity to research and learn more about soap ingredients.

Thank you for stopping by!

Glynith



February 2015 | Oatmeal Stout | KCK Soapery

 



Presenting my first soap after a two week hiatus. Inspired by the coming Saint Patrick's Day.  This is my version of a Leprechaun's Lair. 

 

 

I used teal, green shimmer and a golden yellow for my colors.  Fragranced with "Oatmeal Stout" fragrance oil.  Was thinking of making another beer soap, but I wanted to see how the fragrance oil will behave with water first.  It did thicken a bit but manageable enough that I was able to do the "in-the-pot" swirl with it.   I was hoping for the Irish hubby to be reminded with beer upon smelling this but he said it smells like "Cinnamon". 

 

 

 Of course with Leprechauns in mind, I have to make some golden balls as well.

 

 

These were made with "melt and pour" soap and they came out just perfect.

 

 

Oils and butters with the colorants. Oils included in this new basic recipe I concocted and love,  Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Castor Oil, Shea Butter and Mango Butter.  The green and teal ended up looking the same or maybe the fragrance oil morphed the color since the final product did not have both shades of green.

 

 

After pouring the soap batter.  You can still see a lot of the white.

 

 

Before cutting, most of the white has morphed to brown.

 

 

I think the batch turned out ok considering that it has been two weeks since I last made a handmade soap made from scratch.  Will be observing for more morphing of colors in the next few days.

 

Thank you for stopping by!

Glynith

 

 



February 2015 | Chocolate Lover | KCK Soapery

 

Happy Chinese New Year!  Presenting a batch I made a couple of weeks ago.  The colors kept on morphing which was what I was hoping for, now it finally stopped changing so here goes:

 



This is my new basic recipe, it includes Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Olive Oil, Castor Oil, Shea Butter and Mango Butter.

 

 

Used the fragrance oil "Chocolate Lovers" and because of its high vanillin content it should eventually darken. 

 

 

Activated charcoal was used for the black.

 

 

This was how the soap looked after pouring and piping. 

 

 

Leftover batter.

 

 

Before removing the cupcake wrappers.

 

 

After a few weeks of curing. 

 

 

Noticed the brown?   

 

 

Although I liked how the brown darkens.  I would have love the black to darken even more.  Instead, the black soap developed ash and since it has stopped morphing, this is how it would be.  I sure hope you like what you saw.

Thank you for stopping by!

Glynith