Happy Birthday Honey!

My hubby is getting older tomorrow!  Can't tell you what number it is, he'll kill me!  Anyway, he probably will tell me to stop making soap that looks like food, but I can't help it!

I made the mini loaf cake a week ahead with Black Raspberry Vanilla fragrance oil.  Since it had vanilla the cake is very likely turning brown over time.  Then I whipped up a batch of heavy traced soap scented with Lychee Res Tea, colored half into orange, the other half nothing.  I iced it first.

  Then attempted to decorate the cakes.  Yes, attempted, this is my virgin cake making, real or soap.

Gosh it is so labor intensive!  I thought I was never going to finish!  The minute I got them done I lifted up the tray to put into my oven so no one will touch them before they are set and harden up.  Then... oops... I grabbed the tray too fast without looking at where my thumb was...  I put a bit dent on one of the corner!

Hurry up, I found some previous scrap soap balls I made from Drama Queen and drop them right on the corner.  Can you tell they are cover ups?!  Phew... saved by the balls!

S.O.A.P. Testing Giveaway, Finally!

Woohoo~   I finally got my act together!  If you have not read any of my S.O.A.P. testing blog posts maybe you should!  I have so much to give out!

Like these owls

and silky body spray

and natural liquid soap

and emu oil goat's milk cream

oh, and don't forget these dressed up "dessert"

Here's how you enter:

1. Click on my new facebook page and like it
2. mention my soap(any or blog or etsy store whatever you like) in any social network (facebook, twitter, blog)
3. leave a comment on this post with your name and link to #2 so I can go check it out!

Deadline is July 31 ,2011.  I will make my hubby draw TWO names out of a box randomly.  Yes, there will be TWO WINNERS!  There are totally 40 pieces and I'm going to split that in half, each winner gets 20 pieces.  It is GRAND!!!

**Limited to USA and Canada entries only, sorry, no international at this time**

Update - Honey Banana Milkshake Soap

Here the update I promised!  If you have not seen the soap a week ago read this post first: Honey Banan Milkshake  It did get darker in time and I have to say, still smells yummy!  Not sickening sweet, thank God, phew, I'm not a fan of super sweet anything.

Restless - Jewelry Section

This past 7/4 long weekend was just way too hot to soap.  For some reason my soap is getting harder to remove from the silicone molds.  I'm thinking it's because the humidity level is higher now.  It is very frustrating to me because that means I have to change my habits soaping and maybe reduce the lye solution ratio.  I've gotten so used to having it easy for good 6 months!

Anyway, here are some of the jewelry pieces I've done.  

For the Bird Lovers!

'The early bird gets the worm!' by LalitasGemmes

Everything birdies!!!!!

Little silver Bird cleverfawn $60.00	Custom Love Birds Weddi... buttoneyedtedd... $50.00	Personalized Wall Decal... BeautifulWalls $79.95	Custom initial leaf, sp... DelicacyJ $28.50
Tiny titmouse necklace ... lulubugjewelry $28.00	Home Sweet Home - Matte... DeannaMaree $25.00	Bright blue bird of hap... lesliesvariety... $9.00	PELICANS Quilted Wall H... superpowersCC $99.00
Macaw Parrot, Bird Tote... Sunniesue $20.00	Tweety Bird Soap Trio ... pampacha $5.50	Hum - RECTANGLE MAGNET mincingmocking... $4.00	Birds Linen Pillow Cove... sukanart $55.50
Natural Goat Milk Soap ... ShiehDesignStu... $7.00	Seven little handmade p... SkyeArt $22.00	Tweet Travel Mug by Ki... Mypolkadotpott... $24.00	Blue Bird rareclayandgla... $20.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

My Pears in Etsy Treasury!

'It's A Spa Day For Sure! ' by agatward

Solid Botanical Perfume... TheAlchemistsH... $25.00	Whipped Mango Butter, J... sweetcreekherb... $11.95	Black Cherry Bomb Shea ... CrazyKBathandB... $6.00	The BEST Quality Turkis... bathstyle $29.50
The Pretty Chick Collec... ConcreteMinera... $14.99	All Natural Clay Facial... opheliasapothe... $25.00	Jasmine, Lilac and Free... MilkAndHoneyNa... $5.00	All Natural Tea Tree an... GudSoapCompany $7.00
Scaly Skin Shampoo Bar ... serenitysoapwo... $5.50	Cereal Killer Lavish B... dennisanderson $5.50	Fantasy-All Natural Eye... CMarieMinerals $5.50	Acai Mango Light Face L... beijaflores $12.00
Summer Cicada - Solid P... soapopotamus $5.00	Sassafras Sugar Polish ... treeandsap $15.00	Andromeda Mineral Lipst... BLSoaps $9.95	Natural Goat Milk glyce... ShiehDesignStu... $7.75

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Scrub Recipe Trial Continued - New Recipe!

If you have not read my long post about 3 very different recipes I got from various websites, please go back to this link first: Previous Sugar Scrub Post

This is a continuation of my sugar scrub recipe testing because I recently found another good one and got to try it out!
#4 with cetyl alcohol

10% emulsifying wax
5% cetyl alcohol
5% stearic acid
20% butter
56% liquid oil

1% Vitamin E
2% fragrance or essential oil
1% Preservative

This is my cheap double boiler setting: one silicone cup in another silicone cup, fill water in between then microwave it up slowly.

 I let it cool down in the fridge to buttery, then beat it up.

 Then I used 40% of the above mixture and 60% of sea salt.

Hey, it's 4th of July!

 I'm really liking this one.  I tested it in the sink, feel very promising!  It's looking kind of runny like lotion at first, then I cooled it down some more in the fridge, it turned muddy!  I think it needs to be tweaked a little for summer as the room temperature is high enough to melt.

Everyone, have a great Independence Day weekend!