Having heard lots of good feedback from friends and family, I am getting ready for the holiday season. That means making up enough soap to get me through December. The problem with soapmaking is the cure time. If I run out, it will be another month before I can have more. The prospect of running out is both exciting and frightening. I would truly be blessed if I sold it all but probably stressed about making new bars.
For all my super sensitive friends and youngest daughter, I have whipped up a batch of good old olive oil soap. It is unscented and un-colored. I added a very small percentage of coconut oil for lather and hardness but the remaining is pure extra virgin olive oil. It turned out such a pretty lime green color.
Also shown is a felted bar of salt soap. I saw it in a magazine and remembered that I wanted to try it with one of my soaps. My first sample didn't go quite as planned but I think this one looks great. I may eventually put some up for sale on my website. They feel so neat. It's like soap and wash cloth all in one. The wool provides a gentle exfoliant. The trick is to make the soap strongly scented to overpower the "wet sheep" smell.
Back to my mad monkey soaping...
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