Making Girly Girl

Sometimes a teenage girl has skin issues that prohibit scent but still wants a pretty soap. This is especially for her.

Adding lye water to oils

Separating for 4 colors

Adding titanium dioxide

Blending purple

Blending green

Adding blue

Pouring base

Adding layers

Getting ready for hanger swirl

Sorry, sweet husband ducked out before the hanger swirl!

Finished!

Fresh cut Girly Girl

Domestic Disasters

Veronica Blooming

Gravity has not been our friend this last week. 

First, a plaster ceiling let go of its lath and then a big wind took down limbs from our locust tree. 

In spite of cleaning up and repairing, I squeezed in one soapmaking session. Here’s the yet unnamed, unscented soap.