Hello Soapers! I made my last 3 batches evolving around the colours white, blue and yellow. My first inspirations I thought of were Portuguese Tiles (post from last week). This time I made another batch with the same colours, but my inspiration was of a nightsky: The colours I wanted where similar to the colours in the image above. Here are some images of the … Continue reading Cold Process Soap – Yellow and Blue Night Sky
Hello Soapers! Well, I just got back from vacation last week and I finished up some things that I had to do (laser projects) and as soon as possible I made a soap! Only yesterday was I able to make a soap… Actually, 3 different soaps from ideas that I had. All 3 soaps are inspired from Portuguese Tiles: The colours I wanted to use … Continue reading Soap inspired from Portuguese Tiles
Hello Soapers out there! It is well known in Portugal where I live, the beneficial treatments of Argila Verde (Green Clay). There are several beaches where you can go to and cover yourself with “mud” that is great for your skin and your body. Green Clay has been used by man from early times, being known for its therapeutical properties. Green clay has great absorbing … Continue reading Soap Clay Lines – Cold Process
Hello you lyers! I made a cold process soap last week that I split in 2 different batches: Adding honey, honey fragrance and yellow colour; Adding peach fragrance and orange colour to the other. I first poured my honey batch and everything was OK. When I was ready to pour my peach batch I noticed that it was beginning to clump up (ricing). I tried … Continue reading Rebatch Cold Process- 1st time
Hello Soaper friends! Even though it is raining today, I am going to share with everyone who is interested my Summer Soap 🙂 I made 3 different soaps that I am planning on selling together as a kit: Pink Strawberry; Green Apple; Flower Soap (pink, green, white and yellow). Recipe: Olive oil  30% Palm oil   30% Coconut oil 20% Almond oil  9% Shea … Continue reading Summer Soap – Cold Process
Hello soapers! I made a soap (cold process) last week with local honey and beeswax. It was the first time I made soap with so much honey (3 teaspoons of honey in 1.5kg of oils – see what the honey did to my soap in the pictures below!). Honey and Beeswax Soap Cold process soap with honey and beeswax Recipe: – Olive oil 35% … Continue reading Honey and Beeswax Soap
Hello! I made my Spring Soap in March and it turned out beautiful! I wonder now if I will ever be able to make another soap the same?? 🙂 I tried this weekend another soap with different colours (purple, yellow and orange) but it didn’t turn out the same. It is nice but very different and I was trying to get the same type of … Continue reading Spring Soap – Cold Process
I am trying some new DIY projects. I tried making bath bombs last weekend, my 3rd try. It was a little bit more difficult than expected. My bath bombs either crumbled when unmolding or during drying time. I tried a few different approaches. On my 2nd batch I added more water – they didn’t crumble when dried but there was some fizz reaction during the … Continue reading Bath Melts
Hello! I have had some soapers/lyers ask to see a video of my acrylic soap mold, pouring and unmolding, so I decided to make a video. Unfortunately, I had a problem with the video… I deleted the pouring in the mold videos by mistake, so I will have to make another complete video one of these days 🙂 (I will have to make more soap … Continue reading Unmolding Soap, Acrylic Mold
I have participated in a new project with a friend/family member, Kristine. Kristine is a fashion designer in haute couture. She makes beautiful dresses and is extremely talented. Her desire is to make all women feel beautiful and pretty like dolls. Her style is more directioned to gothic, Rococo, but she can make anything according to your style, always with an elegant and sophisticated touch. … Continue reading New Laser Project – Kristine Haute Couture
