What did I make today?
Lotion. Shea butter, first press cherry oil and evening primrose are the big players in this blend. Yum! Making lotion is so much easier with a planetary mixer. How I survived without one for the soap studio is a mystery. I have a pro level KitchenAid for the kitchen, but there was zero chance I was going to put that one to work in the studio. But last year one of my friends donated an extra KitchenAid for the studio…and my goodness it’s made things so much easier when I’m doing lotions and frozen soap.
Which reminds me, must find the cake decorating tools and do some frozen soap, I see a soap “gingerbread house” in my future.
Boy has been home sick all week, which has really slowed down production on soap stuff, but has increased the amount of Halloween “crafty” things that got done, so there’s that. We’ve just finished putting up a small graveyard in the front yard, and hanging spider egg sacks that we made, and putting cobwebs on the tree by the graveyard. It’s sorta kinda like spooky…only not so much. 
We need a lot more decorations before the day arrives. And lights. The graveyard needs lights. And someone rising from the ground to grab children’s ankles. Yeah…
I love making soap
Me too!
what process do you like to use best.
I’m mostly a cold processor. Because I use such big molds, hot processing something that doesn’t work for my production runs…and to be honest, I’ve never had much luck with HP or rebatches.
They always come out looking less than smooth, and I love that my soaps usually come out as smooth as glass.
I love playing with frozen processing, although again, that’s a small batch methodology, although I’ve done some 6 pound batches that way too, but I don’t have the equipment to get much bigger than that. But, that method allows for a lot more “play” than the other methods because you can run it through a piping bag, and do all kinds of groovy decoration type stuff.
I’ve always had luck with hot process. I have enjoyed using all the different processes. Me and hot just rock best I guess.
My friend Gracefruit, here on LJ, does some amazing, amazing things with HP. Amazing.
Isn’t it about time you put those zombies of yours to work?? Don’t they get restive about this time of year, or have you already rented them out to Spoook Houses for the season?
I wish I could aid in the use and promotion of your soaps, lotions and such, dear heart, but I tend to be reactive (in the lungish sense) to scents and oils. Buggeritanyway! Have you ever shipped stuff overseas, say to New Zealand??? Maybe could use something gently flagrant for her very own use ~ eh, ??? There’s Kate and Mich and Mamanui to think of (in small manageable doses, of course) . . .
Hugs to productive and creative personages the world around!!
Hee, I had to farm the zombies out. Bits fall off, doncha know, ruins the entire batch.
I have shipped internationally. Now that the US Post Office has global flat rate shipping, it’s a godsend.