tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28763613083978001362024-02-20T23:54:33.498-08:00Sego Lily ReflectionsKatrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-17554188203091699572015-04-25T19:55:00.003-07:002015-04-25T19:55:37.314-07:00Amazing Certification Soap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My husband and I spent this last week in Indianapolis Indiana for the Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetic Guild's annual conference. Indianapolis is a beautiful city. It was a fun place to visit.<br />
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While we were there, we got Certified as Cold Process and Hot Process Soapmakers. The certification is from <a href="http://soapguild.org/" target="_blank">The Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetic Guild</a>, which we are a member of. I don't think most people know what a big deal that it is to be certified as a soapmaker. But to a soapmaker, it is a Big Deal! <br />
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The certification program is very thorough, and requires soapmakers to have a complete knowledge of soapmaking in order to pass the testing. Being certified also benefits our customers too. Our customers can be assured that we use the highest standards of quality and safety in our handmade soap. Our customers can be sure our soaps are exceptionally gentle, and of the highest quality. Being certified shows that we are committed to continuing our education and staying well informed about the handcrafted soap industry.<br />
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Brent and I are BOTH certified. We both got Basic Certified in Cold Process and Hot Process Soapmaking. And then I went on to get Advanced Certified. <br />
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Part of what I needed to do for my Advanced Certification was to show I could design a good recipe. And then show that I can re-size the recipe or make changes to the recipe. Then re-figure the amount of lye and water needed for that recipe, all without using a computer! This is not as easy as doubling a recipe in baking. With soapmaking, it is quite complex. Each oil requires a different amount of lye to turn the oil into soap. And if you have too little lye, the soap will not lather, and will go rancid. If you have too much lye, your soap will be harsh and possibly not safe. <br />
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Most modern day soapmakers use computers to figure exactly how much lye to use for their recipe. I have always been in awe of the genius mathematics lovers that hand figure their soap recipe. So I was excited to give it a go with this testing. The soap I had to make needed to be a good bar without any scent or color. It was tested on things like scent, appearance, hardness, residual alkalinity and lather.<br />
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Our Amazing Certification Soap is all natural, and so beautiful in it's simplicity. I love a pure white, uncomplicated soap made with good, healthful ingredients. The lather is very creamy and fluffy. One of my favorite things about the bar is the texture of the bar itself, hard and smooth. The soap rinses cleanly, and leaves your skin in good condition. These are going online tonight. So if you want to try one of our Amazing Certification Soaps, head on over to our website at <a href="http://segolilysoap.com/" target="_blank">Sego Lily Soap</a>.<br />
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<br />Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-67688830267476145562015-02-22T21:13:00.000-08:002015-02-22T21:13:16.311-08:00Making Wild Watermelon Swirl Soap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Once again I participated in a soapmaking challenge with other soapmakers from around the world. This technique is called the DNA or Helix swirl. I want to start by saying, that this challenge looked so simple! But it was actually harder than I thought it would be. For this one I wanted to use a slab mold instead of our regular log molds, since this swirl is on the surface of the soap, rather than in the middle. I don't really own a slab mold. But I did have a box! And a box makes a nice slab mold. <br />
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It has been so spring-like here in Utah, I decided to do some pretty spring colors in shades of pink. For the swirls I used Grape (Blue #1) Auraura Pink Dayglow (Polyester 3, Red 28 and 2) Purple Raspberry (Red 33), Brick Red Oxide and Titanium Dioxide white. All the colorants were from Magestic Mountain Sage. <br />
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First I did a base in a pretty pink. It was scented with Sour Watermelon Candy fragrance oil. It is a fun fragrance that smells more like Watermelon Starbursts than actual watermelon. </div>
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Then for the fun part! I used squirt bottles to squirt lines of soap all across the base soap. The lines looked pretty cool just as they were.<br />
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But then when you run a chopstick through the lines, that is when it really starts looking fun. <br />
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After you make the chevron shapes by running the chopstick back and forth, you finish the design by making "S" shapes down. Alternating directions of the s shapes. This was the hard part for me. It was hard to get the s shapes just right.<br />
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Luckily, even when the soap does not turn out just like you had it in your mind, they usually turn out pretty anyway. I do love how these turned out. And it was a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon. <br />
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<br />Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-39776005117422690192015-01-30T06:00:00.000-08:002015-01-30T06:00:15.568-08:00The Elusive Butterfly This month I took part once again in a soapmaking challenge hosted by Amy of <a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/index.php/category/making-soap/soap-challenge/" target="_blank">Great Cakes Soapworks</a>. This month's challenge was the Butterfly Swirl. I was excited to learn this advanced swirl technique. I love to use color and design in our soaps, and this technique make such pretty soaps. Go to the link above and see the winning soaps. They are stunning!<br />
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I made two batches, trying to find a butterfly. But I never did. I don't consider these soaps as failures though. They are beautiful! And I will keep trying. <br />
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I made 4 logs of soap this day. And then I had to rush off to work. So my sweet husband did all the dishes for me! <br />
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<br />Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-88177242379056372442014-11-16T14:10:00.000-08:002014-11-16T14:11:53.660-08:00First Annual Christmas Drive <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEfMUGuzNF0m93Ae2x_kS8_GU5oxX4gljOBjl4qVxLbLUhr34JLdQ53xRkPZlfAq0sT9yWAE7gqaXM7wHfxjSsqo9uajNuadGy67xBm63t2V4BCXkQlC8umE1Pt3zPaDan9Q-pWsXazY/s1600/Sego+Lilly+Logo+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEfMUGuzNF0m93Ae2x_kS8_GU5oxX4gljOBjl4qVxLbLUhr34JLdQ53xRkPZlfAq0sT9yWAE7gqaXM7wHfxjSsqo9uajNuadGy67xBm63t2V4BCXkQlC8umE1Pt3zPaDan9Q-pWsXazY/s1600/Sego+Lilly+Logo+4.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a><br />
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Sego Lily Soap is sponsoring a family who needs some help
this Christmas season. We are donating
the proceeds of two of our bestselling Christmas soaps, Winter Dreams and
Peppermint Sticks. The money we make selling
these soaps will go to help this family in this time of need. We are keeping the cost of ingredients only
from each bar, and donating the time it takes to make them, and all the
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This family is a mother with two children. This family has run into hard times with their
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their place of rent, and the kids may go without Christmas. The mother has MS, and is not able to work due
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I personally know this family. We are keeping their identity anonymous so
not to embarrass them. This is a good
mom, who works and sacrifices as much as she can for her family. Her kids are good, well behaved kids that do
well in school. Her son is 10 years old, and he loves
sports. Her daughter is 7 years old and
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These soaps are handmade Cold Process soaps. That means they are very gentle for even
sensitive skin. These soaps are high quality and luxurious. The lather is thick, rich and creamy. The Peppermint Sticks soap is smells like candy canes, and is scented with pure essential oils. The Winter Dreams soap is a cozy winter fragrance, full of Christmas memories. They would be great
for pampering yourself, or as thoughtful gift for friends or family. The soaps are listed on our website. They are well marked so you will be sure to
tell them from our regular line of soap. Please go to our website, <a href="http://segolilysoap.com/" target="_blank">Sego Lily Soap</a> to order either Peppermint Sticks soap, or Winter Dreams. </div>
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For my Black Raspberry Vanilla, I wanted to layer three colors, and then hanger swirl them together. This picture is an example of what a bar looks like when you hanger swirl layers together: <br />
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So I made a large 15 pound batch in three log molds. I painstakingly layered each mold with three layers of color in a white base. Then after making a stunning mantra swirled top, that I was so proud of, I realized I had forgotten to actually use the hanger in for hanger swirl. So instead of something like the soap above, I got this: <br />
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It's still pretty, but not quite what I had in mind. Can you imagine how pretty they would be with a hanger swirl? Next time.... <br />
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At least the tops turned out really pretty. I love the texture and how the colors flows together. It makes me want to touch them. <br />
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For this next bar, I had in mind a two tone bar, with a pencil line, and smooth even halves. I used a fragrance that in the past has been pretty easy to work with. It was a Myrtle fragrance oil. (Lovely fragrance, horrible name.) I mixed the oils just to emulsification, fragranced the batch, then split the batch and colored both halves. I poured the bottom layer in three of my 5 pound log molds. I carefully put a layer of cocoa powder for the pencil line, and cleaned up all the sides of the soap so the top layer would be clean. By the time I got to the top layer, it has almost solidified in the pot! It was thicker than Vaseline. My husband heard my cry of distress and ran into the kitchen to help. We scooped out the soap, which was hard on my poor arms, and glopped it onto the tops of the soap already in the molds. Then with gloved hands we pushed the thick soap down into the mold, trying to get rid of air bubbles and make it lay flat. The soap was HOT and was the heat of it was burning my hands through the gloves. We had to push the soap down so hard, I was wondering what it was doing to the pretty bottom layer I had already poured. </div>
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The next morning we cut the soap, and this is what we got. I think I love how it turned out better than how I had pictured it in my mind. I like how the top layers look like waves on water. And the lines and waves in the top layer caused by the glopping of the thick overheated soap look like churning foamy water. It's hard to see from the picture, but it is very pretty. <br />
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This final mistake is one of my favorite bars to
make. It is a Honeycomb Goat Milk
soap. I make a honeycomb design by
lining the bottom of my log molds with bubble wrap, and then pour soap over
it. So when the bubble wrap is removed,
that then becomes the top of the soap, and there is a nice honeycomb design where
the bubble wrap was. The design goes
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Honey fragrances are notorious for overheating. And since my Honeycomb soaps are also goat
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mold! This picture of the soap in the mold is my Honeycomb batch that overheated. Notice the ugly bumpy part coming up above the mold. I had actually poured it smooth, and below the edge of the mold. So when I cut this batch, the bottom (shown as the top in this picture) is not flat. It kind of looked like a bumpy brown butt on the bottom of the bar, with the pretty honeycomb design on the top. Plus this batch was scented WAY too strong in my opinion, although my husband liked it strong. </div>
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I grated the ugly batch, and then made the beautiful batch below with it. I didn't add much scent at all, and just let the grated soap from the ugly batch provide most of the fragrance. So now this batch is scented perfectly, with a soft Honey scent. And the bar is really pretty with the layers! I love the fix better than I like how the original bar looks! I am considering making my bars this way all the time, just because I think it is one of the prettiest bars I have ever made. But it is so labor intensive, that I probably won't to do it again on purpose. </div>
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The last two bars were also mistakes, or fixes that I think turned our really pretty. I had Planned a totally different swirl for my Viva La Juicy soap. But the soap seized really quickly. So I just had to slam and glop it into the molds. It got so hot, it looked all rough. But rough soaps look so pretty when cut with a crinkle cutter! Crinkle cutters often make ugly soap pretty. </div>
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Whenever I mess up a batch, I usually complain, and get upset about it at first. My husband reminds me that they always turn out beautiful and to just wait till we cut it to judge it. The cool thing about making soap is, it is very hard to make an ugly soap. Even the messed up ones are really pretty. </div>
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Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-88689544122874315682014-05-16T05:21:00.000-07:002014-05-16T05:23:45.179-07:00Frosted Peppermint Glycerin Swirl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I liked how the swirls in this soap turned out. The tops are frosted with pearly swirls and divots. I like how the drop swirl in the base of the bar turned out too. The flowing swirls of blue and white combine with the shimmering glycerin swirls to make a very pretty bar. I'm calling this soap Frosted Peppermint.<br />
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If you would like to try this bar, they are ready for purchase at <a href="http://segolilysoap.com/Soaps.html" target="_blank">Sego Lily Soap</a>.</div>
Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-45838807550807991882014-04-19T10:45:00.000-07:002014-04-19T11:33:55.784-07:00Lilacs in Bloom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently joined a bunch of other soapmakers from around the world to learn something new. I joined a Flower Power soapmaking challenge hosted by Amy Warden of <a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/" target="_blank">Great Cakes Soapworks</a>. This challenge was to make a new type of floral soap with Cold Process soap. I love floral soaps! So I thought that would be fun. We could do anything we wanted to do. But were encouraged to try something new. I have always wanted to learn to pipe raw soap with cake decorating tips. But to me it was a bit scary to pipe raw soap. But I will never learn it if I don't just jump in and try. I am not ready to do roses yet. But maybe lilacs... <br />
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I'm afraid the whole process was just a bit overwhelming to me. So I didn't get any pictures during the process. I will try it again sometime soon and get pictures. But for now you will have to be satisfied with my description and with finished pictures. <br />
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I used my normal soap recipe. It is a good recipe and usually moves slow enough, as long as I don't add a fast moving fragrance oil. Floral fragrance oils are notorious for moving fast and seizing. So I decided to make a solid colored slab and to fragrance it with a nice Lilac fragrance oil. I soaped cool, with only a slight water discount, and I poured at thin trace. It only barely starting ricing, and stayed pretty smooth. I used Lilacs in Bloom from WSP. It smells soooo good!! I love lilacs! And it is pretty realistic fragrance oil, at least out of the bottle it is. We will see if it holds in soap. So far, now three days old, the soap still smells amazing!<br />
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I left the soap unscented for the blossoms and leaves. I didn't want to risk it seizing on me. The base slab has enough fragrance to make the blossoms smell really nice. For the blossoms, I used a large condiment bottle, and just did a bunch of dots in two different colors of purple. I was hoping the two colors would add a bit more dimension to the flowers. For the leaves I used a leaf tip in the corner of a large Ziploc bag. Making leaves was actually pretty fun! I got better as I went along. So some of my leaves were better than others. But all together I think they look nice. <br />
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I am very happy with how these turned out. They do need to cure for at least a month, and these will be for sale then. But if you would like me to reserve one for you, message me, or email me. <br />
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Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-32374466689979111982014-03-28T19:42:00.000-07:002014-03-28T19:48:07.592-07:00 What's the Big Deal About Handmade Soap? <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soap is soap isn’t it? Not so! Many years ago, I thought I couldn't use soap
or body washes. They made my skin tight,
dry and itchy. It aggravated my
psoriasis, and I’d often have little bumps on my skin. Then one day I learned that what I thought was
“soap” was not really soap at all! The
bars at the grocery store that I used to buy are actually full of synthetic detergents,
not soap. I had never really even tried
a true soap. A real soap is very gentle
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next time you are in the soap isle of the grocery store, look at the labels. Most of the soaps on the shelf don't say soap on their labels. They call themselves Beauty Bars, moisturising bars, or body bars. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These bars are not actually soap and can't legally claim to be soap. They are detergents. No wonder they aggravated my sensitive skin! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of the soaps in the grocery store are actually soaps, and can list Soap on their label. But there is still a big difference between those soaps and a true handmade soap. One major brand of soap advertises that it is very pure. This brand is soap. But with a handmade soap, the oils, lye, and water are combined to make soap. Natural glycerin is also created in the process. It is a natural by-product of the saponification process. Glycerin is very beneficial for your skin. But instead of leaving it in the soap for your skin's benefit, the commercial soap companies strip it off and sell it to be used in other cosmetic or pharmaceutical products. A handmade soap retains all the skin loving glycerin from the soapmaking process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commercially made soaps and body washes are usually made
with synthetic detergents, fillers, chemicals, petroleum, and irritants like
SLS or SLES (sulfates). That’s not to say that detergents don’t have their
place. They do. I like them for doing dishes, and I use them
for laundry too. Detergents are good for cutting grease. But but not so good on your skin. Have you ever used soap and gotten that
tight, dry, itchy feeling? Chances are
that was because it was actually a detergent and not a true soap. Read the labels. If they call themselves a Beauty Bar, or a
Bath Bar, then it is a detergent. If
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate (Synthetic detergent), Stearic
Acid (fatty acid), Sodium Tallowate (soap) , Water, Sodium
Isethionate(Synthetic detergent) , Coconut Acid, Sodium Stearate (Synthetic
detergent), Cocamidopropyl Betaine (Synthetic detergent), Sodium Cocoate
(Soap) or Sodium Palm Kernelate (soap),
Sodium Chloride (table salt), Titanium Dioxide (natural whitener), Sweet Almond
Oil, Rosewood Oil (essential oil), Tetrasodium EDTA (water softener), Trisodium
Etidronate(preservative), BHT (preservative), Cedarwood Oil (essential oil),
Rose Oil (essential oil), Disodium Cocamido-MEA-Sulfosuccinate (synthetic
detergent), Cetyl Alcohol (alcohol derived from fats), Tocopheryl Acetate
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I thought it would be fun to try a different swirl technique. Normally the molds I use are nice log molds. And I think I make some very pretty soaps with them. But I wanted to try a very colorful "Column Swirl" technique. And I couldn't do them in my regular log molds. <br />
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For a Column Swirl you need a slab mold. I don't own a slab mold yet. So I found a sturdy box and lined it with plastic. I put a small jar in the center of the box<br />
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I alternated pouring the colors straight onto the center of the jar. The colors stayed in rings! And as the next color was poured, the colors were pushed out in nice clean circles. It was somehow very satisfying to pour colors on the jar, have the raw soap go smoothly down the side of the jar, and make nice neat even(ish) circles.<br />
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I tried to keep a pattern to how I poured the colors. But I often messed up and poured the wrong color at the wrong time. I don't think it hurt the design at all. I kept pouring till I had the box as deep as I wanted the soaps to be. Luckily I had figured the size of the batch just perfectly for this box, and had just enough soap to have a perfectly sized large bars. <br />
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Now for the fun part! I took a chopstick and ran it through the soap in lines from the center, and then from the outside going to the center. It was really cool to see the soap turn into such a pretty star-burst design as I did this. <br />
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The final product was beautiful. I love how the star-burst design goes all the way through the soap. The fragrance is a blend of White Tea fragrance oil, with essential oils of Bergamont, Lavender Mandarin, Thyme, Orange and Ylang Ylang. It's like a watching a sunrise from your garden . These are available right now at <a href="http://segolilysoap.com/" target="_blank">Sego Lily Soap.</a> These bars are big and beautiful! Even bigger than my normal bars, which are already big to begin with. I think I love these soaps!</div>
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Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-4495222577923223622013-01-07T13:32:00.002-08:002013-01-07T13:38:30.282-08:00Sea Salt Soaps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sea Salt soaps are different than regular soaps. They include a healthy
portion of sea salts right in with the soap. It's almost 50% salt and 50% soap. It's kind of like showering
with bath salts! Sea salts are healthy for your skin. It is said they add moisture,
draw away toxins and exfoliate your skin. You will be smooth and refreshed
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regular soaps. Since salts inhibit lather, these bars are formulated with
a high percentage of coconut oil. Coconut oil is a staple of almost all handmade soaps. Coconut oil is the oil that adds the fluffy lather to soaps. Coconut oil soap will even lather even in
sea water. Since coconut oil cleans so well, that it can be a little drying
if used at a high rate. To counteract the possible drying, these soaps
also have a very high percentage of Shea Butter, much higher than any other bar I
make. Also, these bars are superfatted at a higher rate. This
means that there is more free coconut oil and shea butter that has not been turned
into soap. These free oils act as moisturizers to your skin. <br />
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bar is a very hard bar. It will last longer than other soaps. The
bumpy texture our salt bars have is from the medium crystals we use. The
bars will seem a bit crumbly with the first use, but will smooth out. The
bar is not scratchy to use. Salt bars get smooth with use. I love to use my salt bars with a nylon mesh pouf to get maximum bubbles. The bubbles are creamy and luxurious. But my husband prefers to use his straight off the bar with no pouf. Either way it does lather and will smooth and refresh your skin. I recommend using a salt bar about once a week to refresh and exfoliate your skin. But even with my super sensitive skin, I can use them a few times a week. I love salt bars! <br />
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<br />Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-82989521057481066092012-12-27T11:54:00.003-08:002012-12-27T11:59:19.942-08:00New Use for Log MoldsYes, this is not soap related, but it does use my awesome soap molds! These are the beautiful log molds my husband made for me this summer. They are very handy, and get lots of use, since I make soap with them once or twice a week. My stepson Drew found a new use for them that I would have never thought of.<br />
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This year my husband's family decided to draw names and do handmade gifts for each other. Drew is a wiz in the kitchen. He can cook and he can bake. So he decided to make his big brother a giant Kit Kat candy bar for Christmas. He melted chocolate in a double boiler, and used my cleaned soap mold as the mold. First he lined it with lots of freezer paper. <br />
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Notice the Kit Kat logo. It was printed off and then traced onto one of my plastic cutting sheet. He cut it out, and had the plastic logo shape on the bottom of the mold in the center. It was so the giant bar would have the logo embossed in the top, just like a real candy bar. It was a pretty cool touch. And looked pretty impressive when the bar was unmolded.</div>
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This is the finished product on Christmas day. Drew had the two bars, side by side in a very realistic looking red paper wrapper. I wish my picture did it justice. But I was using a cell phone, since my camera got lost just before Christmas. (Terrible timing.) But it looked amazing! </div>
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We were lucky enough to get half of the chocolate bars. So now we have enough chocolate and cookie wafer to choke a horse. So if anyone wants some, drop on by. We've got enough for the whole neighborhood!</div>
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Have you ever seen so many beautiful pink soaps? This was a special order for a Relief Society church group. They are Peppermint Sticks soaps for Christmas! It was very fun to make so many pretty little soaps. In all it was about 3 of the largest batches I have ever made. We graduated from making soap in a big pot, to making soap in a huge bucket. The whole kitchen smelled like sweet peppermint. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They make great building blocks for teens to make fortresses with. </td></tr>
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I loved how they turned out with the customized labels. And I liked how the swirls came out on these also. The recipe we used is a favorite that turns out a smooth bar that produces lots of fluffy bubbles. And of course they are super gentle for all skin types. We made these at a very special price. So if you know of a church group, or other non-profit group that could use some nice soaps as Christmas or Mother's Day gifts, give us a call. We can make a few batches customized just for you! <br />
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Take a look at my newest adventure. This is a very special soap for Christmas. It is Frankincense Swirl soap. This is not my normal soap. Usually I do what is called Cold Process soapmaking. With cold process Soapmaking, you melt oils, add lye water, and stir it till it starts a chemical reaction called Saponification. Then the soap has to cure for about a month or more before you can use it. For this Frankincense soap, I wanted to try incorporating Melt and Pour soap in my normal Cold Process soap batch. I was actually thinking of a special way to make this soap and was wondering if melt and pour would work in cold process soap. I liked the idea of the melt and pour looking like actual Frankincense resin. Then I saw this <a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/index.php/magma-soap-sponsored-by-brambleberry/" target="_blank">blog post</a> from Amy from Great Cakes Soapworks and thought I'd give it a try. </div>
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Melt and Pour soaps are completely different from regular cold process soaps. They are usually the very pretty soaps that are see through or translucent. You can buy it unscented and uncolored in a large chunk, chop it up, melt it in a microwave, add some color and fragrance, then put it in a mold to harden. As soon as it is solid again, you can use it. My grandkids love to make Melt and Pour soaps. It is a fun and safe for kids to do with adult supervision. And they love the creative aspect of choosing their own colors and scents. They often put so many sparkles and glitter in their soap, that it is scratchy to use. But they are always very proud of their melt and pour creations. </div>
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I like Melt and Pour. I like it because it is pretty and fun to do with my grandkids. But my skin prefers the benefits of a good old fashioned cold process soap. So that is why I normally only make traditional cold process soap. I think it is healthiest soap available. For this soap though, I wanted to try using melt and pour soap as a decorative element in my normal cold process soap.<br />
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I added a touch of warm red mica to the entire scented batch, then seperated out a little bit of raw soap and added more. I wanted some darker swirls of this lovely color. <br />
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This may be a good time to mention, that if you ever decide to try melt and pour soap, It is a good idea to <i>not </i>buy it at the craft store. The craft store melt and pour soaps are full of detergents and not very good for your skin. Get your melt and pour soaps from a reputable soap making supply company. Look online and you will find some good options. I like Majestic Mountain Sage in Nibley, Pine Meadows in Provo, or Bramble Berry in Washington state.<br />
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The melt and pour soap is in the container on the right. It melts at a higher temperature than the cold process soap is made at. I was wondering how the temperature differences would affect the melt and pour soap. I was worried the cooler temperature of the cold process soap would harden the melt and pour soap before I had time to make it all pretty in the mold.<br />
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Notice, I do not have a nice picture of the finished soap in the log mold. My very hot and handy photographer (my husband) had to stop taking pictures for a bit and help me with a soaping emergency. This Frankincense soap was only half of the soap batch I was making. The other half was a super yummy smelling Allspice soap I was trying to make. I forgot the Allspice fragrance oil is a fast mover and started seizing up in the pot!! We had to frantically glop it and beat it into a mold before it was too hard to do anything with. By the time we got it in, we forgot about taking a picture of the lovely swirling I had done on top of the Frankincense soap. So I will just show you another picture of the finished product. <br />
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This was a fun experiment. I think I will occasionally use Melt and Pour soap as a decorative element in my Cold Process soap from time to time. <br />
<br />Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-3201578282966642452012-11-14T06:57:00.001-08:002012-11-14T07:06:38.765-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This last weekend we had a booth at the Cat Fancier's Association's Fall Show. It was our first booth. I learned a lot about running a booth promoting my product. It was totally worth the lack of sleeping in for the weekend. And I even learned about cats. Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-83084763556319978202012-10-29T22:13:00.002-07:002012-10-29T22:13:59.358-07:00Soap and Washcloth in One!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Look at what my soapmaking Friend Cheryl sent me! These are felted soaps. They are like a soap and a washcloth in one. I have just discovered these recently. And now I must learn to make them. They are lovely soaps, surrounded with something called roving wool. As you lather the soaps, the wool tightens around the soap. It shrinks down as the soap get's smaller. </div>
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I had a very hard time getting myself to use one. But since that is actually a pet peeve of mine (When people won't use my soap, because it is too pretty.) So I got brave and am using it. It is lovely. The wool is soft, and feels like a washcloth. And the lather is creamy and smooth. </div>
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I hear the soap will last longer wrapped in wool. And I am told that the wool is naturally anti-microbial, or something else like that. I need to do more research. But I can say I love using them. They gently exfoliate and leave my skin smooth and clean. </div>
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Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-46181134863287155302012-10-18T06:01:00.001-07:002012-10-18T06:40:34.881-07:00Spooky Fun Soaps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Macabre Midnight skull soap smells very yummy. The fragrance is black current with white tea, and an enchanting floral overtone. The soap is much prettier in person, colored a deep purple with soft black swirling. These happy smiling skulls can decorate your sink, and then after Halloween, you still have a lovely soap to use for the fall. <br />
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I wanted to make something really special that I thought my grandkids would really like. And what kid doesn't like skulls and dirt. So these Disturbed Earth soaps are perfect for kids. They really do smell like rich loamy garden soil, with a touch of pine and blackberry. But mostly they just smell like dirt. <br />
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These soaps are very limited in supply, and I expect to sell out of them. So get them while you can at <a href="http://segolilysoap.com/" target="_blank">Sego Lily Soap</a>. <br />
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<br />Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-53590774027597210742012-10-10T21:03:00.002-07:002012-10-18T06:02:28.269-07:00Have You Ever Used Real Soap? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you ever used soap? You may think you have, but are you sure? If soap leaves you dry, tight or itchy, then there is a good chance that what you have been using isn't soap. Did you know that grocery store soap is not soap? </div>
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Years ago, I remember being in a little shop that specialized in handmade soap. I remember thinking, these are all very pretty, and they smell nice, but what is the big deal? I thought, “A whole store full of just soap? What a waste. I can’t use soap anyway. It makes my skin dry and itchy and bothers my psoriasis.” So I patiently waited while the lady I was with browsed the selection and made her purchase. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A few years later, I went to the doctor with my kids for psoriasis and eczema. Our normal doctor was not in, and we needed to see a different doctor. Like I always did, I asked this doctor what soap we should use. I expected him to say Dove or Carress, like they normally did. This doctor's answer made my jaw drop. He said that if I knew anyone who made “old fashioned lye soap”, then we should use that.</div>
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I couldn't believe someone would recommend that! I had heard stories about old fashioned lye soap and it sounded pretty awful. I thought that lye soap was stinky and harsh and would eat your skin. This doctor explained to me that today's handmade soaps are the most gentle soaps available. He told me the bars I had been buying were <i>not even soap at all.</i> Most were actually detergents. He explained how a true soap is very gentle and beneficial to skin, and detergents are not. </div>
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If the only soaps you have used are the regular bars and body washes available in the grocery store, then you are washing with detergents. Detergents are great for washing dishes, but not so good on your skin. Have you ever used these bars and gotten that tight, dry, itchy feeling? Try a true soap, and that dry itchy feeling will go away. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate (Synthetic detergent), Stearic Acid (fatty acid), Sodium Tallowate (soap) , Water, Sodium Isethionate(Synthetic detergent) , Coconut Acid, Sodium Stearate (Synthetic detergent), Cocamidopropyl Betaine (Synthetic detergent), Sodium Cocoate (Soap) or Sodium Palm Kernelate (soap), Sodium Chloride (table salt), Titanium Dioxide (natural whitener), Sweet Almond Oil, Rosewood Oil (essential oil), Tetrasodium EDTA (water softener), Trisodium Etidronate(preservative), BHT (preservative), Cedarwood Oil (essential oil), Rose Oil (essential oil), Disodium Cocamido-MEA-Sulfosuccinate (synthetic detergent), Cetyl Alcohol (alcohol derived from fats), Tocopheryl Acetate (vitamin E).<o:p></o:p></blockquote>
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I have had multiple friends come to me and tell me my soaps are so pretty, they wished they could use them. They said their skin was so sensitive or dry that they can't use soap. I explained the difference between the detergents they were familiar with, and a true soap like mine, they would reluctantly give it a try. Every time they have come back to me and told me how wonderful real soap felt on their skin, and how it even helped with whatever skin ailments they had. </div>
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Katrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766303342677215585noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2876361308397800136.post-22584613117665570122012-09-26T15:13:00.000-07:002012-09-26T15:23:42.260-07:00All Is Well. <br />
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properties of oils and what each oil adds to a bar of soap. To me, that is insanely interesting! I'd like to talk about what oils are good for your skin in balms and lotions. And maybe even how to make some simple ones at home. I’d like to share some of the
behind the scenes fun I have with the wonderful art of soapmaking. I could even teach a little about how it is
done, for those of you that want to learn to make soap for yourself. I think making soap is one of the best
hobbies anyone can have. And I like to share
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Today, I’d like to tell you why I chose the Sego Lily to represent
my soap business. First of all, they are
one of the most lovely little flowers I have ever run across in the
wild. The first time I saw a Sego Lily
in nature, I was surprised at the delicate beauty the flower possessed, and how
it seemed to thrive in the harsh, dry land.
I loved how it added elegance to our Utah desert landscape. To me the Sego lily symbolizes life, strength,
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The Sego Lily is a sacred plant in Native American legend. Sego is a Shoshonean word thought to mean "edible bulb."The bulb of the plant is between the size of a marble to a
walnut. It is said to taste like a sweet
potato. The Sego Lily helped the early
Utah pioneers ward of starvation in the difficult period from 1848 to 1849. The bulb can be eaten fresh or dried. They can be prepared in various ways: steamed,
roasted or baked. They could be dried
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Many, many suns ago, the Indians
lived in great numbers in these valleys of the mountains. They grew corn and
berries in rich abundance. As they increased in yield, the Indians became
jealous of one another and tried to see who could gather the most food for
winter living, when the snows were deep and cold. Then they warred. The game
stick was replaced by the tomahawk. Many Indians were killed. The Great Spirit
was displeased. He dried up the corn and berries. The children were left
without food. The sky became dark with great clouds for many moons; the earth
refused to yield; the sands blew over all the land. The Indians sorrowed and
prayed to the Great Spirit. One day the sun shone bright up on the hills, and
the people saw a little plant growing everywhere, even in the canyons and far
above to the very peaks. The Great Spirit had heard the prayers of the people.
When the Indians tasted the root, they knew the Great Spirit had saved them
from death. Ever after, they refused to fight where the Sego Lily grew. They
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Although I think it would be fun to try to eat a Sego Lily
Bulb, I am pretty sure I will never actually do it. The Utah State Legislature designated the
Sego Lily as Utah’s state flower. So it
is now against the law to pick, which is a good thing in my opinion. They are so beautiful and wild. I think these little life giving flowers are best
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I couldn't resist the title of this post. :) All this talk and thought about Sego Lilies kind of put me in a Pioneer mood. And for me, All is very well. </div>
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