An Old Favorite

My all-time favorite scent...ever? Me think so...

 Black Raspberry Vanilla

I wish they made bubblegum in this flavor

I shall expand this scent throughout my product line

First New Soap of 2011

Again Happy New Year! Is it me, or has readership fallen off? Nobody comments anymore, and I miss that (sniffle, sniffle....)!

Anyway, here's my first soap of the year, and it looks like I was celebrating a little too much when I made it. The colors are all wrong-but it smells nice! It's Wicked-version 5 or 6. This is the one soap that I change the design of each and every time, and it seems to get wickeder each time. Fool that I am used that brick red oxide which is really nothing more than orange/brown if you ask me...I tried to offset it with a lot of purple, and this is what I came up with. The scent is Black Raspberry & Vanilla-probably one of my top 3 scents of all time. I do love the black swirls though. This is also a palm-free soap. I'm really low on palm oil, so I'm reserving what I have left for a more elaborate batch I'm planning. I used extra virgin olive oil and unrefined shea butter, so my batter was a greenish-orange tint before I colored the soap. As a result, the top is kinda orange-ish-go figure. I really wanted more bells and whistles for this one, but I was so pressed to make some soap, that I didn't design my project before starting. Well, here's to you Wicked: You prove every time that beauty's only skin deep...yeah, yeah...

Wicked Soap-Version 2.0

Old

I cannot get enough of Black Raspberry & Vanilla! Every time I make a batch, it's always how can I improve the look of this soap? I thought about adding glycerin raspberries to the top. Been there. Done that...I thought about making the soap completely black. Umm...NO! I don't have the energy to be too creative right now, so I just improvised a bit on the last batch. I made them much bigger and used a darker berry color. Now I need to buy some shelves or a wire rack or something because I have no space to store all this soap!

Version 2.0

Latest Treasury: Interpretations

Staying on that Black Raspberry Vanilla kick, I created my latest treasury in its honor. I even sneaked on of my favorite people in there. Give it some love please!

Wicked!

I can't believe this is my 3rd batch of this scent, and each time it looks drastically and intentionally different. The scent is black raspberry & vanilla, and it's one of my all-time favorites! Not only has its appearance undergone an evolution, but so has its name. I have nothing more to say. I'll let the photos speak for themselves!

Version 1: Berry Creamy

Version 2: Black Raspberry & Vanilla

Version 3: Wicked!

Black Raspberry Vanilla Soap-Part Deux!

I am so smitten with this scent that I had to make another batch, but this time with a twist. I put some glycerin raspberry soaps on top once it started to gel. I think I waited too long because I've got all this soda ash on top. I also didn't mean for my colors to "spot" all throughout, but I'm kinda feeling it. It's very different. It smells great. We'll see....

I'm back on solid foods now that my raggedy mouth is 95% healed. Let's see how long it'll take me to gain back the 5 pounds I lost since my toothache!