A Trip Down Memory Lane

Oh how far I've come! Sometimes when I get discouraged, I just look at the old photos and products I made when I first started out. I was known as scentsations by pmh back then. No wonder nobody bought them! They looked like "homemade" crap. From the product itself to the photos. Ugh, the photos! Now, I know some of you may be thinking that this is all subjective, but I can tell you now that these products SUCKED! I think my co-workers took pity on me and just bought stuff to make me feel good.

Melt and pour bars..Oh I thought I was the you-know-what..

I've gotten much more savvy in my scrub-making. Look at the oil just floating on top, lol!

Cute flowers. Awful picture. I would NOT buy this!

 

A valiant effort at embedding, but, um, NO!

Do you look back on your humble beginnings and marvel at the progress you've made?

These Cupcakes Are The BOMB-Literally!

Frangipani-made with meringue powder

So I've finally mastered the art of the bath bomb cupcake. It's not perfect, but it looks like a cupcake! I now realize that my problem with the first couple of batches was that I was using plain powdered egg whites and not meringue powder. Oh yeah, there is a difference. Powdered egg whites are just that and nothing more, whereas, meringue powder contains corn starch, cream of tartar, and silicon dioxide (an anti-caking agent) in addition to the egg whites.The plain egg whites would not solidify-easily. The texture of the frosting is visibly smoother and the swirls are not as defined-but they're still wonderful, I think. I had to use a cup and a half of confectioner's (powdered) sugar in addition to a cup of corn starch just to get it to thicken up.

Caribbean Queen-made with powdered egg whites

With these cupcake bubble bombs, I used 12-14 oz of confectioner's sugar, and it thickened up nicely-after about 10-12 minutes of whipping it with my hand mixer. The pink frosted ones are scented in Frangipani, or plumeria, while the peach-colored ones are scented in what I call Caribbean Queen-a thick, fruity concoction of raspberries, ripe, juicy peaches, sweet strawberries, cherries, mandarin oranges, grapefruit and a splash of pineapple and mango-OMG! I need to make a soap with this scent!

So I have my floral and my fruity bomb. Now I need a true bakery-scented bomb, and an essential oil blended bomb. I'm having fun...

Just A Photo...Or Two

I took this picture to get a gauge on just how colorful (or un-colorful) my soaps are. I personally have a problem with a lot of brown soap. Don't ask me why, it's just want of the many quirks I own. Anyway, I like how this one turned out. I'm amazed at my progress in soap making. While I haven't tackled the fancy swirls and intricate patterns, I love soap with texture-whether it's seeds, leaves, flowers, grains...-and I have quite a few texturous (yep, made that one up) soaps.

Now to about those intricate patterns...

Bath Bombs Round Two

Not much to say. I'll let the pics speak for themselves (I still suck at it though).