soap's on you

lingering scent of nag champa and ancient sedona in the kitchen right now..my usual afternoon consisted of mixing and inhaling delicious fragrant oils and watching micas pearl in melted soap and shea bases. if you ever have a chance to melt down jewelry i think it would look like this. i wish i could figure out a way to dye veils with mica. the results would be eye splitting. the bases suspend the mica and it's similar to marbling paints on fabric..a touch of a spoon creates a new pattern. i should really document each stage. but my hands are covered in soap

clean up is always a delight, you just rinse your hands under running water. i've always liked working with liquids and waters, light and color. soap making is not a lucrative career decision but it soothes the inner beast to be able to work with the oils and micas. mmmm mica.

here's some of the latest crop of delights. fragrances used include dragons blood, ginger lime, coffee and chocolate, ancient sedona, nag champa, and juniper sage

the mahogany wafers had to be re-batched. i'm so bummed because they came out gorgeous . what i do is make the soaps, photograph them then re-batch them or keep them for our own use.

oh..i wear gloves when i make soap..just like when i dye veils (even tho the soap is very non-drying)