Soap tribute to a Winter Rose

Some time ago my neighbor gave me a rose from her garden… a gorgeous pink to captivating perfume. I could not believe that such a delicate flower withstand cold temperatures if. She even told me to keep my vase better left outside. So it gave me an environment to make soap ! Yeah because anything can become an excuse to make soap ^ ^.

This rose also made me think of a person who has ever crossed my path. In a contest that launched the theme of the rose I was able to learn a bit, that person so strong and fragile at the same time. A person who despite difficult circumstances like this all pink, it is beaten. Today it is a place that we simply do not know mortal. I like to think of where it is… roses are eternal. I think some will know who I mean. I dedicate this recipe to him…

HV rape 30%
HV coconut 25 %
HV olive 20 %
HV cocoa 6,5 %
HP Palme 18,5 %

Greasing to 8%
Water and soda to recalculate

The trace :
Fragrance rose 2%

Mica brillant
Mica rose
Emerald Green Mica *
Rosebuds

Difficulty : Conservation : Several months

Traditional method of soap cold
Melt the oils together. Add soda water (not the other) and cool. When both mixtures, water and soda, are room temperature, pour the soda / water in your oil and mix until the appearance of the trace. Then add the rest of your ingredients (essential oil, fragrance, oil, oxide, mica) and pour into your molds. Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves. Place in a dry place for a minimum of cure 4 weeks.

*Here my emerald green mica became actually a little verdigris… So I think it must contain a mineral oxide oxide with soda. So if you ever want a soap dyed a nice green… stay away from this one.

The fragrance slightly accelerated my track so I had to pay promptly and I could not do what I wanted marbling. The look is not very professional but it also soap… although it is expected that things not always work the way you want. Always it is that this soap smells good…. very english rose !

If you want to see the recipe that I made for the competition around the rose click here

I did not know very well Laurence, but I, during this period which for many is family, to offer a sweet thought to his family.

Soap parties in little sparkling !

The last few weeks I really carbureted in soap making. Well yes… the holidays approach and I think that handmade soap makes a wonderful gift. Especially when we did oneself. So I wanted to make very festive know.

When we speak we often think of celebrations with champagne or sparkling I thought it would be nice to give them this key, but hey put champagne in my soap is not yet in my ways !! So I continued my research on the internet and when the fragrance champagne and I we crossed… given that much to this…

HV grape seeds 32 % (well yes a must… champagne… raisin…)
HV coconut 30 %
HV olive 25 %
Palme HV bio 13 %

Water and soda to recalculate
Surgras 7%

Additions to the trace :
Mica noisette + Mica doré
Shiny silver mica food on top
Fragrance champagne

Difficulty : Conservation : Several months

Method of cold saponification :
Always the same for soaps. Melt the oils together. Add soda water (not the other) and cool. When both mixtures, soda + water and oil temperature are 40 ° C, pour the soda water mixture in your oil and mix with a hand blender until the appearance of the trace. Then add the rest of your ingredients (fragrances, oxides and mica) , pour into your molds. Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves, they cut it if necessary. Place in a dry place for a cure 4 weeks.

Here to create a worse I first put a little mica in my dough. Pay first, add mica, mixed, donate and so on. This is a slight deterioration golden… we do not really see the pictures… it's a shame. I then did the same technique of drawing on my savon Weeds… cutting with a star.

I made it there about four weeks… I will not say how much I look forward to using it ^ ^ !

En voici deux photos à la lumière du jour et l’autre fut prise au lever du jour 🙂

My fancy soap… Orange delight !

I love how visual experiences in soap. I guess it must be my side “artist” takes over in these moments :D. Still it is after seeing the technique to make nice drops in our soaps with the technique of Ka. I thought… hummm and what it might have happened if I did like this and that… And what was my surprise when the stripping and cutting my soap seen these beautiful curls !!!

Let's start with the recipe for soap…

Hv coconut 30 %
Hv soy 25 %
Olive Hv 25 %
Cocoa butter 19 %

7 % surgras
Water and soda to recalculate

The trace :
2 % He orange, clary sage and lavender
Turmeric

Difficulty : Conservation : Several months

Traditional method of soap cold
Melt the oils together. Add soda water and cool. When both mixtures, water and soda, are room temperature, pour the soda / water in your oil and mix until the appearance of the trace. Then add the rest of your ingredients (essential oil, oil and mica) and pour into your molds. Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves. Place in a dry place for a cure 4 weeks.

 

Method that I call “rebound” used for this soap visual

In fact I have done exactly as in the Ka video you can see here… but I did my very slight traces ! This means that my dough was much more fluid than his.

I took a plastic mold from a height of approximately 6 cm I lined with parchment paper. I think the mold material is important for the “rebound” if Fasse. I did this technique in a wooden mold and the effect is not the same but still very nice. I'll show you the result with another of my creation savonnesque.

I separated my dough one remained unchanged and the next I added the turmeric. I poured some of my dough and made clear vertical tracks quickly with my colored paste. With a spatula I applied the rest of my dough and made clear my marbling with the rest of my orange mixture.

Well no it's not that simple ^ ^.

My impression soap
I like turmeric in soaps… here he gave me a pretty rusty ! The foam is very soft and fine. And the smell… oufff but the smell is to die I love !! I would do this synergy that's for sure ! Here I used the’Orange essential oil from at Soapsession, it is really good in soap, which is not the case for all essential oils citrus.

A big thank you to these magnificent Ka tutorials and videos !! Well yes it is thanks to you I made this soap !! She workshops if you ever environmental learning at the hands of an expert ! You will find everything on soapsession.com

Making a castile soap… it is easy !

I think it should be the easiest soap making… and a softer and more ! It only takes a few ingredients because it contains a rate 100% olive oil. This is not a soap says “foaming”, but it is not so serious because now everyone knows… this is not the bubbles that wash ! Mr. soap does not foam but what it is gentle to the skin. This is also a perfect soap for toddlers. The recipe has been passed down for ages and just Castile in Spain… OLÉ ! Here's mine… finally… that I did what ! Here I make a castile soap to surgras 8 %.

Olive Hv 100 %

Water and soda to recalculate

The trace :
0.75 % essential oil of lavender (optional, do not put if it's for your children)

In Deco :
Of bay leaves, of oliviers leaves or other
Green clay

Difficulty : Conservation : Several months

Traditional method of soap cold :
Reheat gently in olive oil. Add soda water and allow to cool. When both mixtures, water and soda, are room temperature (35 ° C.), pour the soda / water in your oil and mix until the appearance of the trace. Then add the essential oil and pour into your molds.

For decoration I simply asked some bay leaves on top of the dough freshly fit the mold and then sprinkled with green clay.

Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves. Remove leaves gently. Place in a dry place for a cure 4 weeks.

I finally got to use my soap and it is a wonder. It is so sweet, the smell is fresh and not heady. Pure soap and I like the cream color. Anyway, if you hesitate to start in making homemade soap, this recipe is perfect to start.

Savon milk & berries

I made this soap there is now 1 month and dust. I wanted to try my new wooden mold made especially for me. I was not disappointed, it is fantastic… a big thank you to my dear uncle ! So this soap… I wanted a little more tasty and fruity smell. So I opted for two fragrances, one of milk and the other of mature & litchi. The latter is a real discovery for me… a complete delight ! I would say lower or you get. Here is the recipe of my beloved soap…

Hv coconut 30 %
Olive Hv 28 %
Hv Grape seed 22 %
Hv palme bio ** 20 %

Water and soda to recalculate
Greasing to 8 %

Additions to the trace :

White part
Brillant Mica * + hv rice bran
Fragrance milk

Violet portion
Oxide violet * + hv rice bran
Fragrance mature & litchi

Difficulty : Conservation : Several months

Method :
Always the same for soaps. Melt the oils together. Add soda water and allow to cool. When both mixtures, water and soda, are temperature of 40 ° C, pour the soda / water mixture into your oil and mix with a hand blender until the appearance of the trace. Then add the rest of your ingredients (fragrances, oxides and mica) , pour into your molds. Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves, they cut it if necessary. Place in a dry for a cure 4 weeks.

Marbling :
Here I put my purple portion at the bottom of my first mold. I installed long spoon inside the dough, sleeves up. I then cast my whiteware. I pulled one by one spoon forming a gesture “vague”. It gave me a bit strange marbling but I like it anyway. 🙂 J’ai aussi fait une étiquette… I've listed the ingredients… not in Latin but in French which I find easier to understand when the offers as a gift.

*For your dye does not ugly lumps, mix it with a little oil. This will give a soap with a more uniform color.

** I chose this oil as a test because I had never used, However this oil is highly contested because of the deforestation caused by culture. This is a very sensitive issue… I will sell my stock… On verra well.

The famous fragrance Mure Litchi
I find it in Soap Session, a small shop where you can buy everything you need to know your. Karine is a real gem… it also offers courses in soap making, where she shares his tips and some of his secrets !!

Soap tribute to Weeds…

There was a few months Kafee home Soapsession we threw a challenge “Americain soap“, make a soap under the theme of our favorite TV series. I must say that I had a hard time choosing because there are many that I like. But a special inspiration came to me with the series Weeds. If you've never watched I advise you… it's a little inspiration in British film “Saving Grace“, if you've never seen so… well go ahead it's a good slice of laughter !

Here is… then the heroine of the series traffics cannabis to feed his family following the death of her husband. Although it is not a consumer keen she is his drug iced coffees… she even downright drunk all the time. My soap is so inspired by these two things… Cannabis and iced coffee. I have a background of soap smells of coffee and patchouli, with ice melt in&for to finish with a green top layer made of hemp oil and smell of freshly cut grass. Here is the recipe…

Basic coffee
Coconut oil 30 %
Rapeseed oil 35 %
Cocoa butter 35 %

Water & soda to recalculate

Additions
Mica noisette
He patchouli
He petitgrain

Ice cubes
Melt & for goat milk
Coffee butter
Fragrance Coffee
Mica brillant

Base chanvre
Coconut oil 37 %
Hemp oil 16 %
Beurre de karité 26 %
Huile d'olive virgin 21 %

Water & soda to recalculate

Additions
Oxide green
Fragrance Green grass

Difficulty : Conservation : Several months

Traditional method of soap cold
Melt the oils together. Add soda water and cool. When both mixtures, water and soda, are room temperature, pour the soda / water in your oil and mix until the appearance of the trace. Then add the rest of your ingredients (essential oil, oil and mica) and pour into your molds. Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves. Place in a dry place for a cure 4 weeks.

My steps
I cast my first dough “Basic coffee”, add my ice already pre-made and pre-cut. The next day I made my second dough, that hemp and poured it all over.

The design of the hemp leaf
It's very simple, in a thick plastic sheet bought in a DIY store, I drew my paper and cut it to the cuter. Then I've used as a stencil to cut my soaps (48 h after resting)… with pretty green glitter. Sympa non ?

Here rendering larger !

Minute care against wrinkles

I have worries of wrinkles… I've looked everywhere and niet, nothing that satisfied me in terms of efficiency… ni mon compte de banque d’ailleurs. En mai dernier, je devais partir à l’étranger et bien sur je cherche toujours de petits flacons à emporter. Le gros tube de crème prenait trop de place, je me suis donc fait ce petit roll on et ma foi j’en suis bluffé. En plus il m’a pris exactement deux minutes à réaliser. Je l’applique surtout le soir pour un petit boost !

2 ml hv canneberges (omega 3, 6 and vitamin E)
1.5 hv ml rose musqué
1.5 hv are riz ml
1 drops of vitamin E

Difficulty : ––Conservation : 6 month —–Capacity : 5 ml

Method
Mélangez toutes vos huiles et la vitamine E. Versez dans un flacon roll coloré pour conserver à l’abri de la lumière votre mélange et puis c’est tout !

Use
Passez votre roll on sur le contour de l’œil avec délicatesse. Avec votre doigt massez doucement la région et encore une fois c’est tout.

Verdict
Franchement c’est bien la preuve qu’il est inutile dans la vie de compliquer les choses. Un très bon soin, petit prix et surtout bien efficace. Vous pouvez aussi changer les huiles et rajouter des actifs. C’est bien non ?

The –
We have to wait a bit before applying makeup with an oil, if you press the very morning, keep it carefully for the evening before bedtime.

The +
The m'a costed to do exactly 2.20 euro with the bottle which is 1.50 euro. Donc si vous garder votre flacon, your mix will cost you 0.72 euro à chaque fois. Hé ben oui… this is the real deal for this price and a good care !

On the net
Environment to learn more about vegetable oils ? Michel Pobeda fondateur et directeur de Codina, just released a book on the subject “The benefits of vegetable oils“. C’est un des livres sur ma liste de chouchou à acheter !

The Illuminator foundation… home !

This is the end of summer… la fin de la bonne mine des vacances. L’automne est là, resumption of work, le retour en cours bref le retour du teint des buildings comme dirait ma mère. C’est quoi le teint building… le teint gris comme ceux des grattes ciel de nos grandes villes. Je suis certaine que vous voyez de quoi je parle. Mais voilà parfois un peu donner un petit coup de main à la nature avec une petite touche de maquillage, the blush… yes… but also a light touch.

I love these compact four-color… turning the brush and hop ! Ce que j’aime moins c’est leur prix… I oui 20 euro c’est beaucoup pour un truc futile. Alors voici une belle façon d’en faire un soi même pour le huitième du prix ! Here is the recipe…

Base powder
4 g arrow root
3 g magnesium stearate
0.5 g of plum butter (or shea, coffee, lawyer, etc.)
1 to 2 macadamia oil drops or hazel
0.5 g Dioxyde of titane
0.2 g soft key

Here the mixture for 4 colors

Beige
0.30 g mica beige

Rose
0.10 g mica rose bonbon

Violet
0.05 g oxide purple
0.08 g mica brillant

White
0.23 g mica brillant
0.07 g mica or

Difficulty : ––Conservation : 6 month —–Capacity : 10 g

Method
Faites votre mélange au mixeur de vos ingrédient pour la base. Lorsque le tout est bien homogène, séparez celle ci en quatre. Ce qui reviendra environ a 1.75 g of base for each color. Mélangez au mixeur 1.75 g with your basic recipe for beige, book and then do the same thing with the pink, ainsi de suite. Vous devriez avoir maintenant quatre pots contenant vos quatre couleurs mélangé chacune à de la base.
Pour roughly one in these cosmetic one cup, afin de former une espèce de forme en tarte. Compressez le tout et appliquez votre godet dans son emballage cosmétique.

Aromazone sells everything you need for this here plus explanations for your compacted powders. Faut prendre le coup de main mais une fois appris ce petit kit est très pratique.

Use
Il ne vous suffit que de vous munir d’un pinceau et d’appliquer cette poudre sur l’ensemble du visage. N’ayez pas trop la main lourde sinon vous risquez de faire fantôme ^^. Vous pouvez aussi l’utilisé par touche sur le haut des pommettes.

Verdict
I love the texture on the skin, l’odeur est délicieuse avec le beurre de prune. Par contre faut pas échapper son compact car on risque de retrouver le tout décompressé. Si vous avez une peau plus foncé… slightly exaggerate the intensity of the four basic colors.

Cliquez pour voir une photo plus grande rajouté suite à une demande de Letis 😉
I had already used the palette from which to defeat the right, rajouté suite à une demande de Letis 😉

Body powder “sweet dreams”

I love body powders… surtout avant de me coucher. J’ai l’impression de m’envelopper dans un petit nuage. J’avais une poudre pour bébé d’une marque très connu “J * hson &J * hson” à la lavande. Été comme hiver je l’utilisais, but good… le pot est maintenant vide. A défaut d’en racheter d’une autre marque, je me suis dit que ce serait bien de m’en faire une moi même. D’autant plus que j’ai reçu il y a bien longtemps, in an order I made in Lady Glamourdise a beautiful little puff of a vintage style and made entirely by hand… j’adore !

Here is my basic recipe, Then we can add the scent you want, mica for shine effect, des ocher, oxides to color, an easily customizable quick recipe.

The powder :
80 % arrow root
10 % white clay (mattifying fantastic summer)
10 % cosmetic talc powder coated or silk (brings softness)

Optional additive :
Essential oil ( to 2%)
Natural fragrance
Mica
Ocher or oxide
Flowers

Difficulty : ––Conservation : 6 month Safe and dry

Method
Mélangez les ingrédients sec ensemble dans un bol. Ajoutez vos additifs et passez le tout dans un mixeur pendant quelques minutes afin de tout bien mélanger. Versez dans un pot poudrier ou un flacon poudrier stérile. Conservez bien sur votre mélange dans un endroit sec.

Here I added mica beige, few drops of lavender essential oil and vanilla extract.

I invite you to discover the shop Lady Glamourdises for la houppette et plusieurs autres objets. J’ai vraiment un coup de cœur pour cette boutique, Laetitia est une vraie perle. Elle a beaucoup de petits produits inédits et offre un service des plus agréable. Encore merci à elle pour ce joli cadeau !

 

 

Mask hides capricious

I do not know what is happening now but the arrival of autumn my skin a monster caprice. A true diva this skin !! Normally it's all mixed fatty, prone to blackheads and all that follows. I did so for masks, imitation of a popular product on the U.S. “Silver powder”. A product of M * B * rio descu. But I find it quite expensive and yet the ingredients seem pretty simple.

This mask is composed of ; Calcium Carbonate, Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide. So more specifically calcium carbonate, Titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. All of easy to find materials in our suppliers favorite.

But what are the benefits of these raw materials ?

Carbonate of calcium : Mild abrasive, gives texture to cosmetic.
Titanium dioxide : White for cosmetics, UV light, anti microbien.
The zinc oxide : antibacterial, antifungal, soothes irritation.

So you can easily reproduce this yourself powder. Knowing that the dosage varies depending on the order of ingredient, the first is still higher amount than the last. Apparently this mask is somewhat difficult to remove when applied to the entire face. It is not a miracle mask but it gives quite a boost !

I am inspired by this recipe to make my own mask…

Ingredients :
1 cc white clay (Purifying)
1 cc scale powder (healing)
1/2 cc of calcium carbonate (mild abrasive)
1/2 cc of the zinc oxide (anti-microbial and soothing)

Adding a mask applied to a button that area or black dots:
1/4 cc baking soda (drying)

Difficulty : ––Conservation : 5 month (in its powder)

Method :
That simply mix all the ingredients together and pour into a sterile container.
Keep your pot away from moisture ! When you want to use you just have to remove a small amount and add water until a smooth paste consistency but. Remember when you add an aqueous phase (water, gel, etc.) you can not keep this mask, so use it right away.

Why not replace the water with something else :

Gel d'Aloes : Lifting effect tightens pores so.
Hydrosol of lavender or tea tree : Purifying and treating acne.
Honey : Healing, soothes irritation and protects the skin hydration.
Lemon juice : Purifying and gives a glow to the skin.
Apple juice + cider vinegar : Brightness and light fruit acids.

The why of how

How to form comedones (blackheads) ?
An accumulation of sebum that forms in a channel and exposed to air it oxidizes the.

How to prevent those below ?
As always a healthy diet, Physical Activity (and yes it makes you sweat and eliminate toxins).

Other factors…
The stress, hormones are, the pollution, touching the face, comedogenic products and not well suited… in short everything is what.

How to fix it ?
Healthy lifestyle, exfoliate the skin gently and make steam baths on our face !

We can remove them ?
I think it is better to see a beautician for this stuff… any time if you do it anyway make sure to disinfect and apply an anti microbial because you might get stuck with an ugly scar and a button… which tends to be much more painful and seeing !

Useful link :
If you want to know more about skin… and why it sometimes flares of acne, buttons or other I invite you to view the video down below, made by an American dermatologist. If you have the chance please visit his website, is a mine of information and most importantly you can ask questions. Unfortunately this is all in English so… as for bilingual.

The website of Dr.. Neal Schultz : http://dermtv.com

Video : Why Touching Your Face Causes Acne Breakouts
He explains that a simple rubbing of a hat, headband, hair or hands can cause pimples

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