Soap Gift From Maine USA

Here I am back from vacation… I took advantage of this and a little left side of the site. But here I am recovering from the rest and come back with a recipe that I liked to… a recipe for soap course !

A few months ago I did a soap for a great opportunity to meet with the ADNS. You can read what it is here. I wanted to make my creation on the theme holidays… I confess that I look forward to mine ! So I started thinking and I immediately thought of a trip I made small in a beautiful region of the United States. Maine ! Beautiful landscapes seaside, small white fences damaged by the wind and sand, colorful houses, blue hydrangeas, the tall grass with the big wooden walkways leading to endless beaches. Images forever etched in my head. We were in the area of ​​Old Orchard Beach… I also remember the huge lobster that my mother's cousin had eaten. I was impressed… Odors are also engraved in my head. The smell of salt, of iode, mixed with flowers and grass… a pure delight olfactory !

So without further ado here's the recipe that I made myself inspired by this beautiful journey…

Coconut oil 25 %
Palm oil bio 25 %
Olive oil 30 %
Rapeseed oil 20 %

Water and soda to recalculate
Greasing to 7 %

The trace :
Cream
Synergy of essential oils 2,5% ( Tea tree, Lemongrass, Geranium rosa, Absolute lemon and benzoin)

Greasing to 5% for dyes

Colorants
Neon green + black coal
Titanium dioxide
Neon Blue - Titanium Dioxide

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. Add the rest of your ingredients (essential oil, 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 6 weeks.

Presentation
I cut each soap in two and tied a piece of string above. To give a spirit boat. All complemented by a label here as.

What technique of marbling ?
Here I used the technique to the hanger. I put about four hanger at the bottom of my mold, I cast my first two color and walked up slowly each hanger… to give the effect of the tall grass. Then I put the rest of my colorful pasta. Rien de bien compliqué 🙂

What I think
Already a few weeks ago that we use in the shower at home. I must say that I appreciate, it leaves the skin soft and very sweet. I love the smell, flowers and sweet… but hey this is very personal. I wonder what people think that I offered !

A meeting in the land of bubbles !

Before leaving on vacation to the south, I just tell you a very special meeting held in June… I had the great pleasure to participate. That the ADNS. But what the ADNS ? It is the Association Of New Soap. A group of professional and amateur soapmakers. A swap space, support, sharing, good humor and passion around the soap. I put you site link here for more information.

But back to this wonderful day of 23 June 2012. We were invited twenty participants in the beautiful region of Chabeuil. From all regions of France and even Tunisia !! We all took a little something to eat for lunch, dinner organized way “Spanish inn”. Then of course soaps show, humer, share, short a great time when all senses were touched. I would not explain precisely what was in the air… but say that I could describe in one word and… “happiness”. A wonderful atmosphere hovered, the reception of the two hosts Frank and Sabine (Soap Gaiia). People whose good mood is contagious. Everyone shared, smiling, laughed, like a big family which. The place is just wonderful, the countryside and horses… I love horses that I was very happy. Besides Sabine works in this medium, elle a site www.moncheval.fr where we can provide in riding equipment.

I also had the pleasure to meet other bloggers with whom I exchange years… since some 5 years now. We all had the same resentment, printing to know for ages and to meet again with friends. People with whom I keep in touch is some ! Then again of course :).

The meeting also allowed me to meet new faces. People as far as Tunisia (Taoufik) and another much closer… in the same city as me, small clin d'oeil to Missrimel. I left the evening, light heart and head full of ideas. Another huge thank you to Frank and Sabine… I look forward to seeing you all at our next meeting !

Here are some photos taken at the meeting by different participants ! Again thank you to them for allowing me to use their beautiful photos here.

The delicacies of the day ! Blocks, wines (moderation ^ ^), lemonade, dried fruit, Tunisian pastries, strawberries in chocolate and much more.


The soap Noa sublime colors, the surprise packets of Sophie, Olivier soaps, of Jurassens and Olga.

Know the Céline marbled, milk soap camel Taoufik, Gaiia soaps and Isabelle.

Soaps eggs deTaoufik, simply eggzellent ! Mine (recipe to come) and a beautiful little dogs of our guests.

So who were you telling me this ? Here is…

Franck & Sabine, the soap Gaiia, guests and interesting people and passionate !
Noa Swanee, great chemist and avid soap, bubbly and full of good advice… and talent !
Michel, our great sage meetings, all done with a touch of humor and also founder of Codina.
Jeff, soap maker who made an impassioned 180 in his life to live his passion ! I admire his career !
Olive, Another soap very passionate with a great concept in soap.
Maria, chemist and a great lover of art. Marriage of flavors and technique, what better !
Severine, great passion, who dreams his own soap and all that will soon be realized !
Sandrine, passionate blogger with soap and plenty of talent. With a beautiful infectious smile.
Karine, that has inspired so many blogger to start making their soap. From a huge talent and will soon release its line of soap !!
Celine, our budding comedian with his story of his first experience in soap, makes beautiful soaps with great passion and cosmetics.
Sophie, sweet and talented, as chemist, a girl who has everything ! In addition it is the same city as me… j’espère qu’on fera un jour un petit savon à quatre mains 😉
Olga, a soap maker and passionate with a great sense of ethics, it offers a very gentle soap, which reflects its own sweetness.
Lucie, it is the little bit of southern sun, a lilting accent that I love and know sublime ! It also will soon release its range !
Olive, another enthusiast who puts a lot of heart to his profession and his own soap.
Claude & Michael, soap couple marrying the perfect symbiosis. One focused on the aspect of care and other visual artists. Soaps that have a bright future !
Taoufik, the Green Hand Soap, it came directly from Tunisia to see us, with soaps awesome… eggs and soaps camel milk… I keep preciously like gold !
Isabelle, know of what I call a perfumer… wonderful smells and makes travel ! She even kind enough to send me another email. Thank you !!

Lucy made us a nice video of the encounter I leave you to discover thank you all for this beautiful day !

A good discussion of bubbles !

There are a few months I received a very nice invitation Lucie through Jessica to participate in an exchange of savonnesques creations. Participants are professional soap and soap Sunday (I is part of course!). I was really pleased ! Small conditions were to make a scented soap with essential oils, with vegetable oils and all of a minimum weight of 50g.

Here… creative the machine is started, what I was going to be able to ?! An idea came from the cold comes… but that I would tell you tomorrow ;).

So I received last week with great joy all participants know ! What can I say other than… WOW !! It was Christmas in the middle of March !!! I was like a kid in a candy store opening this beautiful package ! A medley of odors reached my nose !! Colors, textures, the beautiful packaging… than pleasure !! I put everything in a nice basket that I move from room to room history perfume the atmosphere.

Here are without delay these superb works of art…

	Soap Eucalium Lucie, As beautiful to the eyes and nose, emanation of the essential oils of eucalyptus, patchouli and geranium. Its marbling and color gives the appearance of precious stone. I can not wait to try it ! laulan.unblog.fr
	Savon Berlingamote De Pascale, Superb soap shaped carton with the smell of bergamot, a small return to childhood, a moment of pure delight ! I can not wait to test it ! www.dans-ma-nature.com
	Immortal snow The Karine, Explosion of colors and fragrances for scented soap edelweiss extract and combawa… all with jojoba beads for a little gentle exfoliation. I do not know if it will end immediately in my shower because I can not take off my nose top ! I conquered ! www.soapsession.com
	Savon ketchup D’Annabelle, Tomatoes are scrambling to provide a soap that any gardener should have ! Here was to propose an alcoholic maceration of tomatoes, essential oil not just the sweet smell that reminds me pies tomatoes ! I want to garden ! Soap-minervoise.com
	Soap Pan Celine, So then this trip is a journey with nature, des odeurs fleuri d'Ylang Ylang. Its scent relaxes me a lot and bright colors makes a good mood ! All came with a beautiful poem Celine enchanting. sealeha.canalblog.com
	Alain soap ! Anja D', This soap is truly refreshing, I love the smell of mint so I'm spoiled here, because you will understand it contains. It was also made with stone alum and local oils. A great discovery that I can not wait to take a shower. www.saponaire.com
	Savon Bugsbunny Claude, Beautiful pastel soap invites a moment of sweetness. I want a pampering time with this one. Here we delight of course essential oil… carrots ! Little trip to the land of Disney assured ! jurassens.fr
	Oh my soap “Gold” ! Jessica, A real luxury this one… beautiful soap sprinkled with gold leaf ! Oh my gold en effet !! The very fragrant for a trip in the south of France… in lavender ! And J'ad-or- ! pokafantaisie.com
	Inspiration soap feline Of Mary, Small soap wildness that when the well positioned quietly shines. Its smell of spices is a treat. Key vetiver, cedar and cinnamon… grrrouaawwww ! secrets-cosmetiques.com
	Soap Bubbles greedy Michaël De, It really deserves its name, it looks like a pastry this soap. A slice of cake in which I'd like to chew… but we'll save that for the shower ! Odeur de verveine, orange, ylang ylang and palmarosa to come to spice up the nostrils ! jurassens.fr
	Soap Rain pastels Raphael, Here was a double surprise because we had a chance of falling on either a soap or fresh floral fragrance ! To tadammm… I had the fresh ! A delicious smell of mint is one escapes its appearance is sublime with its bluish green peas… one time pop ! ruedusavon.fr
	The soap Impromptu The Sandrine, Soap canvas, a small work of art decorating the bathroom well when bathing or showering (Greener is better). Its smell is fine and soft dotted orange, Geranium, palmarosa, Patchouli, of coriander, de benjoin, guaiac wood and balsam peru. A mix that invites a relaxing. lils63.canalblog.com
	Soap salt and oil in Africa De Swanee, A discovery for me much in the sense of touch that smell. A trip to distant lands… green and spicy fragrance both. PaloSanto, Okoume, Gaping mouth, Maniguette sweet bejoin. The salt gives it a grainy as if it was a piece of a brick of a lost temple. I love. byswanee.blogspot.com
	Savon Vanilla Bean Severine, Of gluttony in bar… is it really !! It looks like a vanilla caramel… course because it is flavored with vanilla. Decor is greedy are also the colors of our favorite dessert ! Plus it has a small exfoliating hand with the heart of the poppy seeds. 'll Admit… you have a small environmental non caramel ? lesfoliesdusavon-leblog.com
	Loofah Soap Michel de, A great big soap looks like a very gentle and will be perfect for summer happens because it contains the loofah will exfoliate the skin well ! It feels very fresh, la menthe forte (non démentholée). It gives me environment to go to this spa soap !! codina.net
	Loofah Soap The Franck, Colossus, It is aptly named ! Soap and smelling generous nature. It reminds me of a trip in the mountains, I was camping out, with smells of Himalayan cedar, sandalwood and vetiver. I admit I fell for this line of soap in the past. I am delighted to have another ! gaiia.fr
	Savon May Chang & Patchouli De Zinette, The type of soap that I would take with me on a trip ! A small green fragrant May Chang and patchouli as its name indicates. I love the smell and his notes a little lemon. A nice buffer conceals all. lesutilesdezinette.com
	Soap Arabian Nights Laura, A perfect soap to encourage dreams. A nice marbling and a divine odor,. The scent of anise, basil and tropical vétivier come capture your nostrils ! You breathe well, closing his eyes… I keep this one for sweet dreams !! know-soleya.fr
	Once upon a time soap Maud, What a tribute this one soap, which was made in honor of his mother. Mild shared with us to discover very feminine odor moment, Lavender, geranium and patchouli. All this decorated pink damask. Soap that makes me think of my own mom who I miss a lot ! A beautiful moment olfactory ! maudsiegel.com
	Soap Nunavut This is mine !! But I will speak tomorrow! 😉

I hope you enjoyed discovering these beautiful soaps ! Too bad odors can not be transmitted through the screens !
Thank you very much to Lucy for organizing this swap participants and thank you I am filled ! I hope that my soap will please you as much as yours beguile me.

Christmas Spice Soap

We are the 24 December… and what better way to wish you all and all a Merry Christmas… a small festive recipe ! A mild soaps for the holidays. I made this one a while ago and I must say it smells wonderful. Here is the recipe…

Coco 28 %
Olive 35 %
Raisin 30 %
Brut cocoa 7 %

Surgras to 7%
Water and soda to recalculate

Additions to the trace :
Fragrance Christmas spice 2 %
Oxide green
Red oxide
Titanium dioxide
Star anise (badianes)

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 mold. Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves, cut all. Place in a dry place for a minimum cure 4 weeks.

Here I made one a little marbling “free style”, ie no matter how ^ ^. And once again I had a surprise when cutting…. form of a bird sitting on the horns of a reindeer… it is vague in the drawing you say, but it made me smile.

I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very merry Christmas ! I hope you have a wonderful time… please be careful and if you drink… do not take the road !

Soap Citronet !

Everything is in the title… a soap that smells like lemon and clean. Here I used a fragrance as having made soaps with essential oil of lemon in the past… I know that citrus essential oils that do not always hold up well in soap. The fragrance here smells sweet lemon actually. So a little back to childhood for me ^ ^.

How does that I offer recipes for soaps ? Ben oui… the holidays arrive… so I carbureted for a month to make soaps as gifts. Du coup j’en ai beaucoup de recettes à vous montrer 🙂 Voici donc la recette de mon citronet…

Coconut oil 25 %
Beurre de Karité 15 %
Organic Palm Oil 12 %
Olive oil 30 %
Soybean Oil 18 %

Surgras to 7 %
Water and soda to recalculate

The trace :
Lemon fragrance 2 %

Decor :
Ecorse lemon
Neon yellow dye
Bright lime green

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 mold. Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves, cut all. Place in a dry place for a minimum cure 4 weeks.

I like the color of this soap… a creamy beige with neon yellow. I applied the same method as my soap scroll, but here my mold was made of wood… I think it changes the rebound effect. It's pretty small by against yellow flames.
Here is a small label to accompany the soap.

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.

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

Soap “Gingerbread”

In the month of May I am back in my beloved country to visit family and friends. It was a wonderful trip, it had already been three long years since I had not returned. No need to tell you that I was lacking in my native Canada ! Not always easy to live away from his family but good… Ainsi va la vie. To return to our sheep… I had prepared beforehand to give small gifts, I had three different soaps which one I am presenting today.

It is as the name suggests a soap spices. I wanted black with golden yellow. I'm rather pleased with the visual result. The smell when cutting was absolutely delicious… a molasses cake as in my childhood. After his treatment he feels much cloves and molasses. Citrus fruits are harder to keep in soaps. Without delay, So here is my little recipe…

32 % Coconut oil
42% Olive oil
26% Beurre de karité

Water and soda to recalculate

The trace :
3 cs Molasses
2 cc charcoal.
1 cc mica or + yellow ocher (for forms in spirals)
2% Clove oil and grapefruit

Difficulty : Conservation : Several months

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.

Here is another photo that is very bad sorry… but I can take it with my cell phone at the time because my camera was out of service. With the way I've always done… une étiquette 😉