Cutting logs of Soap

I used the book Pure Soapmaking by Anne-Marie Faiola to inspire this batch of soap. 

Each log is about 50 oz. of soap. I'm terrible at cutting, so my bars usually have 4.5-5.5 oz. soap each. 

After removing the bar from the mold, I lay it on its best side (where drag marks won't matter as much) and cut using a non-serrated knife. I use a pampered chef knife and cutting board with notches to help guide.

 I'm still learning how to make layers. You can see my first-poured layer was a nice light color, but the second was too dark. The third and fourth are hardly distinguishable. 

Putting a few blackberry seeds on top made a cute scrubby addition. These will likely come off the first couple of washes, but that's okay. 

And you can see I got 10 bars from this loaf, all are at least 4.5 oz. 

Homemade is BESTmade

I began making homemade soap (cold process mostly) in June, and I feel like I'm getting better almost every single bath. (Yeah, I'll admit there have been a few fails!)

 Here is a charcoal face soap fresh in the mold.

Here is a batch of eucalyptus soap made with goat milk

I love the layers in this raspberry jam scented soap

Here is an unscented scrubby soap made with blackberry seeds. I'm in love with these layers!

Bath Bombs are #thebomb

Some of my teacher friends say they're in heaven these days as I am still continuing to experiment with bath bomb making. They love trying out new scents and oils! I purchased a Mold Stamp on Amazon to make these cute designs. The pink ones use coconut oil and the blue used avocado. 

 I got a free sample from brambleberry.com of their new fragrance oil, Midnight Waters, to try with these large and medium size balls. I only have two LaBomb colorants (pink and blue) so I'm experimenting with how to do shading a little better. These balls had both colors which turned the water a pretty purple, but they're not much to look at beforehand.