Deep Purple Memories Part II

#lavender #clovebud #purplesoap #deeppurple #deeppurplememories

This is the second time we've made this popular soap. It evolved from a soap challenge we had entered to create a spinning swirl (no, this is not the soap we entered, and no, we didn't win).

We made up our own blend of essential oils; lavender, litsea cubeba, and clove bud.  It's a wonderful combination, kind of exotic but soft at the same time.  The one thing we learned (added to a long list of things we've learned) on that first batch is that clove bud essential oil causes soap to thicken pretty quickly.  That caught us by surprise.  In this case, accelerated batter wasn't in our favor because we needed loose batter to create a spinning swirl.  We definitely didn't have a loose batter, and our planned spinning swirl definitely didn't spin.

Even though the swirl didn't work as we had hoped, this soap was gorgeous and also very popular, so we made it again - in mid September to be exact.

Rather than try and explain what happened, and what didn't happen when we made this soap, it's easier to just show you the video we made of the first batch. Below is the video from the 1st time we made the soap (in case you're interested).

Below are final shots of batch number 2,  all lined up and ready to go.
The smell is absolutely amazing!

Deep Purple Memories is available though this link to our Etsy Store

Deep Purple Memories

While trying to think up a name we concentrated on the colors and finally came up with the title of a song from the sixties called Deep Purple, which color-wise totally fits this soap. Do you remember this song? It was our inspiration!

Deep Purple Memories cold process soap.

Wisteria & Lilac, we are forcing spring to come!

#wisteria&lilac  #bringonspring #handmadesoap #floralsoap

We know, we know, it's been a while….we're sorry and will try to keep the posts coming more regularly in 2016!

Better late than never, that is our new motto!  "Whaaa?" you might say. Well if you look at the pictures posted on this blog you know the trees aren't green now, they are leafless and dormant….patiently waiting for spring.  So obviously this post has been waiting since late September to be published, quite a while.

Please feel free to watch us create this lovely soap by clicking on the arrow in the next picture, it will take you directly to our youtube channel and you can create along with us.

These pictures are what we call the final shots, and show the finished soap.

These bars are available for sale ($5.50 each) on Etsy.

link to our Etsy store

Such vivid purples and greens, we love it!

We wish we had smell-o-vision because this soap smells soooooo good!

Wisteria and Lilac cold process soap.