Whipped Cream Soap for Bath Parfaits

Have you ever heard of whipped soap? Well, I found this fun idea from Rustic Escentuals Crafting Library called Whipped Cream Soap for Bath Parfaits.   This would be a great idea for all ages and for either sex...just be creative and create a scent that will appeal to whomever you are giving it too.  Just fair warning this is made from a pre-made base.

Using Rebatch Soap Base to Make Swirled Soap

I am sure many of you cold processed soap makers have heard of the swirled soap technique have done it yourself.  But guess what?  I found a tutorial from Rustic Escentuals Crafting Library on how to do the swirling technique with rebatched soap.  In this tutorial called Using Rebatch Soap Base to Make Swirled Soapshows you step by step and pictures on how to do this technique with rebatched soap.  Give it a try and let us know how it turned out.  Take some pictures and show us how your batched turned out.

Snowball Candle Tutorial

It has been awhile since I posted a tutorial on making candles.  And it has been a week since we celebrated the winter solstice, I found this tutorial on to make a Snowball Candle on a site I found by accident called Rustic Escentuals Crafting Library. Rustic Escentuals Crafting Library is a pretty cool site with a lot of great bath and body tutorials that you should check out.  In the future I will be posting some of the ones I find to be most interesting.

Witch Hazel

Some time ago, one of my student's in my class asked me about Witch Hazel.  I did not know much about it.  The only thing I did know about it was it was an astringent.   I found this post about Witch Hazel from The Soap Queen that goes into detail about the subject.  So if you want to learn about more about Witch Hazel like I do, then read this post.  It is very interesting.

Walnut Shell Scrub

Over the years I have taken classes in bath and body products, I have learned to make salt scrubs and sugars.  And I never heard of making scrubs with anything else until I saw this recipe from Point of Interest called Walnut Shell Scrub.  Just wondering out there if you have heard of any other scrub recipes made with ingredients other than salt or sugar?