Tiggy's "Pirates" Handmade Cold Process Soap

Through the wonderful world of blogging, I was fortunate enough to come across an extremely talented soapmaker named Tiggy who is the owner and creator of Future Primitive Soaps.  I'm sure that many of you are already familiar with Tiggy and her beautiful rustic creations inspired by the English countryside.  I am so in love with her original essential oil/fragrance oil blends. 

One of the very first soaps that I received from Tiggy was an aquatic/ozonic type bar called "Pirates". 

I chose this soap because I was so intrigued by story behind it's creation, the scent description and how perfectly her design captured the essence of the ship that inspired it.

Unfortunately, Tiggy discontinued this soap.  BUT, she was kind enough to pass along the fragrance blend to me to recreate the soap.  I suppose, I could have done a different design, but part of the soaps appeal is the design so I decide to carry on the design as best I could.

It's funny, because although she gave me the exact fragrance formula, it still only smells like a very good dupe!  I still have a piece of my original bar and it's sooooo close...but just not quite a perfect match.

Regardless, this was so fun to play with and Tiggy was super sweet to let me try♥

"Blowing Bubbles" Handmade Soap

So I've decided to give Blowing Bubbles yet another makeover.  This design was mostly Brandon's idea.  He wanted me to try something different with the soap ball embeds.  

Still using his overall color scheme and design, I decided to make the embeds a ball within a ball.  Though I'm sure that someone somewhere in the world has done this before, I've never personally seen the type of ball before, so it was very fun to create.

Posh Petals Handmade Cold Process Soap

I'm not sure if I've stated this before, but I'm am not a fan of floral scents.  For me they are too overpowering and perfumey.  However, due to customer demand, I've been venturing into the world of florals and have found several that I honestly really like.  One of which is called Posh Petals.  It is a lovely fragrance that is mostly rose water but also has some light citrus notes along with pomegranates and aloe.   

I've tried some new soap colors for this batch as well. The pink portion is mostly Pink Kaolin Clay.  I was afraid that it looked more red than pink so I did add some pink mica to it.  The black portion a Activated Charcoal and the bars are topped with dried Rose Petals.

It's been too long...but I'm back :0)

My poor blog has been sadly neglected for several months now.  Business has slowed down a bit, so this is good time to get back into the swing of things.  There are many batches on the curing rack right now, but I'll start with sharing a batch that I call "Pishsalver Potion".  The name is inspired by the Drink Me elixir in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.  The fragrance is actually a scent called Purple Hooters which is a super fruity blend of grapes and berries. 









Pishsalver Potion



On the Curing Rack: Blowing Bubbles

This soap was not only super fun to design but it's even better to smell. The fragrance is a fun, fruity blend of Strawberry, Blackberry, Huckleberries with just a hint of Pineapple, Soft Rose and a bit of Caramel.

On the Curing Rack: Watalappan

Cardamom definitely a new favorite scent of mine.  The scent is warm, sweet and spicy. A little goes a looong way.  This new soap is called Watalappan.  It's named for a a dessert from Sri Lanka that is pretty much a tropical version of Creme Brulee.

The scent is a delicious blend of Coconut Milk, fresh Eggs, Jaggery (a traditional unrefined cane sugar from India), Vanilla, Tonka Bean and of course Cardamom. Mmmm!

On the Curing Rack: Oatmeal, Milk & Honey

Oatmeal, Milk & Honey seems to be a must have in every soap shop. It's sweet, warm and comforting.  I've tried this fragrance oil from several suppliers but the Cylliba oil from Bramble Berry is the one that I keep coming back too.  The fragrance oil in CP soap tends to be on the light side (no matter who I purchase from). This time I gave it a little more of a kick by adding Honey and Brown Sugar fragrance oils to the mix. Yummy! The scent gets stronger and the soap cures.

These bars were made with of course Olive Oil but also enriched with Goat Milk, unrefined Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter and Lanolin and ground Oatmeal for a mild exfoliation.