Four More Batches of Soap Today!

Whew!  Another productive day.

1.  Bass Soap (for the Sweet Adeline convention)
2.  Trogenator Soap (to keep my inventory ready for Troegs)
3.  Epiphany Soap (Frankincense & Myrrh)
4.  Castile Soap (another batch of the Baby Soap but scented with Lavender)

In between, I baked two pans of brownies for the Red Rose Chorus' Guest Night tonight.  It's been a full day.

Awesome Day for Willow Creek Soaps

This has been a great day for soap-making!  Now that the new shrink wrap equipment has arrived, Tom made new label templates for me and he's my go-to guy for all stuff printed.  The new labels with the shrink wrap will make my soaps even better for craft fairs.  So I boxed up the many soaps that have been cut and are waiting to harden and then made four more kinds of soap.

1.  Lead Soap (I already made Baritone and Tenor for the Sweet Adeline convention)
2.  Yuengling Soap (This is for the Arts Barn)
3.  Troegs HopBack Shampoo Bars (a new product for Troegs to try)
4.  Baby Soap (Something new for my regular customers!)

The Baby Soap is 92% Olive Oil and 8% Castor Oil (for lather) and is superfatted by 8%.  I have a gentle baby fresh fragrance blend to make this Castile soap something that people are going to like!

A Great Compliment

I received an email from a guy in the Baltimore area who stumbled upon this blog but also purchased one of my soaps during a visit to the Troegs Brewery.  He noticed that I make Nugget Nectar Soap and really wanted some but didn't want to drive all the way to Hershey for it.  My friends at Troegs were very happy to ship him some even though it's not listed in their online store.  How cool is that?!

Anyway, he liked the information I've been posting about oils and what they do along with my recipes.  They aren't a secret.  If you want more information about my soaps, please ask.

For the man in your life . . .

I am having fun creating a line of limited edition soaps for men.  I purchased a sampler set of fragrance oils for men and am making small (2 pound) batches of each fragrance.

I have made the Ancient Sedona Soap last week.
Today, I made the Drakkar Soap.  Ooooh, it's nice!
I have several more to make along with some limited edition fragrances for women.

These will be at the Convention in Ocean City, too.

Lavender & Chamomile Soap

I made another batch of this popular soap today.  It includes Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Castor Oil, and Safflower Oil.  I also add actual lavender flower buds and chamomile flowers at the end along with a wonderful lavender essential oil.  Look for this at the Region #19 Convention!  I made 26 bars of this today.

The Five Troegs Soaps

Things are really on a roll with Troegs.  My soap continues to be quite popular in their store.  My recipes are now becoming consistent and I have a system for storing the soap bars until they call for more inventory for the store in Hershey.  This is what I make for them:

Trogenator Soap - no additives
DreamWeaver Soap - includes wheat bran
JavaHead Soap - includes ground coffee from St. Thomas Roasters (same coffee used by Troegs to make the beer)
Mad Elf Soap (Seasonal only) - includes spent grain
Nugget Nectar Soap (Seasonal only) - includes spent grain and actual hops

I have HopBack Beer nearly ready to try a beer shampoo bar for them to sell next month.
This is definitely fun!

Pizza Boy Beer Soap

I've made beer soap for Al's of Hampden using his Citra IPA beer and also his Bock beer.  Both are ready to deliver by the end of the week.  I just made more Citra beer soap this morning and the house smells great.

Mint Tea Soap

Using Peppermint Tea, I made another batch of the tea soap using the same recipe that I've been using.  It is a luxury bar that includes5 oils and 2 butters!  Olive oil, palm oil, coconut oil, castor oil, and safflower oil and the main ingredients with both shea butter and cocoa butter added to the oils.  A new essential oil blend was used this time.  It's called Fresh Mint and includes Lemon, Rosemary, Peppermint, Eucalyptus and Spearmint.  In addition, I added Peppermint Leaves along with a few of the brewed tea leaves.  After pouring into the mold, I sprinkled some of the tea leaves on the top for decoration.  The 3 pound batch made enough for 13 bars along with 3 of the goat shapes.

Unscented Soap

I've had a request again for some unscented soap so I used my basic Goat Milk formula and poured some into the mold before adding any essential oil.  Only 8 bars, but I don't get too many requests for unscented soap any longer.

The rest of that same batch is scented with Lavender Essential Oil.