Chardonnay Soap

Using Charles Shaw Chardonnay (Two Buck Chuck), I made one more batch of the same recipe I've used before.  This includes 45% olive oil, 25% palm oil, 25% coconut oil, and 5% grapeseed oil.  I purchased crushed grape seeds to use in the soap bu they are brown and I don't want to have this soap change color.  People really like the Chardonnay Soap and expect it to be very light, like the wine.

Goat Milk Soap

Yesterday I made another batch of my traditional goat milk soap.  I made a full 5# recipe in my large pot and focused on making rabbits (for the PaSRBA Convention) and hearts (for The Arts Barn) along with a few other fun shapes.  That recipe is very nice and makes a luxurious soap.  I used the rest of my lavender essential oil and am hoping that my new shipment of supplies arrives soon.

Beer Soap - Yuengling

The Arts Barn is calling for some beer soap using their local beer:  Yuengling.  That's easy.

24.3 oz. Beer
9.2 oz. Sodium Hydroxide

21.1 oz. Olive Oil
21.1 oz. Palm Oil
17.9 oz. Coconut Oil
2.6 oz. Castor Oil
1.3 oz. Cocoa Butter

Spent Grain
Essential Oils (cedarwood, cypress, rosewood, juniper)

Tahitian Vanilla Soap

Ordering fragrances from Brambleberry Products has been fun.  With each order, they give me a sample of something that I might like.  One order included a sample of their Tahitian Vanilla fragrance oil.  I decided to use that today to make a small batch of vanilla soap.  Bars of this soap will be ready in about 3 weeks.


 9 oz.  Olive Oil
 9 oz.  Coconut Oil
 9 oz.  Palm Oil
2.6 oz. Castor Oil
1.6 oz. Safflower Oil
  .9 oz. Cocoa Butter

12 oz.  Water
4.5 oz.  Sodium Hydroxide

  1 oz.  Fragrance Oil (Tahitian Vanilla)
   .5 oz. Vitamin E Oil

The Arts Barn

The Arts Barn put out a call for artists to send work for a special Valentine's Day event.  I asked if Deb wanted any of my soaps and she does.  I whipped up a batch of goat milk soap using the Cranberry Fig fragrance oil blended with the Lavender essential oil and made hearts, rabbits, and two roosters.

Green Tea Castile Soap

It was time to make more of this very popular soap.  I have 3 Valentine hearts and 6 Bunnies in this formula along with 13 of the rectangular bars.  I used the 4 lb recipe so that I'd have extra for the shape molds.


28.8 oz Olive Oil
9.6 oz. Palm Oil
9.6 oz. Coconut Oil


18.2 oz. Green Tea
6.8 oz. Sodium Hydroxide


2 Tbsp Essential Oils (Tea Tree and Lavender)
1/4 C. tea leaves and chamomile flowers

Tröegs DreamWeaver Soap

My favorite Troegs beer is DreamWeaver Wheat Ale so I decided to use that in a small batch.  I made a 3 pound batch pouring most of it into the long wood mold and the rest in a 2" pvc pipe for samples.  Adding real wheat flakes as an additive makes it quite interesting!

18. 2 oz. Tröegs DreamWeaver Wheat Ale Beer
6.8 oz. Sodium Hydroxide

15.4 oz. Olive Oil
15.4 oz. Palm Oil
13.4 oz. Coconut Oil
2.4 oz. Castor Oil
1.4 oz. Cocoa Butter

1.5 Tbsp Essential Oils (lemon, lime, ginger, red grapefruit, basil, lavender, cedarwood)
1/4 C. Ground Wheat (bran)