tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74501447161208934652024-03-19T12:23:39.755-07:00Jessie's AromaLifeJessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-87454664637703965072013-12-03T21:16:00.000-08:002013-12-03T21:16:33.461-08:00Cinnamon & Ginger Soap Recipe<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A week ago, a reader asked my Cinnamon & Ginger CP recipe. Though occupied by my routine day jobs and taking care of my puppies, I had this in my mind for a while and want to share with all my friends. It's nothing really new or different with other recipes you might find over the internet. But the soap came out really aromatic, plus the scrubby touch of ginger powder. I have friends who really enjoy this soap. This soap does not produce bubbles but has subtle & creamy lather with a rather good moisturizing score. I actually did three batches in the past few months:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Run thru any software (<a href="http://www.brambleberry.com/Pages/Lye-Calculator.aspx" target="_blank">Bramble Berry</a> or <a href="http://www.soapcalc.net/calc/SoapCalcWP.asp" target="_blank">SoapCalc</a>) to calculate the corresponding Lye & Water you will need. Handle lye with proper care. It should bring you a warm, aromatic & blissful bar.</span></div>
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<br />Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-67370724009128212522013-11-24T08:14:00.001-08:002013-11-24T08:16:37.353-08:00Puppy Update<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been pretty lazy, or to make myself feel better, enjoy a slower life lately. I've been easy let go, accomplish less daily errands and not feel guilty at all. Call it age or whatever. Oh by the way, I spend pretty much of time just sit to my puppies and watch them sleep, eat & play. Here is a little something recording a happy period of my life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Puppy Rocky Jr. / Handsome Jr. / Little Beauty</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every day I have two voices of totally opposite ends, keep them/spread the joy. It sounds difficult but it's a sweet struggle though.</span></div>
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Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-65149800639384217072013-11-04T18:19:00.000-08:002013-11-04T18:19:20.465-08:00Puppies are finally here !<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We love dogs and so much so, we decided to breed our female Maltese Danielle. 4 years ago we bred Danielle's mom and kept Danielle. We called her Niel and enjoyed so much of her companion. she's daddy's girl and brought happiness and laughter all the time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What we did not expect is that the puppies grew so big and she was not able to deliver. Ended up that we have to take her to the vet and they had to do a surgery in the middle of the night. Oh my poor baby. She lost the 1st one since it was stocked there for too long. 3 hours with the vet, we returned home with 3 puppies, 2 male & 1 male. All of them are overweight.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Next day after the surgery. The mom is still not really herself yet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 days later. She was still very weak and did not have enough milk for the babies. We cooked special food for her. Watched her closely and I had to get ups several times a night..... boy I guess I'm bit too old for this. Puppies all stick with mom like 24 hours a day. They even slept with her nipple in the mouth. </span></div>
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Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-56001006129367846512013-09-21T18:33:00.003-07:002013-09-24T06:51:47.174-07:00End of Summer Soaps<div>
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<br />Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-52718969658520791002013-09-15T10:26:00.000-07:002013-09-24T06:51:31.042-07:00Herbal Vitamin Tea<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All the years my body will not take store-bought vitamin pills, by saying that, my body shows problems if I take vitamins of any sort for a consecutive few days..... so how do I get enough vitamins for my body in a more natural way? The answer comes in handy from all these "Herbs & Natural Living" books & recipes I've accumulated in the years. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So here is my herbal vitamin tea bag:</span><br />
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<br />Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-19744343495201918072013-08-28T15:29:00.000-07:002013-08-28T15:29:17.759-07:00Soda Ash<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Few weeks ago I stumbled into <a href="http://lather-be-soaping.blogspot.com/search?q=soap+ash" target="_blank">Jenny's blog</a> regarding options to deal with a common problem for almost all soapmakers, more or less. It just happened with one of my recent soap . This is a batch of Black & White color theme. I had Pearl Mica for the white part & activated charcoal for the black. I did spritzed the top with alcohol and covered the soap but that annoying ash still decided come & stay. This makes the top surface looks really blur, without the clear & crisp image I want.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So here it is the perfect thing for me to try this method Jenny did and it worked.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Close-up of the soda ash almost covers the whole white part the 2nd day the soap log was cut. And I know it's gonna spread and cover more area. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Our friends, employees all get to have their share of these fresh fish for there dinner. Every body is happy. Maybe my hubby was a fisherman in his previous life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm late with my blog since there are so much things out here. Yes I'm trying to update it, at least a little a day.......</span><br />
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Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-49918732184751678972013-07-05T22:17:00.000-07:002013-08-16T16:03:07.368-07:00Herbal Remedies - Sleep Tight Tinctures<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is an update on my Deep Sleep Tincture. I've been taken this tincture for almost 3 weeks now. Just 1 tsp before bed and it seems work for me. (Maybe the vodka is working since I'm a non-alcohol person....? LOL)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Under the rules of thumb that one should keep a relax mood, doing nothing that gets you too high, not consuming too much liquid.... I found it make me sleep deeper and woke up less in the middle of night. 8/16/2013</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the past few years my sleep disorder had come and go. Most of time it was triggered by work pressure but sometimes it just come out of nowhere, without the least reason. Since my mom has similar problem for almost 20 years, I suspect it might come with the genes (yah blame on the genes)!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Normally I would use Melatonin by bed time plus 2 drops EO Blend (Lavender+Chamomile+Marjoram) on my pillow and it works most of the time. But 1 week ago I started to have trouble to fall asleep, spending almost 2 hours flips-and-flops. So annoying and I started to think I need other ways to deal with it. Even though I'm a 100% no-alcohol type of person (not even beers), I want to try if herbal tincture of Rosemary Gladstar's recipe and see if it can help.</span><br />
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Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-69558882658442497382013-06-28T20:26:00.002-07:002013-06-28T20:26:35.644-07:00Ultramarine Blue Challenge<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Among all the natural colorants, Ultramarine Blue definitely ranks very top of my list. It's a beautiful & brilliant color to make your soap shine thru when properly handled. Yes, properly handled..... It takes several trial and error to get what you want to achieve, especially with cold process soap.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">See the first photo was that vibrant, vivid blue that got me hooked since. I still remember it was REALLY dark when the soap mixture was poured into the mold. At that time I thought I had too much pigment in it. But 24 hours later it turned out so beautiful....</span><br />
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Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-13076857136089512802013-06-16T20:03:00.000-07:002013-06-17T21:40:36.530-07:00Colors from Nature: Sugar Lip Scrub<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">It's been a long while I have not made anything simply because of too much tasks from my day job which seems exhausted this body of mine ; then yesterday I got this bling in my head. With the image in my mind, I think today is a good day for doing something with natural colorful ingredients. So here they are, sugar lip scrub of all natural ingredients:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">生命裡簡單而微小的幸福,如是唾手可得;驀然回首,原來喜樂如是容易!</span><br />
<br />Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-89166713447242620902013-06-01T14:29:00.002-07:002013-09-24T06:52:23.429-07:00Flora Infusion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-20821907673044182862013-05-17T22:00:00.001-07:002013-05-18T07:26:54.994-07:00Make your own labels<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The other days I was wandering around those blogs I read always then stumble on this one, telling details of how to make your own "professional looking" label.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was so grateful. It's these people who are so generous to share their professional & experiences. One of the biggest thanks and appreciation from my heart, especially a person came from the other country and rooted on her second home land, and, actually the place she has been staying even longer than her origin.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let me not to stray from the label thing, here is the link to this lovely lady and I believe it had light up many other's heart:</span><br />
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<a href="http://thenerdyfarmwife.com/create-your-own-lip-balm-labels-using-picmonkey/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://thenerdyfarmwife.com/create-your-own-lip-balm-labels-using-picmonkey/</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since I'm expressing my gratitude, here are people I've never met but received their warmth thru the internet world. For me they are the mentors that make the world so beautiful. They are:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.soapqueen.com/" target="_blank">Anne-Marie Faiola</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz8TFKwLt6g" target="_blank">Rosemary Gladstar</a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://frugallysustainable.com/" target="_blank">Andrea</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know there are far more great people out there. Maybe I should find a good sunny day, with a good-old herb tea and peaceful hours, I would write down all these magnificent people in my life.......</span><br />
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<br />Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-72925606584192438532013-04-16T15:26:00.000-07:002013-04-16T15:26:29.336-07:00Breaks Along The Journey<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've neglected my blog for quite a while.... but if this is a record of my journey, no matter what the journey turns to, it still needs to be written.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First quarter of the year, I still made soaps. Soaps made of herbs & spices, milk & clay.</span><br />
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<br />Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-10463992231538446302013-03-13T09:30:00.002-07:002013-03-13T09:30:56.716-07:00Shelf Life of Handmade Soap<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">One of the most frequently asked questions is the shelf life of handmade soaps. In my opinion there is not a standard answer. Many factors impart shelf life of a handmade soap such as oil/butter, additives & storage conditions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">A week ago I found a bar in my closet and has been forgotten for quite some time. I had to go back to my soap-making log and was surprised that it was made in March 2010. It was shrink-wrapped and labeled and still in very good shape though the color has been faded a little bit. But it still smells good. Driven by the eagerness I took it to my shower. Even though the scent had become mild and the bar is a bit smaller and hard, but all qualities a good handmade soap are there. Things that brings you smile & happiness and this is one of them.</span></span><br />
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<br />Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-25782012529261791922012-10-24T07:06:00.000-07:002012-10-24T07:06:09.779-07:00Finished Custom Soap Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-34299379698316781752012-10-14T21:52:00.001-07:002012-10-15T16:21:27.541-07:00Custom Soap for Cheryl<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Recently I got a Etsy custom order for Cheryl, a very humorous & considerate lady and I had a lot of fun emails with her.....</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Not only because I'll have my annual oversea trip in less than 2 weeks and CP (cold process) soap takes time to cure, but the eagerness to create a visual treat tickles me the most. So in the past two days, again, at weekend, I was designing my "friendship cake".</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I want it to be colorful and meaningful at the same time;besides it has to represent what I always want for my soap - natural ingredients. Here are pictures of the process:</span></span><br />
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Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-88999059899356809132012-08-31T16:51:00.001-07:002013-09-24T06:52:42.912-07:00Saturday & Sunday = Soaping Days<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As usual I always try to make soap, a batch or two on the weekends. Last Saturday & Sunday, I made three batches. Unfortunately all three came to a terrible end result. All three did not even took few minutes to trace. I couldn't figure out the cause of the acceleration.....</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">First batch, I infused green tea & lemon balm leaves, mix lemon peel powder at trace (it only took me few minutes to trace). Because of the infused liquid, the color turn out a dark dark brownish green with the burnt lemon peel...... Ooooh... =:( Toss it into my insulated box. The next day, I got a crack right in the center. Note: Infused tea+Lye solution 105°F Oil 100°, only few bursts to trace!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sunday morning, out of a whimsical thinking (an article about the benefits of raw brown sugar), I add brown sugar at trace (stupid, isn't it?!) and poured into a new column mold just bought from <a href="http://www.brambleberry.com/" target="_blank">Brambleberry</a>. 10 minutes later this is what I found out, the tearing syrup overflowed from the mold. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That reminds me of my terrible scores in chemistry & physics back to the old school days. The next day, though feel bad, I still unmolded it and randomly cut it. Here is how it looks, by the way, with a sticky feel when you pick up the soap, like a sugar gets moisture....</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">By the time I got the bleeding sugary soap, I was so frustrated and cannot help myself but just rushed picking up all my tools. Oil that I've infused for a couple of months, containing Annato Seed Powder, Calendula Flower & Chamomile Flower petals. The soap mixture got to trace fast and I still cannot figure out why. I took out a small portion of the soap mixture, added Titanium Oxide powder trying to do frosting top on the soap. The mixture looked all right until I add the EO. Suddenly the soap curdled, kind of like separated from the water..... yaik (Is the EO, or th EO+Titanium Oxide). Because the majority of the mixture (without Titanium, only EO) was all right.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They looked so horrible and I have to give up. This is the leftover of that curdled mixture:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Fortunately the soap came out really nice (without the curdled frosting top of course). It's a golden orange vivid color I've been dreaming of for a long time. My poor photography would not show its yummy luscious look. The natural yellow colorant from Chamomile just enlighten up the Annato Seed orange to a next level. I know I'll be making more. </span></span><br />
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<br />Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-88736096159503107192012-08-23T20:08:00.000-07:002012-08-23T20:08:46.835-07:00Satisfaction of Your Own Soul<div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;">
My own definition though.... soapers who are not able to control themselves, most likely are to feed their own hunger of creativity and the craving inside that always urge for more.... more soaping. At least that totally applies to me.</div>
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These are proofs to my theories:</div>
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Inspired by Amanda @ <a href="http://www.lovinsoap.com/2012/07/creating-custom-colors-using-oxides-and-ultramarines-color-palette-1/" target="_blank">Lovingsoap</a> with great thanks. Brings more fun.</div>
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Scented with Cedarwood, Rosemary & Fir Needle essential oils. Man, it smells good.</div>
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From last Sunday:</div>
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In the oil base, I had 24% Hemp Seed Oil. Maybe because of this, the soap takes long time to harden and it has more creamy texture. Color by Ultramarine Violet, Red Oxide & Yellow Oxide.</div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Scented with Geranium, Cypress, Tea Tree, Eucalyptus & Rosemary. A very unique scent that you smell that floral, herbal & woodtsy notes at the same time. You can tell the existence of all but still enjoy so much. Aroma wonder it is.</span></div>
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<br />Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-43685248274438983372012-08-01T21:09:00.000-07:002012-08-01T22:02:43.233-07:00What EO can do to coloring your soap?<div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
Among my best sellers, "Wave" has been a long-time star due to its scent & appealing color. I use about 10% Shea Butter so it's also very moisturizing. Its close-to-translucent jewelry blue is kind of crispy and its citrus-sweet scent is very uplifting. Since I'm all out of it, I decided to do a new batch but adding a little Oakmoss Essential Oil to it. This picture is my old version <u>without</u> Oakmoss EO:</div>
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Even this one, in different batch, the color still is vibrant. Ultramarine Blue is used for the blue part & Ultramarine Violet for the purple:</div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But this is always the best part, I like it, though not really what I expected. Ant the scent is great, it bursts with the citrus charm of Lime, Sweet Orange, Litsea into your nasal, followed by the light subtle sweet of Oakmoss and finished with the base note of Clove & Patchouli. Oh another beautiful day. Couldn't be happier :) </span>Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-74155767603635590542012-07-26T21:17:00.001-07:002012-07-26T21:20:54.361-07:00What can make you happier as a soaper?<div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
What can make a handcraft soap maker happier than learning that someone likes her soap? It's like a chef's big smile seeing people enjoy his/her food, but still with that licking and wanting look in their eyes....</div>
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Very early this morning, with my morning coffee, I was sitting in front of my computer as usual, reading emails and stuff. One of my returning customer left a message regarding the "pie" soap order he just received. His words, short but powerful, sparkles whole day of sunshine. This is how he humorously encourages me in the soaping thing:</div>
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to a lady friend,and she was going to eat it.I was half tempted to watch
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good clean fun.☺☺☺..Thank-You . Thanks for the Joy-ful Extras too !!!</b></i>"</h4>
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Between my peer soap-makers, there are so many excellent artists out there. I admire & respect so much to their talent and perseverance. And I'm grateful especially for people such as this customer, without their applause, handmade artists will be really lonely sometimes, though creation itself is tremendous reward, but still, applause motivates strength and energy along the way.</div>
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<br />Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-47501812996303517902012-07-20T16:14:00.001-07:002013-09-24T06:53:01.891-07:00Herbal Castille Soap - Part 2<span style="background-color: #38761d;"></span><br />
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How different could a Castille soap be versus regular cold process soap? It's really hard to describe until you really try one out. I guarantee any one whoever does try will fall in love with it right away. Here are some pictures tried out on my last batch of Herbal Castille Soap.</div>
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When I made my last batch of cupcake, there was leftover soap mixture and I just dumped it into a mini round cake silicon mold (5-1/4"D.) So two days ago, to finished up the cake, I had to do the frosting top. So here I am again playing with my soap thing (that's how my hubby calls it my game like his table tennis thing :)</div>
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I have orange/green carrot & blue/mauve mushroom accompanied by some tiny flowers. Like I'm returning back to a little girl........</div>
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Again, leftover soap mixture for more. Two more 3"D round soap. <br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm pretty sure there is no "talent" in me in terms of "sculpture" or 3D. And it's definitely not a good direction for me to pursue, my flower looks like they were "dehydrated".... Yak! Alright I admit it was fun anyway. </span>Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-77529696481272385072012-07-01T06:11:00.003-07:002012-07-01T06:11:55.647-07:00More Sweet Stuff<div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Sweet thing for eyes only :)</span></div>
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<br />Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-66198675768826658162012-06-29T08:20:00.000-07:002012-06-29T08:20:33.051-07:00Herbal Castille SoapMay 19, I made a batch of herbal Castile and had a post on 5/30. It was like this, two days after the mold:<br />
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You can see it has the semi-transparent part which is very soft like a cake. Picture below is 40 days old on the curing rack:<br />
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The whole body turns smooth cream like soap, weight is noticeably lighter. Guess that Castile soap with high percentage of olive oil does retains more moisture.<br />
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Interestingly I made another batch by end of May, changed the liquid by adding Chinese tea with the other herbs, the soap turned really dark because of the tea:<br />
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20 days later, the soap color does not change a lot, but getting much hard and smells really good:<br />
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Cannot hold myself but throw one under the water and try them. Both are incredibly good, especially with that slippery moisturizing touch. Soooo good :)Jessie Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116649664055474463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450144716120893465.post-3517792770397225392012-05-30T21:22:00.002-07:002012-06-29T07:09:41.919-07:00Sea Salt Soap & Herbal Castille Soap<div style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
I know I'm not the only & lonely soap lunatic out there. It could be the chemical surge inside that bring happiness, enlighten the soul like morphine, sort of ☺</div>
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Made two batches of soap. First is a "Herbal Castille Soap". </div>
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* Cook water with rosemary, basil, nettle, raspberry leaves, Blue Bonnet, Lemon <br />
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* Oil is 72% Extra Virgin Olive, 15% Coconut, 4% Mango Seed Butter, 3% Aloe Butter, 1.5% <br />
Grape Seed, 1.5% Jojoba & 3% Castor, 8% Super fat. </div>
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* Scented with Eucalyptus, Chamomile, Tea Tree & Peppermint. </div>
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Close up photo, I flipped it upside down so the soap surface from the mold is now at bottom. See the gel part over the creamy layer. I have no idea if the transparent (gel) will eventually turn to creamy color or not (???? will see) and it could take 2 months to be fully cured. </div>
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This batch I'd call it "Refreshing Lemon Sea Salt Soap".</div>
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* Oil: 80% Coconut, 8% Palm, 7% Olive & 5% Castor. 15% Super fat. </div>
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* 60% of oil Sea Salt.</div>
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* Scented with California Lemon & Peppermint. BB Lemon color. </div>
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* Add sugar syrup at trace for more bubble. Chopped leftover soap from old batches.</div>
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I did not wait until heavy trace to add the salt so it really take me about 18 hours for it to be hard enough to unmold.</div>
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