Lotion Trial Number Two

I used the same recipe but lowered the stearic acid by 1% and upped the water 1%.  I accidentely added too much Jojoba, couple grams.  This time I used a Rise and Shine sample fragrance which is very light and unisex.

I purchased a bottle drying rack (baby bottle I'm guessing).  This worked nicely to sanitize all my bottles and such before making the lotion.  I kept with a higher temperature for mixing but still within the range of the preservative.  This allowed for easy pouring.  I did a smaller batch so made two 2 oz bottles and one 4 oz bottle.

I need to get the regular emulsifying wax to try out and see the comparison of the two.  I still like this recipe in general but excited to try some other oils and of course other scents!

Salts n' Scents

Epsom salts are a favorite quick product I enjoy making.  A touch of fragrance or essential oils, a bit of coloring and Voila!  A perfect bath treat for sore muscles!

Since I made my father's favorite soap I wanted to make something special for my mother as well.  I had enough of the wonderful Lilac fragrance oil to make some bath salts and a scent oil roll-on.  Easy! Of course I wrapped them for Christmas before I even thought of taking a picture.  Oh well, here is the unlabeled bag of the salt I made using oxide colorant.

Yet I still had another lesson to learn.  Select shades are great colorants to use in cold process soap but not as reliable in bath salts I've discovered.  I had to tweak it a bit to get a lavender color for the salts.  Oh well, they smell perfect and will be a nice gift.  With the remaining Lilac oil I made some more salts to use myself.  I tried out coloring with Ultramarine Marine Violet Oxide, it turned out nicely with very little.  I'm not sure it's meant to be used with bath salts though....oh well, I'll be the guinea pig!

The scent oil is simply fracionated coconut oil and fragrance oil.  It's so simple!  Hopefully my mom will enjoy these until I can make her a special soap too! Until then enjoy the picture of a bag of four bars of soap for my dad.  Hopefully he'll be happily surprised!!!