My sister and I started our first annual tradition of soap making for gifts for the holidays......We followed a "recipe" and we think (we won't know for about a week), that we did it right and that it will come out good. I will post pictures, once we know!!
I had purchased a set of essential oils in all different smells, so we "experimented". I made a bigger batch of peppermint soap (for Christmas gift giving). I hope it comes out well. We also tried rosemary, citrus, eucalyptus, tea tree oil (which was the first batch that I made that came out really good!).
I will let you know how it comes out.
PS - working with lye was very scary. That is the part that I really, really don't like!
PPS - it took us a little over two hours and we made about 22 bars???? (I will know definitely how many bars once we cut it - right now it is still in the molds).
About Me
- Maria
- Full Time Mom, Wife, Work, Life - Mom to three children (adults), two are college graduates and now own their own homes, and the youngest is in college in NC; wife to Thomas; Work - one full time and multiple part time jobs; Life - whatever you can throw at me....
2 comments:
Sometimes the best gifts are the ones made by hand. Their special gifts because theres lots of love in them..
I'm sure they'll all be great, and everyone will be thrilled to receive them. And it's even nicer since you and your sister can now have a family tradition!
Enjoy a wonderful Christmas!
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