Day 3 - vanilla sugar cookie soy candle

It's been busy and I've been lazy but here is a soy candle ready to go! It is filled with vanilla sugar cookie fragrance!! I want to burn it but I've got to make some inventory:) Good news! I've been using my very own home made soap and it works great!! No burns so that's a good sign:) I think I'm going to remelt my other bars and add some fragrance and cocobutter to make the bar a little more smooth- I'll post how it turns out!!

Day two!! not actually day 2 but day 2 on my venture

I tried soap again for I think the 5th or 6th time and this time is even closer!! I figured out what was wrong with all my other batches!! I didn't add enough lye and the way I figured that out is because I added too much Lye this time and my soap set up before it even got to volcano stage!! so I added more water and oils and melted it again but I think I stirred too fast because now my soap is like chocolate muse! it will be floater soap:( but it's soap and at least it's not a gob of gue!! so I'm happy, I'm getting closer to getting it right and I learn more about how it all works with each batch! Another cool thing is that I had emailed a lady who has the most awesome soap making website! Her whole website is helping people make their own soap. She has every bit of information on there to help you! I emailed her and asked her some advice and she emailed me back!!!! What a cool lady!! She attached a bunch of links to help me with my soap. Any who, hopefully my next batch will be even closer........I hope:)

Day one!

So I'm registered and getting started!!! Scary!!! I haven't actually opened my shop yet because I need to make some more inventory!! I've been reading and looking at another girls shop and I saw that she had a blog spot as well where she posted all of her progress. I thought that was a pretty good idea so I decided to do the same! Now I feel like I have something to report to and it will keep track of all my progress. I have to say that I have my candle making down pretty good so that won't be too hard to get some cool candles finished. It's the soaps that make me nervous. I won't post any on my shop until I know forsure that they are awesome!! I have tried to make soap serveral times but I just haven't figured it out quit yet:( If I can get one recipe down where it's perfect, I can work from there and add on and be more creative. I think the problem is that because I am making such small batches of soap everything has to be super percise and I am too cheap to invest in a scale and also a stick blender. but to make my soap work right, it has to be done. Anyways, I'll keep up on my progress!! I'll make some candles and atleast get those rolling!! Until then, see ya!