the ramblings of my journey through life, following my passion and enjoying the adventure

Friday, August 12, 2011

Don't fix something that ain't broken!

It has been a while since I posted here, but that hasn't meant that I have not regularly read the posts of the blogs that I follow and of course been inspired.

Over the last month I have been fighting a nasty influenza virus, and just when I feel I have shaken it off it comes back to bite me on the butt! More in the ears, throat, head and (sore) body than on the butt - the butt side of things I do believe is from sitting on it too long!!

I did however muster up enough energy (been completely out of it) to make four new batches of soap....  When I say new, I mean taking a tried and tested recipes that work perfectly well and tweaking them - a little bit more of this, a little less of that and so on. You probably get the picture.

Why mess with something that is working? If only I could say my mind was fuzzy from medication; if only I had some kind of explanation that, if not for my peace of mind, then to at least convince anybody else. Silly. Silly, silly, silly is all I can say!

Sadly, two of those batches not only ended up as a disaster, they also landed in the trash can. The third batch, 100% olive oil, I unmolded when it was still too soft, and the last batch is a salt bar, which hasn't come out exactly how I envisioned it - will post pics at a later stage.

In the meantime, mostly to make me feel better about my own soap making abilities, I'll add some photo's of this season's efforts.


Petitgrain e/o, with poppy seeds and finely ground oats.


Orange, palmarosa e/o, honey and beeswax, with calendula petals.


Patchouli, orange and lemon e/o.


Sweet orange, rose geranium and lemongrass e/o, calendula petals.


Geranium, lavender, patchouli and petitgrain e/o.

Spring (I hope) is around the corner and with it comes soaps with slightly varied fragrances. I am looking forward to both!

Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa.

9 comments:

  1. How much I love them , all!
    Look´s so NATURAL and your artistic sense...
    Have a lovely week-end and and take care of yourself ,
    Love@Bless,
    Claudia

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  2. Thank you Claudia, have a good week-end too!

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  3. Gorgeous photos as usual Cynthia!
    Hope you feel better?

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  4. Nice blog! Gorgeous photos!! xo jen

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  5. I love the photos of your soaps and the EO combinations sound wonderful. I found your blog through a comment posted on Jenora's.

    Michelle

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  6. Pero qué preciosidad de jabones,me encantan.
    Saludos.

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  7. What a lovely bunch of soaps! Just beautiful, and I hope you're feeling much better! ~Becky

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  8. Thanks Michelle, Barbara and Becky.
    xx

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