Intro

[rainbow]

I'm Carys, from Oregon in the US. I've been making soap for about 13 years. I started with melt and pour, moved on to cold process, discovered hot process, and never looked back (cleaning up *soap* instead of lye and fat!! \o/ )

I make a big batch every so often. It's mostly for my own use, but every so often I make enough to sell the extras.

I use the same olive/almond/coconut blend of food-grade organic oils for each kind, and then add "flavorings" once the soap's cooled. Some of my flavors:

Chocolate mint

Coffee and cream garden soap

Mocha

Mexican chocolate

Calendula and chamomile

Sandalwood spice

Lavendar mint

~C

Comments

[rainbow]

More cute slugs! EEEEeee!

Yes, I think the chemical sensitivity is probably a big part of it. I know I started making my own soap because every soap on the market made me itchy.

Another high olive soaper, wooo!! I do about 85% olive, 10% almond, and 5% coconut, then mix some extra almond in with the additives to help them blend in nicely.

And I found some pictures and consolidated them into one. It's a bit big, so here's the picture of some of my soaps.

[lauredhel]

Oh, I love your marbling! What a great effect. (It's not too big for her, btw - it's meant to partially be a photos comm, too.)

[rainbow]

Thank you! I love the marbled look, so I specifically try for pretty swirls and streaks *g*.