Soaping Withdrawals!!!

I have made my first batch of soap in almost two weeks! Country Garden is gelling in the mould now and I will be making more tomorrow - a new one for teen/oily skin and also my very first castille soap. Castille is usually 100% olive oil soap and I will be using Extra Virgin - for my first time....lol..... 

Country Garden is made using my Camellia Tea recipe and using Lavender and Rose Geranium essential oils as fragrance.  With a mauve and green swirl in the creamy base soap, it evokes in me a walk through an old style country garden.  I have an antique amber glass container inherited from my Grandmother; the lid is painted with a lady in a sunbonnet surrounded by her lovely flowering garden and this inspired my Country Garden soap.  

My new tester recipe for oily/teen skin will definitely be a 'girls only' one.  I am using a Fantasy (type) fragrance oil and colouring it with a blend of raspberry and grape micas, all from Big Tree Supplies in Queensland Australia - so, very girly!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas doing whatever you enjoy doing best, and I wish everyone a Happy New Year and a very prosperous and fulfilling 2010.