A Very 'Beachy' Christmas.....

Here in Australia we celebrate Christmas during a long, hot and often humid summer.  Many of my fondest Christmas memories from my childhood and teen years centre around day trips to the beach... the waves rolling rhythmically onto the sand; my sun-warmed beach towel underneath me; heated body cooled while eating an orange ice-block (icypole); suntan oil liberally spread...


Let me introduce you to 'Beach Christmas' soap.  Each layer has a different scent which, when sniffed, take me back to those lazy summer days... ahhhhh...

The painting in the last picture was my inspiration for the colour and look of the top two layers.  It was painted by my uncle and given to me as a fantastic 50th birthday present for my last birthday <3 

What nostalgic scents come to mind for you when you think of Christmas?  I would love to know!


Have an awesome day *smile*

Merry Berry and Citrus Spice ... Getting in the Christmas Groove!

As with many soapers, food seems to be a catalyst for several of my creations.  I am very partial to food-type scents and decided to play with blending fragances just for Christmas.


Merry Berry has a custom fragrance blend of berries, wild currant, fig, citrus, sandalwood, musk and vanilla ~ with juicy berries and citrus being the most noticeable part.  It makes my mouth water to sniff it!  Some opal white and Christmas red glitters set it off nicely.

 

Citrus Spice has Australian red clay, with just a titch of ground nutmeg added and a little cinnamon essential oil, swirled through a white soap.  The white is scented with a fresh and mouthwatering tropical citrus blend ~ yummy!  Of course, being a Christmas-themed soap I did have to add glitter *wink*

Stay tuned for a few more 'just for Christmas' soaps to come!

Trees and Stars.....

My first batch of Christmas soaps turned out just as I expected.  This is hardly surprising, as they are simply creamy white soap made with one of my favourite oil blends ~ olive, coconut, soybean and shea butter. With red or green embeds and sparkly glitter (have to have glitter on Christmas soap!) they look elegant, yet festive.


These are scented with Bramble Berry's 'Fresh Snow' fragrance oil ~ designed to mimic the feeling of peace and tranquility after a fresh snow fall.  I really love this scent and it soaps beautifully.

 

 

Thank you for looking!  Have a wonderful day *smile*

My Latest Soapies......

Back in June I mentioned here that I would share a pic of my Lime Fusion beer soap, made with my Dad's homebrew.  So sorry for the delay but I sold it all before I could photograph it!  I recently made it again so here it is before it is all gone again!

With its label, named for my Dad...

I also made a yummy Oatmeal Stout beer soap, fragranced with Bramble Berry's gorgeous scent.  It smells like Anzac biscuits warm from the oven with extra spice and orange zest.  This one set up quite quickly so it does look a little rustic, which I think suits it very well.  It looks like baked goods rather than soap *grin*

The last one I want to show you is my new look Heavenly Hibiscus.  
Here it is in its first incarnation...

And here is the updated look...

I chose the purple to match my lovely native hibiscus which is flowering right now.  Not quite a match yet still a gorgeous purple...

Have a lovely day! *smile*