Queen of Hearts Massage Bars

My new molds arrived today and so I just had to try my new massage bar recipe. Here they are my queen of hearts massage bars, named so because of the red and gold, the colours seem royal hehe. I am one of those people that love love love glitter ^_^I think glitter's a bit like marmite; you either love it or hate it. I'm not so pleased with the fragrance though, again I tried to blend my own but this time I don't like it. That's ok though this was more of a test batch. Tonight I'll be ordering some new fragrances and I'll keep my cheeky hands from trying to blend them :D Adding the shea butter really made a difference, they melt a lot faster and feel less like a lotion bar and more 'massagey'. I think I'll be playing with the oils part of the recipe next. By the way these are vegan, like all the products I make. They are made with almond wax, not beeswax. Almond wax is great for your nails, an awesome two way treat; your loved one gets a massage and you get a treat for your kind hands ^_^

Lather Testing!

So I said I'd try to show the lather from my new recipe and here it is. I'm really happy with my bubbles and lather so far. My mum (the awesome camerawoman :D) said she really likes it too. But we're both a bit worried that it feels just a little bit drying. I think it might be because it was only cut yesterday (impatient hehe) and that it will be better when it has finished curing. If it still feels as drying after the cure I'll be tweaking my recipe again. Would love to know what you think about the lather though, enough bubbles? I haven't tried adding sugar yet but I might consider it. I'll be back posting tonight or tomorrow with my new bath melt recipe, running out of melts to give away ^_^

Test Bars Cut

Soon after I woke this morning I went downstairs to see if my test batch was ready for cutting and it was ^_^ Here they are, can't wait to try them.

Gifts

Last night before I went to bed I was requested to make up a gift box of my products for my mum's boyfriend and today an identical one for her friend. That's the picture above, inside it has the love spell cupcakes, pumice spa soap, tangerine poppy soap, some bath melts and sugar scrubs. I also gave away one of my lavender lotions to him. To my mum's friend I gave one of the english rose lotions I made today. I've really gotten into this lotion making, I prefer the lavender to the rose, but they're both nice. I had much less trouble with decanting today hehe. I'm hoping this is going to be a good way to get feedback I'm excited to hear what they think and maybe some customers for the future if i decide to sell^_^

I also wanted to do some experimenting with my base recipe, so today I made a 1lb test batch of unscented soap. I added some gold mica and some gold glitter because I couldn't bare to leave him without any additions hehe. Took a picture of it, I think it looks pretty ^_^ so I put it here to share. This should be much bubblier than my normal recipe. I'll keep you updated, maybe take a picture of the lather. :)