New Soaps to Chat About

Hello Everyone!!  It is late evening and I am reflecting over the past few days.  I get to share with you my latest achievements in soap making.  I ordered some new scents to try and, see how they do.  I have suppliers I am grounded to and feel that the company truly is all that it can be, at least for me.  I am speaking of Aroma Haven or http://www.rusticescentuals.com.  I love this company and I won't sway too far from them. 

I also have been looking around at some new companies to try.  Maybe not so new in the fact that they just started up, but my meaning is that they are new to me.  I have been pleased with some new fragrances I bought and tried.  I also love Natures Garden, I buy some things from them that I cannot get at Aroma Haven.  I also buy from Brambleberry too so it really depends on what I need.  Again the majority of my scents do come from Aroma Haven.  I have 3 new suppliers to place on my list.  These companies have fragrances that are not offered on the bigger suppliers websites.  So I am happy to support some new compaines. 

I made 10 soap loaves. And I will be listing them soon on my artfire shop:
http://www.threesisterssoap.artfire.com   I will let them cure for about 2 weeks and the buyer will have to let them finish curing after purchase. I will put a ready to use "by" date on the package.
And I only had trouble with one fragrance oil, which I will explain later on as I talk about the various scents/soaps I made. 
 
I am more into the girly girl scents and for one reason only.  WE all know how expensive colognes, perfumes, and body sprays can be on the market.  Yes I understand if you want to smell pretty with designer scents you will pay a hefty price for them.  Which that is to everyones descretion.  So the designer dupes really appeal to me.  And I usually go for the tried and true scents and ones that have been out there for a very long time.  Plus I love the pretty sexy scents that just make you feel good to use in the shower.  I have been fortunate with the scents I currently have and feel that they are all worth a try.  I never ever soap a scent I do not like.  I just won't do it.  So I have reason to believe that if I think they are special then most other women will too. 

I have these small molds that I use when I do a trial on new fragrances.  If all goes well, I can move on to either making a larger batch by ordering more fragrance to work with.  When I am not sure about a scent I may order only a one ounce size and work with this to see how it turns out.  If I really like the scent I may go back and order a larger bottle. 

On the subject of the smaller molds I use.  I actually have 2 varieties to choose from.  The reason I really like using the smaller molds is:  I can make a bar of soap that is not too wide, that fits right into your hand without cutting the soap in half to use.  I have no problem with larger soap size, but I really don't like to cut them down to fit in my hand to use.  That is just me.  So I am trying to work with a size of soap that does not have to be cut to fit.  And also needs mentioning is that the soap is still at a good 5++ ounce size.    

So with all that in mind and thinking about the whole process I must say I was really lucky that all worked out.  Of course I mentioned the one fragrance that gave me some trouble, but it did work out and turned out to be a really nice soap.  Funny how things go like that when your not sure?  My daughter who is 28 years old, told me that she liked the one called Water the best, and this is the one that gave me the fits.  It wanted to rice on me and I just kept mixing it with the stick blender and it finally came around.  I used two colors medium blue and a lighter blue.  It was at a real thick trace and I was glopping it in the mold.  I kept thinking please turn out.  I am only going to say that the soap looked beautiful at the finished stage.  Unmolding will be tomorrow....I hope all goes well.  Lets just say more than not, I get into soaping, I get lost in what I am doing, and I just can't seem to stop.  Besides my sewing these two crafts: sewing & soaping seems to put me at ease, relax me, and frankly makes me happy.  And they have to be the two crafts that take on the most concentration.

So here is the final soaps I made and I don't profess to be a great photographer by any means, I hope the photo's I have chosen gives my work the justice it deserves.  Another note I had just cut them and posted the photo's so the soap has not been cleaned up yet.  Please keep this in mind as you view the photo's.


The soap below is called Black Vanilla.  I wanted to try this scent since I was curious as to what it smell like?  Beautiful and perfect for a Unisex scent.  I did add some vanilla seeds in the soap.  Which does nothing as far as exfoliating but it does give it more vanilla scent to the soap.  Plus it just felt right adding it. Here is a description of Black Vanilla:

Dark Madagascar Vanilla Beans enhanced with hints of Tonka beans and a touch of East India Patchouli. If you're looking for a vanilla with exotic appeal, this is the one for you.

The next soap I did is called Vanilla Bean.  This is a another wonderful scent.  If you have not tried this one you really need to!  Scent description:

The yummiest vanilla fragrance oil you can imagine. Very popular fragrance! Rich and smooth, very warm.

I ordered a scent that I really love I call this one Woodstock 1969.  I was only 8 years old during that time of Woodstock.  Scent description:

The ultimate hippie fragrance blend! A rich, beautiful blend, with an earthy hint of patchouli and sweet smell of nag champa. Very popular for those who love a earth scent!  This is not a over powering in your face kind of scent.  It is a perfect blend and also considered Unisex.

The next soap I made is called Got Milk?  Now this is a sweet scent and described as:

Just love at first sniff; this fragrance can be easily one the best comforting fragrances in the market. This sophisticated milky fragrance is a wonderful combination of sweet and creamy fresh milk notes, wrapped in fluffy clouds of delicate powdery notes with a warm soft background of pristine florals and sweet buttery musks, just heavenly!  All the nice sweet cream notes of the fragrance stay in the soap perfectly and discolors only to a creamy light tan.  So I expect this soap to darken just a little.  I did swirl in some white in the natural soap base to try and give it a creamy color.  So hopefully this will work?

This next soap is one of my best sellers.  I cannot keep this in stock!!  I've ordered other Oatmeal Milk & Honey scents and they sit in my fragrance cabinet because they just don't live up to the perfect fragrance I have found and exclusively use. 

Blended with utmost care, this is the perfect melding of three fabulous scents. Sweet and toasty, this is one soap that you'll want to take a bite out of! Discolors to light tan.  And yes this scent has a sweetness to it.  In just the right amount.  I used some cocoa to make the dark line across the soap.  And I added a cinnamon stick for contrast. 

This next soap is called Fresh Cut Grass.  And OMG is it wonderful!!  I doubt I ever let my stock on this fragrance run low.  I am that serious about this scent! 

Fresh, green, and summery. The scent of a newly mown lawn.  A very Unisex scent!!  I used some dried dandelion leaves (yes it is perfectly fine to do)!!  So these little green specks just make the soap pop even more.  This is just a nice perfect blend of scent. 

I am pretty sure I will be harvesting more dandelion leaves from my yard while they are here.  I don't want to change the look of this soap in anyway and feel that everything that is green will go into this soap. 

So at this point we got through the Got Milk? soap, and the Fresh Green Grass soap, I now want to introduce the Water soap:

The clean, fresh scent of a cool mountain stream. A rich clean scent. I am so glad I took a chance on this fragrance. Well worth it.    I used two different blues and wanted to display a look of water in a deep blue kind of way.  Another Unisex scent that anyone would enjoy.

Here is Mambo for Men:

An up-tempo twist of Bergamot and zesty lime, Mediterranean herbs and spices that raises the pulse and turns up the heat! A festive tandem of French Clary sage and thyme is embraced by exotic masculine florals and an ultra-sensual fusion of cinnamon leaf, cumin and heart of Cedarwood. The soul of the fragrance is a rhythmic blend of lusty patchouli, addictive musks, irresistible Sandalwood and spirited Fir Balsam.

THIS IS A OMG SCENT IF I EVER SMELLED ONE (for men).  This is a Liz Claiborne designer fragrance dupe, what can I say but SEXY!!!

Lemon Sugar & Candied Violets-Amazing! This scent is gorgeous! It is true to it’s name! Hint of lemon sugar with sweet, sticky notes of candied violets. This scent has just a touch of perfume to give it an added “upscale” note. Beautiful for the summer months.                
                                          ~Discontinued~

I had heard of other soapers using this scent and highly recommended it.

Unfortunately the supplier has decided to discontinue this fragrance for some reason and I grabbed a 16 oz bottle of it while I could.  I have to say this is a refreshing scent and so beautiful for summer.  I will continue to make this soap and offer this.  If you have not tried this, you won't be disappointed at all!!

I used a light blue color to swirl in the yellow base of the soap and made some lemon imbeds to put on top.  Not every piece will have that lemon slice showing but still it is unique and sweet.  I sprinkled on the top some Sparkling Sugar and Micro Mixed Sprinkles and cosmetic glitter. I love this scent!!  And the way the soap turned out.  Just a fun soap. 





Too bad I won't be able to offer this once the fragrance oil is all gone!

Twilight Dream

A wonderfully fresh aromatic blend of lavender, spruce and cedar enhanced by a citrus bouquet of lemon lime with a dry down of patchouli, sandalwood and oakmoss.

"Lavender shadows creep across the sky, a touch of woody smoke hanging in the air. The last rays of the sun fade into dusk as you breathe deeply the sultry scent that is...TWILIGHT DREAM".

This was the last soap I made and I had all these left over colors that I mixed up so I used them all and this is my idea of Twilight:  A Unisex Soap

Comments are always welcome and I hope you enjoyed this blog on my recent soaps. 
Take care and God Bless

Debby 
Three Sisters Soap

Fragrance Oils & Descriptions

Just a few things I feel I need to keep track of.  This is "some" not all of the oils I have used, this list is never ending.  Many suppliers will discontinue a fragrance oil and I try to make sure I keep a hard copy of scent descriptions.  I have experienced many fragrances that I cannot find a description on.  So I feel that I should keep this blog going for a scent description.  It is so unnerving to have a fragrance and can't find the scent description anymore.  So this is basically what this blog is about.  I hope it can help someone else out too when they might have a scent they need to reference. 





Vanillian-
there is a big percentage of fragrance oils that contain a vanilla content. This cannot be avoided due to the make up of a certain scent. Most vanilla will darken or discolor a soap. There is absolutely nothing you can do about it. For example the Victoria Secrets Pink Sugar dupe will discolor to a really dark brown. You can’t change this in anyway. I use some of my soap batch and color it pink and swirl pink in with the soap blend. I do not scent the pink colored soap to give it some highlights and add some contrast to the soap. Please beware of this it happens more than not. So please inquire if this will discolor or not so you know what to expect. I did not take the time to explain this in the description.
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Men’s Fragrance Oils-

Black Tie Affair-
fragrance begins with top notes of Kaffir lime, lemon, and ozonic notes; followed by middle notes of basil, black pepper, and cucumber; sitting on base notes of vetiver and spice. This is a very sexy scent. I have several 16 oz bottles in stock and love this scent. This is a Discontinued Fragrance Oil and I am extremely lucky to get a few bottles in stock.  
Blue Sugar(type)-compaired to the popular Aquolina Blue Sugar.
A Wonderful harmony of caramelized sugar and vanilla blended with heady notes of cedar and tonka bean. The heart of the fragrance is rich with energetic notes of licorice, patchouli, lavender, and coriander, freshened with crisp bergamot and mandarin, and finished with soothing notes of anise. Blue Sugar is a fragrance of contrasts - fun and effervescent, yet supremely masculine. Only one bottle in stock about  

Bay Rum-
Resinous bay leaves infused in the mellow woody smell of rum that has been aged and matured for months in wooden kegs. The quintessential cologne aftershave lotion scent, this fragrance is all about exotic spices - Allspice, Capers, Cloves, Nutmeg and mix with Crushed Orange, Crisp Pine Needles and just a touch of Patchouli and Vanilla to add a deep base note for staying power.

Barbershop 1920-
Heart notes of amber and rum with a light top note of musk and Bay make this irresistible! If you are a Bay Rum lover, you’ll be surprised at how this fragrance oil is clean and fresh. Beautiful!!

Madagascar Spice-
If you all love Oriental Seduction you will flip over Madagascar Spice. This delightful blend is all those exotic spices rounded out with a very smooth vanilla. I detect subtle notes of saffron, allspice, nutmeg, clove, and more. Men especially like this complex and spicy blend. Some have reported aphrodisiac effects on their significant other.  

Mayan Gold-
This luxurious fragrance is a mix of rare woods, spices and amber. It is considered an oriental fragrance with a very unique note: chocolate! This fragrance blend contains a large amount of essential oils (Sandalwood, Patchouli, Clary Sage, Vetiver, Mandarin, Lemon, Grapefruit, Neroli) along with synthetic notes of Vanilla, Chocolate and Musk.

Dragons Blood-
This smells just like the resin you'll find in New Age and health food stores. A soothing oriental blend of orange, rose, and carnation on a warm exotic dry down of patchouli and creamy vanilla. (Vanilla haters, take heart, you can't smell vanilla!)
Great Unisex scent.

Mambo for Men-
was created by Liz Claiborne in 2001. Mambo Cologne by Liz Claiborne is a zesty blend of bergamot, lime, sage, thyme, cinnamon leaf, cumin, cedarwood, patchouli, musks, sandalwood, and fir balsam. Very Very Sexy.

Earth Musk-
sensual and alluring clean scent. Earth Musk-this deep, hearty scent is comprised mainly of Amber and Vetivert. Good Unisex scent.   

Patchouli Dusk-
This fragrance is a straight Patchouli fragrance with the traditional deep, sensual, almost dirt-like aroma. Good Unisex scent. The cost of Patchouli has steeply gone up and this oil is now very expensive to buy. Just one ounce of this fragrance cost $6.40 for one ounce so this will be more of an expense to you. Well worth it if you love the scent of Patchouli.

Fresh Cut Grass-
Fresh, green, and summery. The scent of a newly mown lawn. Can be a Unisex scent.   
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Various fragrances:
(these are not for sale)
Listing is what I have soaped or will soap.

Flannel Sheets-
fragrance oil is a fresh linen and clean cotton type that will leave you smiling. This scent has the beautiful aroma of fresh clothes just pulled from a sun drenched drying line and has been a consistent top seller for many years.

Flower Child-
Everyone digs this groovy scent! Patchouli, Sandalwood, Amber, Ylang Ylang, Musk, Violet, Cedarwood, and Vanilla notes round out this cool, far out fragrance. A hippy scent but a fun one!!

Welcome Home-
This is honestly one of the BEST scents we've ever smelled! Toasted graham crackers, vanilla frosting, creamy caramel, and juicy raisins. This scent is perfect all around.

Mandarin Twist-
A tangy mandarin orange and fruit blend with a Cabernet wine essence and undertones of designer perfume. This is NOT a tutti-frutti type scent. This fragrance is a very sensual, sophisticated scent. It is very unusual and alluring. It is an absolute MUST HAVE for your spring and summer soap.  

Honeysuckle & White Patchouli (type)- Victoria's Secret type 
a beautiful, soothing blend of fragrant Chinese honeysuckle and relaxing patchouli. This sophisticated feminine scent is absolutely divine in a warm and indulgent way.  

Of a Woman (FES)-
This wildly feminine fragrance is a sweet bouquet of lavender, wild jasmine, peony and wildflowers resting on a base of warm musk and exotic woody notes.

Black Raspberry & Vanilla-
A luscious blend of raspberries, strawberries, coconut lemon, peach and vanilla.     

Monkey Love-the best way to describe this scent is the candy called Runts. Which is just a blend of hard fruity candies. This fragrance oil is a banana scent and it is absolutely wonderful. It smells just like a banana runt candy. If you love bananas this is a scent you will love!!  

Butt Naked-
This fragrance is a fruity Pineapple fragrance with coconut notes. It has a sweet baked vanilla base note.  

Red Lipstick-
A sassy scent that lives up to its name! Notes of dark sweet cherry, violet, sweet coumarin, pink raspberry, light brown sugar, cotton candy, sensual musk, and a hint of French crème and tonka bean. This fragrance oil is sweet, sassy and fun!

Sandalwood Vanilla-
There's something about the smell of Vanilla that brings to mind the innocent pleasures of childhood. But there's nothing innocent about this fragrance! It's a sensuous assault on your senses! While the strong notes of Vanilla are as rich creamy as they should be, their purity is complimented by the sexy scent of West Indian Sandalwood. The end result is a fabulous, and rather intoxicating provocative blend. 

Calabrian Bergamot & Violet-
A fabulous hidden treasure from the heart of Tuscany! The lavish floral heart pairs sweet bergamot and delicate violet with no perfume undertones - it's a fresh, gentle breeze from a lush Italian oasis. The middle notes of sparkling citron and fresh pear are seated upon a delicate base of soft sandalwood. A beautiful soft undertone to round out the florals, I can blend with a hint of Vanilla Bean....really! 

Grannies Green Apples-
Just think of biting into a crisp, juicy Granny Smith apple. Sweet green apple with a touch of tart and peel. Smells just like the real thing!  

24 Carat-
Sparkling bergamot, orchid and rose dance on top of sandalwood and sensual amber in this warm, fuzzy fragrance.  

Aqua Floral-
No scent description available. I will describe it this way: I smell Pears, fruity, clean and fun. Not a bad scent. Would make a nice Summer fresh scent.

Creamsicle-
Warm vanilla blended with sparking fresh orange. A summer classic that smells fabulous all year round.

Applejack & Peel (Type): Claire Burke Type.
This smells just like the yummiest apple you have ever had the privilege of eating and then some. It has hot and spicy top notes of cinnamon and cloves rounding down to the mellow scent of red apples. Men love this one! It is especially popular during the fall and winter months when all anyone wants to do is cuddle up in front of the fire!

Cream Cheese Frosting-
Other sugar loving notes in this fragrance are freshly churned butter, buttercream, cream cheese and an intriguing finish note of butterscotch for a warm and smooth after-note.  
　
Oatmeal Milk & Honey-
Blended with utmost care, this is the perfect melding of three fabulous scents. Sweet and toasty, this is one soap that you'll want to take a bite out of! This is one of our absolutely best seller.  

Violet-
This is a great, delicate floral with no other top notes. Just a straight violet that smells like your English grandmother.  

Tropical Vacation-
A mix of mango, coconut and pineapple rolled into one sweet scent. Men and women both go crazy for this scent. It's one you won't want to miss! Has been
said it smells just like Bath and Body works "true blue" Tahiti Sweetie!  

Spellbound Woods-
Talk about a wonderfully sexy scent- this is it! Spellbound Woods is a blend of Amber, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Cedarwood and the barest hint of light floral on the dry down. Can be considered a Unisex scent.  

Chocolate Orange-
I love this scent. A nice true chocolate scent mixed with orange. The scent just reminds me of the holidays, but it is really perfect for any old day. It is truly mouth watering.  

Frosted Raspberry Clover Tea-
this is a special blend of Candy Cane and Raspberry Clover Tea. It smells strongly of the raspberry with a zing to it. Should be very refreshing in the shower.  

Amber Romance-One of the Victoria's Secret Garden Collection favorites! Another Victoria's Secret Temptation in a bottle! Sensual, seductive, alluring blend of smoky black cherry, Creme Anglaise, and sandalwood, with a smooth dry down of warming, sensual amber and an Egyptian Musk end note. The slightest hint of vanilla bean anchors the musk note to soften the impact and entice you to take another sniff! Beloved by both men and women! A sultry, mood-warming blend, with mildly aphrodisiac qualities. 

Badedas-
A bracing blend of "clean" from European spas. Badedas is a classic blend reserved for body washes in the spas of Germany, France, and Belgium. This scent is an upscale blend of fresh, invigorating leafy greens& florals, basil, citrus, amber, and musk. A brilliant, invigorating, and sparkling scent that will make you feel romantic throughout the evening. This is beautiful one of my favorite scents!!!!

Bayberry-traditional Christmas bayberry scent. "Sweet French Herbs" is also a name we might give it in soap or candle tarts.

Cashmere Mist (type)-Inspired by DKNY (Donna Karan, New York).
A refreshing, woody, arid scent blending fresh floral jasmine with sandalwood and vanilla. Very feminine! This is a hot process soap only due to complications with fragrance oil.  

Childhood-
Fashioned from a ritzy hand-blended boutique perfume. This fragrance is everything from childhood, and more! If you have children and have ever rested your chin on the top of their warm little heads and sniffed the sweet smell of a well-loved child, you have an idea of the nature of this scent. It is based on a bouquet of the most exotic, rare wild flowers background, with notes of caramel and musk on the dry down. It is indescribably innocent and naughty!  

Chocolate Nut Brownie-
This fabulous fragrance smells JUST like you are baking brownies with fresh nuts. The scent is so real that you can even taste the chocolate & nuts. Your neighbors will be dropping by to ask you for the recipe. This is a chocoholics delight!

Christmas Fantasy-
Smells like a combination of ribbon candy, spiced tea, a hint of cinnamon, and a flower shop at Christmas.  

Toasted Marshmallow-
A fragrance oil so true to its name! Imagine a marshmallow on a stick, just slightly toasted by the fire.

Coconut Cream Easter Egg-
We can't believe that there's actually a fragrance that captures the smell of a gooey centered, Cadbury egg....but there is! Mmm! Perfect at Easter and year 'round. Sweet scent but not sickly sweet.  

Crystal Blue Waters-
Imagine your own private getaway on a lush tropical isle of white sand and crystal blue waters. This scent will whisk you away to that place. The aroma is a fusion of fresh salty air, bouquets of exotic flowers, hints of citrus and sea kelp, and an undertone of white lily musk. Close your eyes and smell - you can dig your toes in the sand and feel the sea lapping gently on your feet. This is beautiful, and incredible, and quite honestly blew me away!   

Coconut Lime Verbena-
is a beautiful lime accord sat upon a gentle base of coconut and tart citrus notes. Wispy hints of lemon verbena tie it all together. Does not have a suntan-lotion note to be found! This is a deceptively formulated fragrance oil.

Crystal Blue Waters-
Imagine your own private getaway on a lush tropical isle of white sand and crystal blue waters. This scent will whisk you away to that place. The aroma is a fusion of fresh salty air, bouquets of exotic flowers, hints of citrus and sea kelp, and an undertone of white lily musk. Close your eyes and smell - you can dig your toes in the sand and feel the sea lapping gently on your feet. This is beautiful, and incredible, and quite honestly blew me away!  

Daydream-
No description available. From my point of view it is a woman’s scent. Fruity and Floral. I think it would make a superb soap. Feminine scent.

Gingerbread- A delicious, warm Gingerbread with notes of buttery vanilla, raisins, spices, and ginger.  

Imagine
Introduced in 2001 and later discontinued as a perfume on the market, this now hard-to-find fine fragrance will blow your mind! Top notes of sweet pineapple & bergamot leads to a soft floral blend of white cedar, passion fruit, peony, woody violet & night blooming jasmine. The dry down is a sweet balsam, rare amber, sandalwood & musk. This fragrance oil is expensive to buy due to the company could not find a supplier to buy from and they had to re-make the original perfume scent which is costly to do. Beautiful scent.

Interlude-
Do you love Theirry Mugler's Angel? This is the scent for you! Interlude is a dead on dupe - All the romance, love, and passion that is in the perfume is also in this Fragrance Oil. Notes of soft, sweet woods and florals balanced by citrus and tropical fruits underscored by patchouli. Powerful scent.

Pink Sugar-
The much-sought-after duplication of Pink Sugar, Aquolina's runaway hit perfume! Top notes of smooth Jamaican vanilla and caramel are chased by Bergamot, Sicilian Orange, Raspberry, Fig leaves, Licorice, Strawberry Candy, Barbe-a-Papa, and musk with a dry down of Lily of the Valley, rich woods, and delicate powder. This is a very complex fragrance, at once childlike, playful, and mischievous.... with a touch of irresistible romance.  

Sweet Amber Musk-
A deeply sensual and erotic scent, this is an emotional fragrance that invites you to sniff again and again. This oil smells EXPENSIVE! This scent smells to me a little more floral than just the Amber I have. Just a little more to it, to make it sexy. I love the womanly scent.

Yuzu-
is a Japanese citrus. Our version is traditional with wonderful sparkling overtones of grapefruit, citron, and a hint of mandarin orange.  

Apple Butter-
Just as the nane describes a really nice apple butter scent. Dead on dupe.
Must be hot processed when soap making.

Hot Cocoa-
I can smell the rich chocolate cocoa in this bottle. Hard to soap so this would be a hot process soap if my last resort.  

Brown Sugar-
just as it states smell dead on.  

Bergamot Rosewood-
Rich spices, warm earth and soothing woody tones combine for this enchanting blend. Orange and mandarin lift the heart of ginger, cinnamon and patchouli to create a sensual tone. Traces to geranium and jasmine add texture to the spiced blend, as a wood complex dramatizes the composition. Finishing touches of golden amber and soft vanilla bean complete the autumn sensation. Very nice scent I love Bergamot so this is such an nice rounded scent.

Vanilla Bean-
The yummiest vanilla fragrance oil you can imagine. Very popular fragrance! Rich and smooth, very warm. It does have a buttery scent and so rich.  

Water-
The clean, fresh scent of a cool mountain stream. A rich clean scent. I am so glad I took a chance on this fragrance. Well worth it.  

Woodstock '69-
The ultimate hippie fragrance blend! A rich, beautiful blend, with an earthy hint of patchouli and sweet smell of nag champa. I absolutely love this blend.  

White Linen-Estee Lauder dupe-
A classic and sophisticated perfume. Blend is comprised of citrus, peach and rose with jasmine and lily. This is definitely a feminine scent so pretty and just smells expensive. Worth trying!! Worth having!!  

Beautiful-
Another Estee Lauder type. Crisp citrus notes and plums with a base of mixed florals, including rose and jasmine. This is classic and womanly, not a "frilly" scent at all.  

Cherry Blossom-
A bright floral reminiscent of spring's first blossoms bathed in soft sunlight. Aromatic Notes: Smells like Cherry Blossom Flowers. Just a little on the sweet side.

Got Milk? (type)-
Just love at first sniff; this version of this fragrance can be easily one the best comforting fragrances in the market. This sophisticated milky fragrance is a wonderful combination of sweet and creamy fresh milk notes, wrapped in fluffy clouds of delicate powdery notes with a warm soft background of pristine florals and sweet buttery musks. All the nice sweet cream notes of the fragrance stay in the soap perfectly with no acceleration problems and discolors only to a creamy light tan.  

Lime Cooler-
this smells just like the life saves (green) lime candy. Identical!! It smells clean and refreshing and very nice lime scent. If you love fruity scents this one is for you!!    

White Chocolate Cherries-
this is a discontinued fragrance oil. If I were to give my opinion on this one I would say it is very sweet scented and smells more like Almonds which would be like the Jergens lotion that has that clean Almond scent. I have soaped this before and the soap turns a light tan but the scent is really nice.   

Banana Raspberry-
this is a discontinued fragrance oil. I love this fresh fruity scent. Both are strong in banana and raspberry. Great combination. This does rice in soap so this has to be a hot processed soap.   

Harvest Moon-
Top Notes: Orange Oil, Pumpkin, Accord. Middle Notes: Nectarine, Hay Accord, Nutmeg. Base Notes: Cinnamon, Clove, Vanilla.  
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Larger quantities of fragrance oils:

Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific-
first became available in the mid 1970's and it was an instant winner! The women loved it! Why? Because men loved the smell! No wonder people’s hair smelled so terrific! GYHST shampoo and conditioner were instant successes, especially because of the heavy TV advertising campaign that brought around a lot of fans for the products!

By the mid-1980's the products disappeared from the store shelves. Jergens had discontinued manufacturing the product. After that, the only place in the world where the items were still available was in the Philippines! Jergens had licensed the product to a manufacturer in the Philippines, and up until today the product has remained available for purchase there!
So, if you remember that wonderful, fragrant shampoo from back during your childhood, why not get some soap made, You won’t regret it!   

Verbena Berry-
Verbena is a lemon scent in case you did not know. Lemon and Berry scent is so pretty in soap. A clean fruity scent.  Discontinued
 
Lavender-
this is a fragrance oil and it is not like the essential oil scent or herbal scent. More of a sweeter Lavender. Very pretty mixed with Lemon.    Discontinued

Persimmon Fruit-
I know this doesn’t sound like something great but trust me when I soaped this is was a beautiful floral fruity scent. I liked it so much I bought two bottles.
Discontinued

Amber-
Reminiscent of the divine scent of ambergris, a sweet layered scent, with spicy, earthy rich undertones. This is a very nice fragrance to soap, and the smell is intoxicating  Discontinued

Voodoo Love-
"A unique, mysterious floral fragrance! Very clean and smooth. This one is said by many to smell just like a fresh cut yellow rose!" The rose scent is in the background. You can faintly smell it. This is a nice romantic floral scent. I was really surprised when I bought my first bottle and had to buy another one.
Discontinued

Pink-
again I had to buy more than one bottle of this fragrance, it is absolutely beautiful, romantic, feminine, fresh and clean. If the color of pink had a fragrance it would be this one.    Discontinued

Autumn Afternoon-
OMG what can I say this is another Discontinued scent you will only find here. This is a beautiful Fall scent it is fresh and it just smells oh so good. I had to buy 3 bottles of this one it was that good!!   

Honeysuckle Peach-
just as the name describes. It is so fresh and fruity and clean. What a great choice this was!!
Satin Sheets-
A OMG truly romantic, seductive blend. With base notes of white and dark chocolate, it smells almost edible! Other notes include violet, fresh jasmine, musk, blackberries, vanilla, and just a hint of fresh green top notes. Again this is a feminine scent so beautiful and makes the most wonderful smelling soap. I have stocked up on this one.  

Strawberries & Champagne (type)-a Victoria Secrets fragrance.
A popular fragrance from VS, this interpretation is dead on -- a fresh aquatic, yet lightly fruited strawberry, grapes, and sparkling wine in an base of aquatic accord. One of my favorites. Such a pretty womanly scent. A must have!!  

Dazzling Diamonds-
A soft yet crisp white flower scent with exotic ingredients like Amazon lily, Egyptian tuberose, Turkish rose and Italian orris. Patchouli, amber and sandalwood add a rich and sensual brilliance. Sophisticated and upscale smelling. A womanly scent you will love. I love this one very much!!   

Lemon Sugar & Candied Violets-
Amazing! This scent is gorgeous! It is true to it’s name! Hint of lemon sugar with sweet, sticky notes of candied violets. This scent has just a touch of perfume to give it an added “upscale” note. Beautiful for the summer months.
Discontinued


French Vanilla Crunch-
Delicious is the best way to describe this scent! Creamy, crunchy vanilla! So very vanilla with hints of yummy crunchy goodness! Does not soap well, but can be used in other products.  Discontinued


Pralines & Cream-
Toasted pecans, caramelized brown sugar, and vanilla! What more could you ask for? Delicious combination.  Discontinued

Woodland Orange Spice-
Deep blend of balsam, fresh orange peel, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Perfect for cool fall nights. Beautiful scent if you like a fall scent.  

Chanel No.5-
described as "the world's most legendary fragrance". Chanel No. 5 was the first fragrance from Parisian couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, and has been on sale continually since its introduction in 1921. It has been described as "the world's most legendary fragrance", and remains the company's most famous perfume.The company estimates that a bottle is sold worldwide every 55 seconds.  

Passionate Kisses (type)-Victoria SecretsA playful fragrance which is alluring, energetic, and fun. This fragrance begins with top notes of raspberry, blackberry, and fresh strawberries. Followed by mid notes of coconut milk and freshly picked roses. Ending in bottom notes of Egyptian vanilla and amber musk.   
Amazing Grace (type)-Philosophy dupe-You want a scent that makes you feel like a girl, ... Embrace your beauty, and express your femininity with amazing grace fragrance. Amazingly clean, beautifully feminine scent. ...An elusive clean,floral blend with notes of delicate flower blossoms including jasmine, violet and rose grounded in a very sensual but sheer musk. A very accurate dupe of the philosophy fragrance.

Karma Sutra Misbehavin’-A flirtatious, fruity, sexy fragrance. A tantalizing aroma of sweet juicy candied apples and pomegranate, with nuances of fresh ivy and oakmoss. This is another clean scent that is just right. Beautiful!!

Chance by Chanel-Chance (type)perfume inspired by Chanel ...
notes of white musk, hyacinth and citron, pink pepper, jasmine, fresh vetiver, orris absolute and amber patchouli. Although familiar, these raw materials are perceived in a completely original way, due to the unexpected accord, which gives the fragrance its unique character.

Understanding Soap and the Soap Maker

Hi to everyone who subscribed, or is new to my blog. I had to take time out to reflect on how I wanted to keep everyone updated and share some upcoming things. I haven't posted on my blog for a few months and I have to say I am sorry. Life is not easy as we hoped it would be. With so many twists and turns and ups and downs, a person can get lost in just getting through life. I don't want to be that person who gets lost in life.

With this said, I wanted to take a few minutes to educate those who do not know the ways of soap making. By doing so you can understand this is not a fast nor easy process to achieve. If you better understand how the whole process goes then you will understand the time it takes and what is involved in getting from point A to point B.

Saponification happens when lye and water meets the oils. As the two become mixed and blended a new process takes place. Your oil and water now become soap. It takes 24 hours for the process to be complete. Your soap will have harden and is ready to be removed from the mold and cut into bars.
Cold process soap making is the most creative way to make soap. The batch is liquid and can be divided up to make various colors and you can achieve just about any creative idea you want. This is the method I prefer. Cold process soap once poured into a mold, it sets up for 24 hours, then it is taken out of the mold, and cut into bars. Generally soap must cure out for 4-6 weeks. The longer it cures the harder the bar. Soap can be sold early in as short as one week, but you must know the curing will then depend on the buyer to let their soap harden off. There is no fast way around this. Curing is important so that all the water that was used to make the soap has time to evaporate out.

As soap makers know anything can go wrong in the soap making process. Most generally it will be the fragrance oil. And we don’t know until we use a particular fragrance if there will be a problem. You can get two problems if the fragrance oil is not compatible with your oil blend. This is called Ricing or Seizing. Ricing happens when your soap all of a sudden becomes like runny mashed potatoes. It will separate and look mushy. Seizing is when your batch of soap will harden within seconds of pouring the fragrance oil. Now with this said not all is lost. At least we have a way to save our oils and continue to make soap. This is not my preferred method but one that would have to be done so save the soap.  

Hot Processed is a method that many soap makers like. The nice thing about hot process is that while the soap cooks in the pot it is also evaporating out much of the water and the cure time is cut down to 2 weeks. The soap itself can be used immediately since the cure time is eliminated, but the soap will be soft some what and may not last as long. A general 2 week cure is all that is need to harden up the bar of soap, longer cure if you want which will make it last longer too.

The only problem I see with hot processed is that you have hardly any creative methods this way. I have about 4 crock pots and have divided up the soap to make various colors in each. The soap comes out like mashed potatoes and you literally have to glop it into the mold. Spoonful after spoonful is a glop here and there. So you can make some colored choices in this method, but the soap comes out more rustic looking than smooth and creamy as with the cold process method. When I make my hot processed soap I add in coconut milk. I love this in soap, it makes it creamy and when it goes on your skin it is creamy. Anytime I offer a hot processed soap please know that my fragrance oil was hard to work with. Either method that is used still has it’s own great qualities to the soap bar. But each will definitely look different. And I should mention that either way it is a matter of esthetics. Either one is and has it’s own qualities to it, I don’t think one is better over the other.
When buying fragrance oil as a soap maker it is really hard to judge what someone would like. We can only go by the description and yes I have made choices that I was not pleased with. Also I should add that due to the nature of oils, a soap maker cannot send back any fragrances they do not like. If the scent does not suit me then I am stuck with it. Not to say that others may not like it, most generally if I don’t like a fragrance I don’t soap it. I have successfully made little candle tarts and sold the fragrance that way. And there is some fragrances that sit in my cabinet that I have not figured out a use for as of yet.

It is a gamble on the part of the soap maker and we cross our fingers that we like the fragrance and also hoped to not have any trouble from the fragrance as well. I recently bought a fragrance called Honey Bee, it seized my soap quickly and within an hour I could take it out of the mold. It had this oriental smell to it and reminded me of the incense I smelled in Iraq. I had to throw the whole loaf away or lose my sanity if I had to keep smelling it. It was not for me I couldn’t take it.  I won’t soap it again. I cannot tell you how much money is spent on supplies for soap making. It might be easier to just go buy a bar of soap and be done. Let me explain:

I make soap because it is so much better for the skin. Soap makers use such wonderful oils, we have so many choices. And No the oils do not come cheap, I think for me the shipping is never fair either. We pay such high prices on shipping. I would love to be able to buy all my supplies locally, but that is not ever going to happen.
Each oil I use does have a quality all it’s own. So I use various oils for a face soap, or a organic soap, a baby soap and so forth. Each batch is thought about before making. What colors to use, will it just be an unscented bar or a fragranced bar? Also I should add that Essential Oils or Synergy Oils can be used too. Essential oils are natural oils made of plant matter such as Rose, Lavender, Rosemary, Sandalwood, Patchouli, and such to make a bar of soap with healing qualities. Essential Oils do not last as long as Fragrance Oils will, scent wise, but most people who prefer the Essential Oils will use up their soap quicker to retain the healing qualities. Not to say this is the standard for all Essential Oils.
Imbeds are a term we use when we make an extra molded item of soap to give our soaps a different look. Most popular is the glycerin soap called Melt & Pour. We melt down the soap in the microwave and color, scent and mold the soap for various looks. I make a Victoria Secrets dupe called Strawberries & Champagne, so I make little strawberry melt and pour imbeds to place on top of my soap loaf when molding. It just gives the soap another boost esthetically. The other method is using cold process soap to make the imbeds too. Which not all the time but sometimes it is tricky. Depending on your molds you use. This is one of the fun things to do for my soap, but again it takes time to get everything lined out and ready to do soaping. To me it is worth the effort.  

Also I need to bring up one thing when it comes to decorating soap.  I usually put cosmetic glitter on the tops of my soap just to add that extra sparkle.  Cosmetic glitter is made especially for the skin but in the case of using it for soap, I must tell you this will wash right off the soap when wet.  Now think about the bath tub and how this would be different, the glitter would be in the water on your first initial use and yes you may get it on the skin, but you can always do a quick rinse in the shower to make sure you get the glitter off.  Once it is washed off the bar it is gone.
Lets talk about the various ways to design soap. Most people can relate to a bar of soap. But there are other things we soap makers do to make soap fun. I can make a soap cake, and decorate it like a cake. I have been a cake decorator in the past so this is something I can bring into my table. They can come in various sizes from small, medium and large. So the normal way to sell a soap cake is in slices. How do you use this soap? Some people would display their soap slice. And this is fine but the soap makers heart breaks when a buyer doesn’t use the soap. Here is my insight on how to use a soap slice. You need to lay the soap cake slice down on it’s side. Then take a knife and carefully cut a slice off big enough for you to use in the shower. You should cut this horizontally not vertically. Put the other piece up for later use and enjoy your soap cake slice.

Cupcake soaps are my favorite to use. I had an elderly lady ask how to use them in the shower. She thought you had to use it as it was made. I had to let her in on the secret. With a cupcake soap you need to cut the cupcake straight in half vertically and not horizontally. If this is confuses you then as with a real cupcake if you were going to share it with someone you would cut it in half so both would be equal. The flat side of the cupcake soap or cut side is face up when you go to shower. It makes the perfect size for your hand and is extremely easy to use.
There are other ways to make soap too, with various molds. I like making a bundt cake and selling it whole. All you need to do is cut off the size you want and it is ready for use. When buying soap in larger quantities you really do save more money than one bar at a time. The general rule for soap making is to charge one dollar per ounce of soap so a 5 ounce bar is not uncommon to cost $5.00. If you find that the soap is less than that price just know the soap maker is giving you a real good deal. I also make mini soap loaves, and sell them at reasonable prices. They normally weigh over 1 to 1 1/2 pounds, and are priced very reasonable. So special orders are not uncommon and if you like a particular fragrance and want more than one bar of soap then I suggest inquiring about a soap loaf. These are not tiny in size due to calling them a mini loaf, they are a good reasonable size of soap. Again you must factor in the cure time too. So these can be made and sent out in as little as a week. Just harden off a bit to withstand the shipping.   Then you cut the soap in bars if you prefer, or I can do that, and you would let you soap bars cure out the 4-6 weeks.  As a buyer you get to be included in the soap making process so to speak
Never judge soap by it’s looks. There is certain ways to use soap as described above. So the main thing is to do something that is good for your skin, you won’t find hard detergents in handmade soap as you would in store bought soap. Your skin will be much healthier. I always tell the story about store bought soap and if you agree then this should tell you something. 

When you use store bought soap it becomes a vicious cycle on your skin. Manufacturers when they make soap they take out the natural glycerin and sell it as a by product. So you do not get the natural glycerin in store bought soap as you would in handmade soap all that goodness is retained. Store bought soap dries out your skin due to the detergents they add. So once you are done showering you then find your reaching for the lotion. Due to the dryness in your skin and the flaking of the dry skin. If this is happening then you need to take a long look at what your doing to your skin. There are so many ingredients in store bought soap you can never pronounce all those ingredients. In handmade soap you can read the ingredients and know exactly what the soap has in it. Chemistry plays a big part in making up our recipes, we can make a more creamy bar of soap or a more bubbly bar of soap without detergents. We do this by formulating our recipe to do exactly what we need it to do. So much research we do in order to bring the right soap to the buyer. I spend countless hours searching and researching and I never stop learning.  And if you need to know yes I do have to do test batches of soap, to make sure I am delievering exactly what I intend to give to the buyers. 

I would like to add that I started making soap back in the early 1990’s. I don’t give a certain year due to how long it’s been, and when I re-entered the work force. But I can tell you those were hard years or buying and building my soap library, and also learning the trade also lead me down the path of Aromatherapy. I studied for 13 years on the aromatherapy and natural healing. I used to work in the herbs at a greenhouse to learn the ways of growing herbs successfully and building a medicinal garden at home. 

Since I left the workforce I am starting back at my beginning roots to do the things I love to do and to try to make my families life a lot less toxic. I truly believe what you put on your skin is absorbed into your body and as a result you can see what your skin in telling you. Homemade soap may not be as cheap as buying a store bought soap, but you reap the rewards ten fold when you do something that is more natural for your skin.  Handmade soap does last quiet a long time.  If you keep it away from a water source when not in use, as with any soap.

We soap makers do make other items too.  Such as Salt Scrubs, Sugar Scrubs, Sugar Scrub Cubes to rub on problem areas, Whipped Butters, Whipped Soap Frostings, Massage Bars, Whipped Lotions, Scented Linen Sprays, Solid Perfumes, Roll on Perfumes, Body Oils, the list goes on and on.  Which for me I plan to break this down in another blog. 

If you have gotten this far then I thank you for your time in reading this.  I just felt most people don't understand the process soap makers go through to deliver that one single bar of soap.  If you understand then you will realize that it does take time especially for a custom order.  Not all things only the soap part/curing part/ etc...

My next blog will be upcoming very soon within a few days I plan to take inventory of all my scents and then list them on another blog so you too can see what I have and the descriptions of the scents.  Since I own so many bottles of fragrance oils right now,  I would like to at least use up what I have now, and get my inventory down somewhat, so that I may get to a more standardized scent list.  I have so many best sellers right now and I want to get down to just those particular scents then offer speciality scents along the way.  Which would be more cost effective and would benefit everyone. 

So please keep my blog in mind and come back often as soon as I get my list made and up for viewing I hope to offer you scents you might have never thought of.  Please leave comments if you would like.  Open communication is the best way for many of us to share our thoughts and wishes.  Thank so much and I look forward to hearing from you and to serve you in any way possible. 

Debby

Coffee Soap with Cinnamon & Sugar Yum!!

Here is my latest soap.  It is a Coffee soap with natural coffee grounds.  This soap is not scented with any coffee fragrance oil when it comes to the coffee scent. I used fresh coffee grinds and the smell held very nice.  I also added some of the thick coffee oil I made when I made the coffee butter.  So this is the only coffee scent it has which again is very natural.  The lighter middle part is scented with Cinnamon Sugar fragrance oil.  This is a cold process soap and I kind of wish it wasn't as dark as it is.  It doesn't look too appealing to me.  But it smells amazing.  I am going to make a note of this and try another coffee soap and try and make the coloring differently.  I also added some coffee butter in the topping of the soap.  And whole coffee beans on top.

This is a exfolating bar of soap. 

Below is just some photos I took as you can see it's not very colorful.  I tired many ways to get a good photo and today is a nice sunny day outside.  So I wonder why it still looks drab.  Maybe I am being too harsh on myself.  They do look better in natural daylight, which I obviously did not get on film. 

Just wanted to make a quick post and put the soap up on my blog.  They weigh over 4 oz each.  Which when they dry and cure might be right at 4 oz.  I need to clean them up a little around the edges and get them up to the curing rack.

Until next time.........

The Three Sisters

Well here we are.  The three of us.  Ages 3, 4, 5, and one of my most favorite photo's of the three of us.  I think one of the hardest things was trying to come up with a set logo for our soaps.  No one I've seen is using an actual photo, maybe I am taking this approach differently.  But I like it.  It does say three sisters.  This was taken in 1965.

We will be incorporating our photo into our products, which hasn't happened yet.  I've got an idea about using other photo's too that will make some great soap labels. 

I am re-evaluating the soap line as I write this.  My first endevor with making soap goes back to around 1995.  I mentioned in another blog how I got so involved with herbal soaps and homemade bath products.  I won't go into such detail here, but I would like to have the best of both worlds.  Meaning a fun side with soap like I am producing now, and a more serious side with going back to doing more herbal soaps.  I love essential oils and using infused botanicals and herbs.  So I may send a mixed message with what our soap line is all about.  I think it can work.

I am more interested in making things for mature skin.  Of course I fall into this category.  I think many women run to the drug store to buy face creams and such as my mother does.  She could spend an hour in the beauty section.  And I don't mean this disrepectfully either.  She will be 80 years old this year and she does have nice skin, some wrinkles but she has been combating them for years so I think it paid off for her.  I want a natural face cream without harsh ingredients and she will be my first tester.  She would know if it works or not trust me.

Then I am leaning towards people who suffer with skin aliments such as dermatitis or eczema, and even really dry skin.  I am not one with perfect skin by no means, so this will be a labor of love and some research, even though I already know what path I will be going in.  I have some oils I am infusing now to make a natural soap using only herbs for the skin.  I will be making up some formulas for essential oils too.  I just feel that my Gemini side of me wants to do both.  So I am pulled in many directions at the moment.  I own too many fragrance oils at the moment to just go to herbal products.  I have to try to get the fragrance oils used up.  Once that is accomplished who knows.

I will be taking some photos of my old soaps I made back years ago.  I couldn't believe I still had some.  I had put them in a cabinet in the bathroom and forgot all about them.  Found them not too long ago and thought I am just going to throw these away.  But my Gemini side reared it's head and said don't do it.  So I saved them.  I will make another post and show them, and then I can toss them.  After all these years and with all the soap I now own, I don't want to go back in time and try and use them.  This will be interesting to share to say the least. 

Until next time....

How to make Coffee Butter

                        I am going to attempt to show you in a tutorial how to make Coffee Butter.


I went online to do some research not on how to make coffee butter,  but to see just how much some
companies are charging for this.  I can on conclude that this a very very expensive.  There are all
kinds of prices out there so if you want to buy it, then I can only say do your research.  I will
not recommend any one company.  Since the price is too steep for me to swallow.


I sat myself down and thought about the process I wanted do.  I should say my first attempt making a butter was with tangerine rinds.  That turned out to be such a success,  so this is why I wanted to try my hand with coffee butter.  I love coffee, I drink it throughout the day, everyday.  I hate when people ask me during the summer months when the heat is unbearable, how can you drink that hot coffee.  My coffee habit does not show favors during specific times of the year.  I am hopelessly dedicated to this drink and have no plans to quit now.  I was once in a coffee club, well I am still in it, but not actively receiving the shipments,  I am sure everyone has heard of them,  the company is called Gevalia.  I had way too many shipments coming that I had to stop it for awhile.  So I had a build up of coffee.  I just selected which one was going to be my first victim.

                     Gevalia Kaffe Select Varietal Ground Coffee  Peruvian Organic 8oz

                                Part 1

I took a jar and I poured the coffe grounds in it.  I have to say I do not use used grinds from making coffee.  I use only fresh grinds to capture the caffeine and the strong natural scent of the coffee.

So here is my jar.  I used Sunflower oil for two reasons.  First this is a light oil and almost clear. I wanted a oil that would be light so that I could see the progress of the coffee infusing in the oil.  I filled this jar to about 1/2 inch from the top with oil.  I placed the jar out of the way in my kitchen but still close enough to shake and inspect it each day.  I let the coffee and oil steep roughly two weeks.  The second reason I used Sunflower oil is all the benefits this oil can bring to you.  Again this is my own personal opinion, and anyone can use their favorite oil as they see fit.  I guess in a nut shell this is my experiment,  and what I do may not be exactly what you would like to do,  or use to make your butter.  I would recommend that you research an oil that you feel would be fitting.  You will be adding more oils in due time this is just your steeping or infusing oil. 

This is a real thick mixture.  I didn't know how much of a mess this can be as I stumbled through it.
Well between the tangerine butter and this coffee butter yeah this is much messier to work with.  You will need a large strainer and a fine strainer.  Start with the smaller strainer as shown below:
This is just your first straining.  Several more to go.

Start by pouring some of the coffee infused oil right into the strainer.  This is a real small strainer so it took a little time to get through it.  Use your spoon to stir around to keep the oil moving into your

container. Once the oil is done draining from your strainer, take the grinds that you strained and place in another container shown below.

Save the grinds we are not through yet.  Keep doing this until you get through your jar of infused coffee oil.  Let your strained oil sit about 24 hours, cover the container.  What is happening is the lighter coffee oil will float to the top and the heavier oil will stay on the bottom.  The bottom oil becomes a very thick rich coffee oil, not an infused oil, but a real dark pungent coffee oil.  See photo below:

This would probably be considered as strong as an expresso pure liquid coffee.  This is the oil that will sit on the bottom of your container.  This is why you need to let it sit for at least 24 hours.  If you don't see a good separation meaning the very dark coffee collected at the bottom let it sit longer.  It will happen.  Since I am using a lighter oil it seemed like 24 hours is all I needed.  This oil that I collected will be used in some bath and body products.  This is the real deal.  And I never expected it.  You can also go online and look up pure coffee oil, not essential oil, or fragrance oil, doing so will show you how much this costs.  EXPENSIVE.  And it is easily extracted when you make a coffee infused oil. 

In the photo above you can see a container in the upper left this is where I collected the strained oil.  The container on the upper right is the coffee grounds I sat aside. Hard to see but the coffee in the container on the right side is still saturated with the Sunflower oil.  This becomes your second straining.  You won't be able to get all the oil you need out by one straining alone.  It takes several tries.

I used cheesecloth and poured a little of the coffee grounds at a time in a bigger strainer and let it strain through.  Stirring as I go to help the oil strain out.  I used several pieces of cheesecloth because once I strained a few good spoonfuls I squeezed the grinds really good to release the excess oil.  I still saved the grinds, and placed them in another container.  Keep doing this until you get your grinds completely strained out.  

You can see a container on the right side this is the coffee oil.  How I got this oil was the container on the left the strained oil, it sat for 24 hours and after the darker coffee oil settled to the bottom of the container I was able to run this oil through another cheescloth lined strainer and collect the clean oil, the container on the right.  There should be no coffee grounds in this oil.

Just another view of my set up, I had a container ready to go to collect the grinds in, in the  bottom of the photo

You can see in the above photo there is four things going on.  The upper left corner in the white container this is the strained oil that I collected from the infused coffee grounds.  See how dark this is.  This white container is the one that sat for 24 hours to let the lighter oil float up and the real dark thick coffee oil will remain on the bottom.  The container on the upper right is the oil I got from the container on the left, I strained the white container into the metal container use cheesecloth you want to strain out any coffee grinds, no grinds should be in this oil.  The metal container on the upper right will be my infused coffee oil that I will make my coffee butter with. 

Closer look at the coffee oil I will make my Coffee Butter with.


                                 Part 2

Now that you have your oil strained, waited 24 hours to let the oil separate, restrained your oil you are now ready to start the process of making Coffee Butter.  Here we go......

In this photo I put Olive Oil, Cocoa Butter, Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, and cosmetic grade Soy Wax Flakes.  The rule of thumb I used was whatever amount of the infused coffee oil I got,  I would add that same amount with hard oils.  I think I got like 6 ounces of infused coffee oil, so I used 6 ounces of other oils.  Just an idea you might like to add more depending on how thick you want it.  I feel this ratio was just perfect for me. 

This old pan came from a second hand store.  I use it a lot in soap making and it works great for making a double boiler method.  I sat the bowl I am holding right on top of the pan, and yes the pan is filled half way with water. 

Fits just perfect for what I need it for.

Above photo shows the oils melting.

Above photo is my infused and strained coffee oil.  You will combine your heated oils with your infused coffee oil.  Use a mixer and mix ingreidents together, just incorporate them.  Then place in the freezer for 20 minutes. 

In the above photo you can see light and dark oils.  This is what you want to see.  Now use your mixer again and whip it together.  Your just trying to get the oils to blend together.  You should get a mixture that looks like the photo below.  After mixing place the bowl in the freezer for 15 minutes, you need it cold again for another round of whipping.  

 
In the photo below I decided to add some Vtamin E to my mixture.  You can either add this or some preservatives.  I used Vitamin E because it can be used as a preservative and I like having a extra boost of a Vitamin in my butter.   If you do add Vitamin E use your best guess as to how much you might need.  This mixture is maybe 12 or so ounces,  so I used about 8  capsules in my mixture.

In the next three photos below,  you will see the pure dark coffee oil and I am drizzling some over the coffee butter.  Even though the coffee butter had a very nice rich aroma I did so thinking it might help darken it up.  It did not darken up anymore.  In fact it was a real nice beige or tan color.  I did expect that to happen color wise. 

In the photo below I am just showing the mixing beaters.  You can see how thick the coffee butter is turning out to be.  Also to the left of the beaters is that dark, rich coffee oil that I drizzled on top of the coffee butter.  I have plans to make some really nice coffee products with this rich oil.

This was my last whipping and I am pretty sure I am done.  I had put the coffee butter in the freezer three times once at 20 minutes, then at 15 minutes and this last one was in 10 minutes.  You will cut your freezing time down as it starts to thicken up.  I scraped the sides and decided I would whipped it one more time after I scraped it down. 

As you can see this is the result of my last whipping of the coffee butter.  I have my clean jars ready to be filled. 

Here is my first jar of Coffee Butter.  It's a nice light color and thick.  It smells amazing.  I am very pleased at how this turned out.  And I am going to move on to other ideas of whipped butter.  I would say if you are interested in making this, once you get the hang of it you can move on and make other butters too. 

Here is my three jars of finished product.  I am infusing more coffee as we speak and will be doing this process again by next week.  I think I've found something I really love to make and will be a staple around here.
I used some of my coffee butter on my skin that same night.  I feel it is best to use it at night because this will go on oily, some say greasy, but in like 15 minutes it sinks right into your skin.  I could feel this amazing softness for 2 days on my skin.  I mean it sinks in and really moisturizes.  It would be a good application for betime.  Wear old P.J.'s and have a moisturizing experience. 

Just a quick note you can save the coffee grinds and use them to make a coffee scrub.  I did not throw mine away and did just that.  I kept saying in this tutorial to save the grinds and forgot to tell you why you need to save them.  The grinds are infused in the sunflower oil, and is already coated in oil and these grinds smell so good.  Nothing should be wasted from this recipe.