The Soap Magician

You never know where the universe is going to take you – so why not just sit back and enjoy the ride?

After 2-1/2 years of owning a new age store, the universe decided it was time for me to move on and follow what I really wanted to do… make soap!

My brick and mortar store is now closed and my home and garage are filled to the rafters with junk,  But oh, what a wonderful feeling I have knowing that once it is back in some form of organization, I will begin to create beautiful and even somewhat bizarre (novel) soaps.

Orders of molds, fragrances, and melt and pour soap base in on its way as we speak.  And for those of you, like me, that don’t like all of the added chemicals – I only use SLS and SLES free soap base.

I cannot tell you how excited I am to get started.  Look for me at www.thesoapmagician.etsy.com and www/1000markets.com/users/thesoapmagician.

Love and Light

Sharon, The Soap Magician!

One of my favorite things to do is search for different ideas on how to make my soap unique.  During one of my excursions I stumbled across a website that had a video tutorial of how to make swirled soap.

So I said to myself, “Self! Why not give this a whirl?”  Off to my laboratory I went.

And here are pictures of my Aromatherapy Energizer Soaps.

The first 2 pictures show it straight out of the mold.  The other 2 are the individual slices, before I clean them up.  They still need to sit for another 3 or 4 weeks before they are ready for sale.

After 2+ months, the whipped cream soap is ready for its grand appearance.

I had a friend test it for me and she said it was smooth, creamy and left her skin feeling squeaky clean.  Yippee!

I thought I would share some pictures of the finished product so you can see it as well.

Each morning I start my day by laying out either 3 tarot cards or 3 angel cards.  This morning, I decided to open my journal instead.  It seems lately, that has become my avenue of communication with my creator.

Earlier this week, I received the message to take care of the spirit and let the physical world take care of itself.  This I am doing.

Today I received divine inspiration.  A new line of soap… Crystal Energy Soap.  I will have it on the website and in the store by next week.

Spirit never leads you astray if you believe.

4-8-2010 Update:  They are in the store and I am totally excited. 

The new moon phase has inspired me to create new things.  So I decided to create another new soap.  This one will be called “Breathful Moments”.

It will have all of the wonderful natural oils as Sacred Garden, but with the essential oils of eucalyptus, clary sage, and spearmint; and eucalyptus leaves.  See where this one is going?

I chose these essential oils for their metaphysical properties.

Eucalyptus for cooling emotions, and aiding concentration.  Eucalyptus is also reported to be known for its ability to make breathing easier.  It has a woody-sweet undertone which makes it earthy and grounding.

Clary Sage because it is warm and relaxing and is used for easing nervous tension and is well known for its euphoric action.  Clary Sage is fruity, floral, and nutty all at the same time. 

And finally, Spearmint.  Just a few drops to stimulate a tired mind.  Spearmint is slightly sweeter than peppermint. 

This combination balances mind-body-spirit. grounding (eucalyptus), relaxing (clary sage), and stimulating (spearmint) all at the same time.

This aromatherapy soap will be available April 16th.  Look for it at Mother Earth Goddess, or order online.

Happy Soaping!

Yesterday, my friend Paula, took over the helm for me at my store.  OK, this is a shameless plug for my store, Mother Earth Goddess.  It’s located in a small town called Zephyrhills, where I not only sell all of my fabulous soaps (another plug), but also other new age merchandise including hand-soaked incense.  Yep!  You guessed it, I do the incense as well. 

Back to where I was going for today’s blog topic.  Monday was very busy getting house chores done and formulating two new soap recipes.  On Monday, I decided to make a new soap, called Sacred Garden.  It has essential oils in lieu of fragrance oils.

The essential oils contained in Sacred Garden have the aromatherapy properties that are metaphysical in nature for aiding the mind-body-spirit connection.

Peppermint – Helps people become clear headed and refreshes the spirits. Helpful for people who are unable to concentrate or who have mental fatigue. Said to relieve states of anger, hysteria and nervous trembling, excellent for depression.

Rosemary – Clears the head and aids memory, good for mental strain.

Atlas Cedarwood -  Calming and soothing with sedative effects similar to Sandalwood.

Juniperberry – Clears negative energy and promotes a sense of well-being.

I also added peppermint leaf to kick it up a notch.  WOW – Shades of Emeril Lagasse.

It will be ready in about 4 weeks.  I’ll post pictures at that time.

Happy Soaping!

So on my very first Tuesday that I had off (my freind Paula graciously offered to watch my store every other Tuesday), I decided to try my hand at this new method of soap-making. 

First batch was a total blob.  Nice and shiny like it was supposed to be – but a blob.  So I put it in a container and waited like they said for it to “rot”.  Sounds awful, but rot is like cure in the cold/hot process world.

Over the next two weeks, I would go and take a peek at it to see if there were any changes in it.  Each time thinking the old saying, “the definition of insanity is to repeat the same thing over and over again, and expect a different result.”  I can’t for the life of me remember who coined this phrase, but I found it quite fitting.

Back to the drawing board and the new yahoo group I found on line for cream soap makers.  One of the members had shared her recipe and so I decided to give it a whirl… literally.

First time round, it looked and felt great.  Then the next day after it had sat it turned soupy.  Back to the board and found that by adding boric acid, it would tease the stearic acid out and firm it up.  OK!  Off to ebay for boric acid.

Added it as directed and viola!  Nope!  Next day it was pudding.  Not soupy mind you, but not the peaks that you would see with whipped cream.

Next night.  Do you remember the batch I first told you about?  Well, by adding a couple of dollops and whipping it up, I NOW HAVE WHIPPED CREAM PEAKS!  Yippee!!!!

I’ll keep you posted on its progress through the “rot” stage.

Sharon, The Soap Magician

Update:  It has now been almost 3 weeks and I am still pleased with the way it looks and feels.  After reading what other whipped cream makers are saying, I still have another 5 weeks to go.  This just isn’t right!  I want to open it and play with it and make it available for all of my customers.  But alas, I will wait!

4-8-2010:  Well, I checked it again the other night and it is beginnig to relax.  They say this is natural.  I may have to thicken it up once more.