Missing In Action

My blog has been rather neglected lately, my apologies! I haven't posted here for almost a month. The truth is, I just don't seem to have the time for it at the moment. For the last few weeks I've been working part-time at a "real" job (ha!) and fitting all my soapmaking, cutting, photographing, packing and posting around that. It's a good balance most days, but the blog is one of those things that has fallen by the wayside.

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Ciao for now! x

Mother's Day Soap and A Sale

Mother's Day is coming up here in Australia (13th May) and to coincide with that we're offering our limited edition Je t'aime soap, along with matching perfume and hand & body creams. Je t'aime is a fruity-floral blend of mandarin, plum, champaca flowers, orchid, ivy, rose, musk and precious woods. It's inspired by Christian Dior's "J'adore" fragrance, which just happens to be one of my mum's favourite scents :)

Je t'aime Soap

We're also having a 4-day sale! From now until the end of March, you can get 20% off storewide using the code MUM20. The discount is available from both our Etsy or Big Cartel stores.

Bondi Beach Soap

Last week I made a batch of soap called Bondi Beach.

This was just after pouring, lovely soft "wavy" peaks.

I used Bondi sea water as the liquid component, and a essential oil blend of rose geranium, cedar, patchouli, mandarin & ylang ylang.



Cutting the bars the next day proved a little difficult, I hadn't accounted for the salt in the water and sadly, lost a few bars due to crumbling.



There are still 15 or so good bars however, which will be available for purchase in early April. They'll be limited edition for now, but may become part of our regular line if they're popular. I certainly love the idea of people being able to have their own little piece of Bondi!

Beautiful Photos

I have to share these photos with you ... they were taken by Gabbie over at Simply Soap. Gabbie's currently doing a photography course (even though her photos are already ah-mazing) and she was kind enough to capture some of our soaps. Wow! I think I want to hire her :)

In addition to being a talented photographer, Gabbie also makes some pretty damn fabulous soap herself. If you aren't already familiar with her work, check out her blog here and her soap shop here.

Spiced Amber Soap - New Look

I wanted to give our Spiced Amber soap a bit of a facelift with some exciting new colours ... this is what I cut into this morning:

I chose a vibrant red, gold and black to go with it's oriental-type scent.

For those of you who haven't tried the Spiced Amber, it's a heady and exotic blend of citrus fruits, amber, spices, neroli, precious woods and patchouli. It's been one of our top sellers for a couple of years now.



These lovely bars are currently curing, and will be available from March 22nd.