Snow Day

It's snowy today here in Northeast Iowa.

 

The wind is blowing, too.

It's one of those days when most schools are canceled.

 

It's a great day to stay at home and make soap :-)

Here's what I'm working on today.

Now I'm hungry for donuts.

 

Yesterday we saw record highs.

Tomorrow will be bone chilling cold.

Wind chills are expected to be well below zero.

It will be another good day to stay inside and make soap.

Well, okay.

Any day is a good day to make soap!

 

You may have already noticed.

I took these photos from inside.

I'm an Iowa girl through and through, but

I enjoy the snow much more from inside the house.

 

Yep.  It might be a while before I venture down these steps.

 

I hope you are having a wonderful day

Whatever your weather brings.

 

Thanks for reading!

 

Bramble Berry S.O.A.P. Panel Fragrance Testing #10 After Two Weeks

As I write this, I can look out my window and see big, fluffy snowflakes that melt as they hit the ground.  It’s the perfect snowfall!  But I digress.

I have a habit of smelling soap that is curing.  Today I just had to have a fix of the #10 fragrance from Bramble Berry.  So I picked up the #10 CP soap and inhaled deeply.  When I removed it from my nose (just kidding - I didn’t really put my nose right on it.  But just in case, if you win a gift set, you might not want #10), I took a closer look at it. 

Here’s what I saw (#10 is the bottom right soap).  The last time I posted a picture of this baby at one week old, you could still see the maroon in #10. Not anymore.  Now there's just a very faint outline.

                                           Cold Process Soaps at 2 Weeks

This seems really odd – I am seeing a kind of green sheen to the dark brown bar. Does anybody else see this?  The brown is actually a little darker than it appears in the picure above.  

Here’s the one week photo for comparison.

In comparing the 3 day photo with the 2 week photo, I see some differences in #8, #9 and #10.  The others haven't darkened much if at all.  Seeing #10 so dark after just two weeks makes me wonder if there will be any way to get something besides dark brown/green soap from this fragrance in Cold Process soap. 

You know what?  I really don’t care.  I just love fragrance #10.

Thanks for reading!