The Winners of the Jelly Soap Giveaway!

Here's the video of the manual raffle I did for my Oatmeal Jelly Soap in Lacoste Pink Scent Giveaway. Congratulations to Mitchteryosa and Mommy Jes! Watch out for my email notification. And my sincerest thanks to all who participated. Til my next jelly soap giveaway!

Oatmeal Jelly Soap in Lacoste Pink Scent Giveaway

I've been wanting to share with you my success with my soap making projects for a long while. In fact, it has been almost a year since I last bought a bar of soap in the market. I've been using my own and I've been loving it since. My love for homemade all natural spa products started in 2003.... I was featured in Inquirer and took up almost a whole page of the lifestyle section!

Orange and Cherry Herbal Soap Scrub with Olive Oil, and Oatmeal

After making two kinds of Herbal Soap Scrub with Green Apple, Olive Oil, Oatmeal and Thyme, followed by Herbal Soap Scrub with Orange, Olive Oil, and Oatmeal, I decided to mix two essences on my third try. Cherry is too strong a scent for me so instead of making a pure cherry herbal soap, I also put in some orange essence and it came out perfectly!

Herbal Soap Scrub with Orange, Olive Oil, and Oatmeal

After my Herbal Soap Scrub with Green Apple, Olive Oil, Oatmeal and Thyme, the next batch of herbal soap scrub I did was one with orange essential oil. Apparently, when I matched the scent with the color, I didn't use enough that my soap turned yellow when it finally dried. Well, at least now I know how I can produce the color yellow with glycerin as a soap base. I was in a hurry to make this batch because I only had an hour for lunch break before I resumed with my daily work.

Herbal Soap Scrub with Green Apple, Olive Oil, Oatmeal and Thyme

Last week, I made a basic Green Apple Soap with Oatmeal and Thyme with glycerin as its soap base. It was taking too long to harden so I had to rebatch it so I can also add olive oil for moisturizing effect. I used the same hand-milled process and after 24 hours, it hardened and looked like this:

Green Apple Soap with Oatmeal and Thyme

I just finished making my first batch of hand-milled soap. It needs 24 hours to dry so I can take it out of its mold. If that doesn't happen, I would have to rebatch it. But for now, let me share with you what I did.

Materials/Ingredients:

• Double Boiler
• 1 cup of water
• 2 cups of dry grated soap base
• 1/4 tsp. of color
• 1/8 tsp. of scent
• 2 tsps. of oatmeal
• 1/4 tsp. of thyme
• plastic mold
• petroleum jelly