Goddess Soap
Glycerin soap base, sweet almond oil, oatmeal,
lavender (lavendula augustifolia) essential oil.
When I first got into soap making, I tried making a more complicated
recipe involving adding oil and other ingredients then whisking to
mix it in. The result was supposed to be a harder "hand milled"
soap. My attempt, however, resulted in a soap that never hardened
and was light and fluffy. Since I didn't want to waste all that soap,
I experiemented by melting some glycerin base and adding some of the
soft soap to it. The result is this beautiful bar of soap that naturally
forms a white layer on the top. All the oatmeal sinks to the bottom
and the middle is a nice soft beige color. The lavender scent makes
it a wonderful indulgence.
Once I had used up the original mistake soap, I then had to re-create
the mistake in order to make more. The re-creation did harden (top
right in the picture), but the end result is the same. This soap is
included in the Guilty Pleasures because of the time involved in making
it.
I call this one Goddess as I used the same combo (oatmeal and lavender)
when I did a soap making demo for a get-away attended by members of
my sister's group, Spiritual Goddess Gathering. Everyone in the group
loved the combo and agreed it was "fit for a Goddess" (altho
some Gods like it too!).
