***Easter Prize Draw***
Big drum rolll please .......The winner of the Easter Prize Draw is........Joanne Smith......Congratulations your Easter Goodie bag will be hopping along to you shortly.
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Friday, 12 February 2010
Bath Bomb Madness
After a fairly stressful week ~ nothing went right ~ I plunged myself head first into supplies and set about making bath bombs with avarice.
I made a couple of nice new ones but had a few disasters ( see I told you everything was going wrong ). My favourite of them all was my two tone kissing dolphins scented in Surf Fresh
Am hoping that next week will be a much better week and full of cheeriness and light but just as productive.
I made a couple of nice new ones but had a few disasters ( see I told you everything was going wrong ). My favourite of them all was my two tone kissing dolphins scented in Surf Fresh
Am hoping that next week will be a much better week and full of cheeriness and light but just as productive.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Easter Prize Draw
***Easter Prize Draw***
All* website orders placed from now ( 3rd Feb ) to 3rd March will automatically be placed into a draw for a free Lady Mucks Easter goody gift bag. * one entry per customer. UK residents only. Winner will be announced on the front page of my website
After a hectic Christmas and New Year it's time to slip back into my soaping apron and get busy with some new creations. A couple of new idea's are brewing away frantically in my head ~ just got to decide which one to do first.....
A wider range of Shea & Coconut oil bath creamers ~ Fantastic hand creams made from a combination of skin nourishing butters and oils , these have been a huge success with friends and family aka Lady Muck's guinea pigs ~ shaving soaps, well the shaving soaps aren't an issue just the labels, the round labels !!!! I hate constructing new labels. Maybe the label fairy will come over and give me a hand ????
A new CCCS ( Credit Card Collection Service )option has been added to the website to make paying for your orders much easier, especially if you don't have a Paypal or Google account.
All* website orders placed from now ( 3rd Feb ) to 3rd March will automatically be placed into a draw for a free Lady Mucks Easter goody gift bag. * one entry per customer. UK residents only. Winner will be announced on the front page of my website
After a hectic Christmas and New Year it's time to slip back into my soaping apron and get busy with some new creations. A couple of new idea's are brewing away frantically in my head ~ just got to decide which one to do first.....
A wider range of Shea & Coconut oil bath creamers ~ Fantastic hand creams made from a combination of skin nourishing butters and oils , these have been a huge success with friends and family aka Lady Muck's guinea pigs ~ shaving soaps, well the shaving soaps aren't an issue just the labels, the round labels !!!! I hate constructing new labels. Maybe the label fairy will come over and give me a hand ????
A new CCCS ( Credit Card Collection Service )option has been added to the website to make paying for your orders much easier, especially if you don't have a Paypal or Google account.
Friday, 11 December 2009
Amazing Silk Tie & Cufflinks website
Whilst trying to find a suitable place to buy a Christmas prezzie for the other half and a fancy pair of cufflinks for my Dad...I stumbled upon this site and wow...now my chappie is a bit of a designer buff and has a penchant for silk ties...check it out and have a look it definately has Lady Mucks seal of approval.
www.stagdesigns.co.uk
www.stagdesigns.co.uk
Monday, 2 November 2009
Winter Wonderland ??
Whoosh what a hectic month. After toiling long and hard and with the big C word fastly approaching I thought I had better extend my Christmas selection.
So armed with a new fragrance ~ Winter Wonderland ~ I headed to the kitchen to see what I could come up with.
After a few mins smelling the fragrance and throwing red/green/white colour combos around I decided I would go for an opaque base with transparent squiggles that have glittery flecks running through it. It didn't quite turn out how I expected ( I wanted it way more sparkly ) but am still very pleased with the results. Then the FO demon came and nagged at me...." I would be much nicer if I were scented with " Ghost " ...arghhhh why why why ? but I held firm and shooed the little voice right out the back door.
Ah the trials and tribulations. With all these fabby fragrances just waiting to be turned into soapy creations I must find more time for play.
So armed with a new fragrance ~ Winter Wonderland ~ I headed to the kitchen to see what I could come up with.
After a few mins smelling the fragrance and throwing red/green/white colour combos around I decided I would go for an opaque base with transparent squiggles that have glittery flecks running through it. It didn't quite turn out how I expected ( I wanted it way more sparkly ) but am still very pleased with the results. Then the FO demon came and nagged at me...." I would be much nicer if I were scented with " Ghost " ...arghhhh why why why ? but I held firm and shooed the little voice right out the back door.
Ah the trials and tribulations. With all these fabby fragrances just waiting to be turned into soapy creations I must find more time for play.
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Oven Hot Cold Process Soap Gelling Stage
As this is supposed to be an insight to all things soapy...it might help if I made a start on explaining certain segments of the actual soap making.
Its all going to be hap-hazard as I truely don't believe in being totally organized and straight forward.
This is Gelling ( see below )
The opaque looking edges are where the soap has started to cool down already and starts looking like soap.
Gelling is when the lye & oils/butters mix gets really hot and starts to evolve..it starts off turning into a transparent clear gel ( due to the heat from the chemical reaction between butters & oils & lye) and then it starts to cool down, it will turn back to an opaque colour. Once cool you can demould and cut into your bar shapes.
I normally make mine around dinner time and once made leave until the next morning. A night in a turned off oven or in an airing cupboard will have it ready for the chop.
This is it after a night in the mould
Its all going to be hap-hazard as I truely don't believe in being totally organized and straight forward.
This is Gelling ( see below )
The opaque looking edges are where the soap has started to cool down already and starts looking like soap.
Gelling is when the lye & oils/butters mix gets really hot and starts to evolve..it starts off turning into a transparent clear gel ( due to the heat from the chemical reaction between butters & oils & lye) and then it starts to cool down, it will turn back to an opaque colour. Once cool you can demould and cut into your bar shapes.
I normally make mine around dinner time and once made leave until the next morning. A night in a turned off oven or in an airing cupboard will have it ready for the chop.
This is it after a night in the mould
Monday, 21 September 2009
Traditional Cold Process Soap
Well with the big C word fastly approaching I thought I had best get my festive backside into gear and start creating a new range of goodies.
With Cold Process soap making being my most favourite fad at the moment what better way to start.
I have been experimenting with layers and swirls...after seeing some of the most fantastic soap creations I felt more than compelled to have a go. I have to admit that I can just about do layers and maybe a fancy swirl at the top of the loaf which blurs when it goes through the combined Oven Hot Cold Process method. Bear with me as I am sure I will get there in the end.
Scented with Christmas Spice ( Orange , Cinnamon & Nutmeg ) and imprinted with a super cute Reindeer impression, which I have to add I am really chuffed with, here is my first tribute to the festive holiday.
I always find that choosing a name is one of the hardest parts of soaping....it's got to be catchy and memorable. Christmas Reindeer sounds a tad pants but other than Horny Holidays ( Which is a definate no no ) a name is yet to be found....
With Cold Process soap making being my most favourite fad at the moment what better way to start.
I have been experimenting with layers and swirls...after seeing some of the most fantastic soap creations I felt more than compelled to have a go. I have to admit that I can just about do layers and maybe a fancy swirl at the top of the loaf which blurs when it goes through the combined Oven Hot Cold Process method. Bear with me as I am sure I will get there in the end.
Scented with Christmas Spice ( Orange , Cinnamon & Nutmeg ) and imprinted with a super cute Reindeer impression, which I have to add I am really chuffed with, here is my first tribute to the festive holiday.
I always find that choosing a name is one of the hardest parts of soaping....it's got to be catchy and memorable. Christmas Reindeer sounds a tad pants but other than Horny Holidays ( Which is a definate no no ) a name is yet to be found....
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