Pirate's Cove: Mermaid's Tear

Hello, Rose Garden!!

I am back to spin you the yarn about my latest soap. Many people forget that the original tales of mermaids were hideous water sprites or beautiful sirens that lured sailors to their deaths. The original tales were dark, murky and frightening. Today we have bright technicolor gorgeous merfolk who want to be human, love humans or will turn humans into merfolk so they can live happily ever after. That, folks, is not the inspiration behind Mermaid's Tear.

This is a dark tale of murky waters, tossed seas, love of all things tumultuous and dangerous. The fragrance is nautical with a slight spice to it. If you have ever been under water and seen the changing of colors due to the sunlight and the water overlapping itself then you can see how I was able to come up with the color combination.

I love this fragrance because it is unisex and smells really mild. It will keep you in the shower long enough to sprout gills and fins. LOL This soap will be ready for the Pirate's Cove line on April 15th.

Pirate's Cove: High Seas Cut Photos

Good Evening, Rose Garden!!

How are you? I have been prepping for April's Soap Boxes which will feature my Pirate's Cove Line. I created this line starting back in 2012 and on into 2013. I left it behind back in 2016 but decided in 2017 to not only revisit it but add some new fragrances to it. I have already shown you First Mate, twice on this blog. Next up I will show you High Seas and the next post will be The Sea Witch.

So this is a wet soap look. I have two different blues in here now rather than just the normal solid blue with black band. I wanted to showcase how the waves can be two toned as well as give a nod to the Black Pearl.

It is so hard for me to not make pretty swirls at the tops for the masculine soaps or to pipe them in a particular patter. Yeah, some guys don't like "frilly" topped soaps but a lot of guys don't care as long as it smells good and makes the skin clean.

This cut has so many fun patterns in it. There is a black heart in the soap below and it also looks like the Eye of Thoth. Love the varying blues anyway.

You get to see a little bit of a sneak peak of the next soap that I will blog about, Mermaid's Tear.

All in all, this is a fun fragrance to soap. It does accelerate a little but not to the point that you don't have any play time with it. It will super heat on you so take that into consideration when making this one. I would not recommend CPOP. Thanks so much for taking the time to read this. Make sure to comment below. Invite a friend. 

Pirate's Cove: First Mate, From Start to Finish

Hello, Rose Garden!!

Happy to see you again. I actually am making my second post for the month. I might just be on a roll. LOL. I am going to take you from start to finish my process for making soap. Below I have:

The Chemistry Store Green Lake D & C Dye - for most soaps will go from green to sandy tan and then back to green. Other times the green will turn purple and stay purple.

Next I have Rustic Escentuals Deep Ocean Blue Mica. This is my first time using it and I am very pleased with the fact that it stays pretty true to the color whether or not the batter is gelled.

Last is Ultramarine Blue from Maple Street Supplies. This was sent to me by my bestie in the whole widest world!! I like how it soaped and didn't thicken my batter.

This is wet soap. If you look at the bottom of the piping you will see a darker blue. That is the Deep Ocean Blue. The top sea green color is the Green Lake.

  I am learning how to perfectly place embeds on the top. I was able to get them looking really cool in the top to not to disturb the "waves" that I was trying to create and make sure that the beauty of the shells are seen as well.

Here is a great shot of the soap the next day. The soap looks great and I love the soap in natural lighting.

These pictures show the shimmer on them. I added some bio-degradable glitter to the top of the soap to make it look like the shimmery waves when the sunlight hits the waves just right. 

Next are the cut soaps. I love them.

I hope that you have enjoyed looking at the cut soaps and wet soap pictures. I love my soaps and am really excited that the piping and soap pouring. Leave a comment or a question below and I will be sure to answer. If you want to know how to get them make sure to check the website :

https://thefragrancenook.com/products/soap-subscription-box

They will be available on April 1st.

Happy New Year!! *face palm* I am so late.

Good Morning, Rose Garden!!

Wow! December and January totally slipped by me. Like, I was dreading the Christmas rush and then boom it was January 22nd!! 👀 Caught me totally unawares. So, the December Soap Challenge didn't happen. I got busy with other things and really lost my focus. I also promised to blog at least twice a month and couldn't even stick to that. I apologize. I have however, started back to making new fragrance oils.

Last month I created a blend called Orange Pineapple Crush. It is to be a cool balance to the warm Iced Lemon Pound Cake. The fragrance has notes of sweet orange, cool cranberry and sweet and tart pineapple. No alcoholic notes this time around. 😋 I am letting the owner of Kitchen Werkz have a full month of play time with it before I release it to the public. Updates will be posted here rather than on IG. I hope to soap the fragrance myself and  put it in a lotion before the end of March.

Also, I have decided to re-open The Chandler's Rose and I am going to take The Fragrance Nook public as well. Again, the time frame is for a March Grand Opening.

I have been actively trying out new fragrance oils from Rustic Escentuals and The Chemistry Store. I am pleased with how they soap. Only two have discolored.


Fragrance Review:

Green Pumpkin (Rustic Escentuals) - OOB has a pungent green (think peeled sapling) fragrance. Very earthy. Soaps well. No A or D. No color morph. The first picture of the blog is Green Pumpkin (Pistachio bottom of loaf) and the color haven't morphed after 3 weeks. Fragrance isn't as strong once soaped. Still pleasant but doesn't linger on the skin. Used 1 ounce PPO. Would recommend for a topical product, car freshener, or air freshener.

Awapuhi Seaberry (Rustic Escentuals) - OOB smells masculine/unisex. Medium strength scent. Soaps well. No A or D. No color morph. Scent is the pipped top in the first picture and the color hasn't morphed in three weeks. Smell is light and barely noticeable on the skin. Used 1 ounce PPO. Would recommend for a topical product or room freshener.