Welcome back to the Indulgence Soap interview with Silvia. If you missed the first part of the interview, get caught up here. Now, back to the interview.
Indulgence Interview – Day Two
Indulgence Interview
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Soap Queen interview. Enjoy!
Meet Silvia from Indulgence by SV. Soaps on Etsy. When I got the soap, they were cute, creative and fragrant. I didn’t even want to use them, I just wanted to smell them and put them on display. What’s even better is that her soaps in person looked just like the soaps do on her site! After opening my soapy package, I emailed the owner, Silvia and asked her if she would do a Soap Queen Interview. Thank you, Silvia- I’m so glad I get to share your rock star soaps with our readers!
Are You the Next S.O.A.P Member?
Introducing Bramble Berry’s Spring 2011 Floral S.O.A.P Team!
Holly with Lotion Bar Cafe
Ruth with Sirona Springs Handmade Soap
Ann with Pitter Patter Designs
Catie with Catie Beth Bath and Body
Meghan with Dreaming Tree Soapworks
Amber with Addicted to Crafting
Erica with The Bonnie Bath Co.
Did Someone Say S.O.A.P?
We are in search for the new Soap Opinion (Awesome) Panel!
This panel is all about FLORALS!
What’s the S.O.A.P. panel you ask? Soap Opinion (Awesome) Panel members will receive 6-7 one ounce fragrance samples of my top floral choices for Spring 2011. Give the cutting-edge fragrances a sniff AND test them in any product you like (really, anything you want). Then fill out a survey to help distinguish the top choices. I want your honest opinion and notes on testing!
How to apply: Tweet, Facebook or Blog about your favorite Bramble Berry product (including links) and why you should be selected for the S.O.A.P. Panel. We’ll announce the finalists on Friday, February 18th so get your tweets, posts and blogs done by the 17th. Note: your Tweets should have @brambleberry someplace in the body of the Tweet but make sure they don’t just get directed directly to @brambleberry or else no one else can see them! =)
Fine Print: I will be sending out the fragrances by Wednesday the 23rd (at the latest) and I would like the surveys complete by April 4th, which gives you about 4 weeks to test the fragrances. Please keep these dates mind before you enter. I’m looking for an accountable and enthusiastic panel!
Have you been on the S.O.A.P. panel before? Feel free to enter again!
Check out the members of the very first S.O.A.P. Panel.
Energy Fragrance Oil Blends
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| photo by Michael Lorenzo |
Energy is a fabulous fragrance that we designed ten years ago because we were inspired by an energetic scent we smelled in a well-known bath and body line. It’s comprised heavily of citrus notes with some fun notes like Blackberry, Pineapple and Champagne thrown in to sweeten it up. Energy provides a great blending palette as well. I hope you like the blends we came up with below. If you like the fragrance as-is, you’re in good company. I just ran the fragrance numbers for last year and Energy was our #2 best seller.
Click here to buy all the fragrances in one easy swoop for the blends (remember, you can delete any individual items from your cart even when using this handy “Buy It Now” button). It’s enough to make full blends of everything so long as your “part” is 1/2 ounce. Not sure what a part is? Jump to the bottom of the post & I’ll explain.
Sweet ‘n’ Citrus
2 parts Energy
2 parts Hello Sweet Thang
1 part Vanilla Select
Tart Fruity Delight
2 parts Energy
2 parts Moonlight Pomegrante
1 part Cream Cheese Frosting
Blended Big Red
2 parts Energy
2 parts Red Apple
1 part Cranberry Sweet
Tropical Beach Party
2.5 parts Energy
2.5 parts Coconut Cybilla
The Big Purple
2 parts Energy
2 parts Blackberry Cybilla
1 part Sugar Plum Fairy
Green Mean Machine
3 parts Energy
1 part Lettuce
1 part Cucumber Melon Cybilla
PS – We also sell straight Energy as a pre-made CP loaf or individual bar. Click here to check them out.
PPS – Are you wondering what a ‘part’ is? A ‘part’ is simply a unit of measure – any unit of measure, a drop, an ounce, a cup. So 3 parts of Energy and 1 part Lemon could be 3 drops Energy and 1 drop Lemon or 3 ounces Energy and 1 ounce Lemon or even 6 ounces Energy and 2 ounces Lemon. Get it? I knew you would!
Mother’s Day Bath Tea
Mother’s Day is coming up (and coming up quick!). This is an easy project for you to make with kids too (eh hem, Dads…). Let mom relax this mother’s day with herbal infused bath time. I have two fabulous recipes to pick from that are both relaxing and moisturizing. Your mom deserves it (I know my mom does)!
RECIPE ONE: Healing Orange Bath Tea
1/4 cup Chamomile Herb
1/4 cup Calendula Herb
8 mini scoops of Orange Peel Powder
3 ml Vitamin E Oil
6 ml Orange ValenciaEssential Oil
Small mixing bowl
Iron
ONE: In your small mixing bowl, combine the Chamomile, Calendula, Orange Peel Powder, Vitamin E Oil and Orange Valencia Essential Oil.
TWO: Mix ingredients together so the oil is evenly distributed. Use your fingers to fill the tea bag with the herbs.
THREE: Seal the open ends of the tea bag with a hot iron.
RECIPE TWO: Relaxing Rose and Lavender Bath Tea
1/4 cup Lavender Grade One
1/4 cup Pink Moroccan Rosebuds
2 ml Vitamin E Oil
Small mixing bowl
Iron
ONE: In your small mixing bowl, combine the Lavender, Rose Petals, Vitamin E Oil and Hungarian Lavender Essential oil.
TWO: Mix ingredients together and fill the tea bag with the herbs.
THREE: Seal the open ends of the tea bag with a hot iron.
*Note: It’s normal for the oil to soak through the tea bag just a little. It’s the price we must pay for a fabulously scented and moisturizing bath. Leave the oil out of the recipe if you do not want the oil marks on the tea bag.
Hand carved soap
Wow! These are absolutely intricate, amazing examples of what can be done with soap. Soap Carving used to be all the rage – and actually taught in schools in the ’50’s. I know, because I have textbooks on the subject from 1947.
I’ve tried soap carving. It’s not the most ideal medium but it definitely works. And, if you have an innate aptitude for carving or sculpting at all, soap is a fine medium.
In the meantime, marvel at the craftsman skills of a soap sculptor in Thailand.
So cute, it makes me want to sew
Heather Bailey designed some very appealing fabrics that make me want to actually sew. I can knit and crochet but sewing has thus far eluded me. But, these little goodies would make such perfect aprons that I might just get inspired.