I’m tired tonight. It feels like it’s been a long and busy week, and now, not even 9pm on Sunday night, I feel ready for bed. So I’m going to make this brief, and then tackle the ironing pile before bed. Oh, the glamour!!
I made four batches of soap this week, all restocks again. I’m struggling to get my stock back up to a level where I’m not anxious about whether I have enough, but I wasn’t able to make any for most of the week as my Shea Butter didn’t arrive until Thursday – arrgghhh! So Friday night saw me soaping all evening, and I made, from top to bottom, Blodau (Flowers), Luscious Lavender, Botanica & Clarity:
Ordinarily I would have cut them this evening, but it’ll have to wait until tomorrow, so I’ll share some photos in next Sunday’s update. But here’s some close-ups to mitigate your disappointment 😀
I also made some more bathbombs – these are blue (although they don’t look so blue here) and fragranced with the same essential oil blend as I use for Serenity soap. A few people now have said that the Serenity blend smells like being at a spa, so the name is apt I think. (The scale here isn’t quite right, the bombs aren’t as big as they appear to be compared to the bars of soap – I need to keep that in mind the next time I take photos!)
I also spent a bit of time working on the packaging and labels for the bombs. I think I have a solution, though I’m not quite ready to share photos yet. Maybe next week.
I’m very happy to announce that as of March I’ll be supplying a brand new retailer, Sunnah Skincare who have a store at 88 School Lane, Didsbury, Manchester. This Skincare Co-operative was set up, and is run, by women in the local community, and their aim is to trade as fairly, responsibly and ethically as possible. Check out their Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Oh, more exciting news – I entered a competition on LJ Naturals’ Facebook page to win some of her gorgeous skincare products, and won! The prize was four items – a full sized bottle of OMG Facial Serum, and three mini products – Organic Scratchy Balm, Balancing Organic Moisturiser & Organic Deep Cleansing Balm. They’ve arrived already and they feel wonderful on the skin and smell truly amazing. I’ll be writing a review soon, once I’ve been using them for a little while, but here’s a quick peek at what they look like:
The weather’s not been the best for most of the week, but Tuesday dawned clear and sunny, so a little local walk was in order and I managed to snap this photo. This is Hebog. I suppose you’d call it the village mountain 😀 The path up to the top starts in the village, and I’ve been up to the summit many times, but not this week. Not, in fact, since before we had the children. Soon, soon…
Wednesday found me making Teisen Gri (or Welsh Cakes). They’re a bit like a flattened scone, cooked on a griddle on the hob. They’re utterly delicious, and there’ll be a blog post with the recipe coming soon:
Well, that was longer than I’d planned for it to be. If you got this far, thanks for reading. Back soon!