I started making melt-and-pour soap in 2002. I always liked the idea of scented soaps, but as I go older, I became allergic to most chemical-based scents. Those types of scents either made me sneeze or gave me a headache. That meant I could no longer wear perfume, use commercial scented soaps, or use scented laundry products.
However, essential oils did not cause the same problems. I research aromatherapy blends, found a good supplier for essential oils, and started creating my own scented soaps. Later I took a class to learn how to make sugar scrubs, bath salts, and other spa products.
Other people liked my soap, so I sold it on a made-to-order basis for a few years. I had to stop taking orders when soap making conflicted with the Christmas baking.
I still make soap and scrubs for gifts and for personal use.
2002 (December)
- 5 bars Butter Mint soap
- 5 bars Ginger Cream soap
2003 (December)
- 10 bars Butter Mint soap
- 2 bars Evening Blend
- 10 bars Ginger Cream
- 9 bars Grapefruit Cassis
- 2 bars Half and Half soap
- 2 bars Jasmine Chamomile soap
- 4 bars Lime in the Coconut soap
- 2 bars Morning Blend
2004
March
- 11 Creative Dreams soaps
- 1 Yoga set (Yoga Morning, Yoga Evening)
June
- 4 Butter Mint soap
- 4 Creative Dreams soap
- 4 Elements: Air
December
- 7 bars Butter Mint soap
- 2 bars Celtic Woods soap
- 1 bar Clearly Grapefruit soap
- 2 sets 4 Elements soaps
- 4 bars Elements: Air soap
- 1 bar Elements: Earth soap
- 2 bars Elements: Fire soap
- 1 bar Elements: Water soap
- 3 bars Evening Blend soap
- 3 bars Gardener’s soap
- 2 bars Ginger Cream soap
- 3 bars Grapefruit Cassis soap
- 2 bars Green Tea soap
- 1 bar Jasmine soap
- 17 Mini 4-pack soap
- 1 Mini 8-pack soap
- 1 bar Yoga Evening soap
- 5 bars Yoga Morning soap
2005 (December)
- 2 sets Bring on the Day soaps
- 1 bar Creative Dreams soap
- 7 sets 4 Elements soaps
- 1 bar Elements: Air soap
- 1 bar Gardener’s soap
- 4 bars Green Tea soap
- 2 Mini 4-pack soap
- 3 bars Papaya Coconut soap
- 25 bars Winter Solstice soap
- 1 set Yoga Blends (2) soap
2006 (August)
- 5 Spa gift baskets:
Each contained 1 bar Grapefruit Cassis soap, 1 bar Papaya-Coconut Soap, 1 bar Pina Colada soap, 1 jar Grapefruit Sugar-Salt Scrub, 1 jar Lavender Bath
Salts, 1 knitted washcloth - 1 bar Grapefruit Cassis soap
- 1 bar Papaya-Coconut Soap
- 1 bar Pina Colada soap
2009 (February)
- 4 bars Butter Mint soap
- 4 bars Creative Dreams soap
- 2 bars Gardener’s soap
2012 (January)
- 4 bars Creative Dreams soap
- 2 bars Locus Focus soap
