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Space Ace Soaps
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I went ahead and started looking at the allergen data for my soaps to get a head start on this, and... not a single oil I've looked at so far has been completely free of one of the components. Some of them have less than a percent of Benzyl Benzoate, but that still is too much for me to say it's BOP free. I'm going to keep looking, but this might take some time...
Had a conversation on my main blog that got me thinking about what allergens I can easily mark and while fragrance allergens are trickier due to how they're labeled and formulation changes, I do want as wide an audience as possible to be able to safely use my soaps.
And for those who don't know - Balsam of Peru is an ingredient commonly used to replace cinnamon or some other fragrances.
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Here's the Balsam of Peru info for anyone who saw my poll and got confused or curious about it!
If it isn't too personal a question, do you know/are you willing to share what your allergy is to? I make soap and I'm always trying to make sure my stuff is as allergy-friendly as possible.
So it is called Balsam of Peru and it is in a LOT of things, but it's listed under 'natural flavors' or 'natural fragrances.'
Primarily, it's in things that are cinnamon-scented. Like the pine cones at Christmas time. But it is also used in pine-scents, some citrus, some floral.
I can usually tell if something uses BOP on first whiff because it's sharper than a natural cinnamon scent.
It's in a lot of perfumes because cinnamon itself doesn't infuse easily, so to get a spiced scent they use BOP.
It's also in candies for the same reason.
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Had a conversation on my main blog that got me thinking about what allergens I can easily mark and while fragrance allergens are trickier due to how they're labeled and formulation changes, I do want as wide an audience as possible to be able to safely use my soaps.
And for those who don't know - Balsam of Peru is an ingredient commonly used to replace cinnamon or some other fragrances.
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New wax melt just dropped!
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... I think I accidentally just talked myself into making a frosted soap top for an upcoming soap...
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This one didn't turn out exactly as I'd imagined, but it smells amazing and the mica painting will only get better with the next batch!
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So, here's some fun stuff about fragrance oils you might not have known!
Certain scents contain compounds that will make your soap discolor over time. The most common and dramatic of these is vanillan, usually found in sweet scents because vanilla, and it will make your soap turn brown! The shade of brown will vary depending on how much vanillan is in the oil, what other discoloring compounds there are, etc, but the end result is brown. You can delay or remove it completely with a vanilla color stabilizer, but sometimes you can lean into it and know that it'll be the right brown you want once its done it's thing.
Most fragrance oil companies will have soap testing notes, because it's super important to know how the oil will react. Cold Process soap can get very complicated, because you have to watch for if the oil will curdle immediately, or do something funky to the color, or if it will behave and let you do some stunning and intricate patterns. These notes will include if the fragrance discolors and what color it will turn, ranging from tan to chocolate brown, to one note I saw suggesting 'light purple'.
Now, since cold process soap is very different from melt and pour/glycerin soap (which is what I use), these notes are often not relevant to me, and even the discoloration notes can be next to useless since they'll appear differently in a clear soap that doesn't have fun oils instead of reacting dramatically with, say, coconut oil.
Since it's still important to know if my soap is going to turn brown or stay how I color it, my solution has been to mix a few drops of fragrance with a tiny amount of soap in a little glass vial labelled with the name and the vanillan amount, and then leave it for a few weeks to see what happens. Sometimes this means nothing happens, sometimes this means I get a bright orange soap without any warning.
I've been toying with the idea of making these results into a database of some kind, so people can see how things discolor before they buy the oil, or even just because it's fun.
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I'm so pleased with how this one turned out! Originally, I was going to have a boozy scent, but I happened to have one called Seventh Heaven on hand, and that was perfect enough for me!
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No fun poll today, I'm languishing with my cats as I try to will my body into balancing my electrolytes properly. In the meantime, I'm also constructing soap in my head like I would normally rotate a blorbo.
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Barret's here! I'm incredibly pleased with this fragrance blend, and it was super fun to paint this soap, too!
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I dreamed this fragrance blend and that it was called 'Father' so I knew I had to use it for Barret when I woke up.
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The first of many FF7 soaps to come! This whole batch is on sale because somehow, the blue just wouldn't glow. Next batch will have that fixed, but pick up a bar on the cheap today!
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The fragrance oils I ordered for Nanaki, Cactuar, and part of my Barret blend arrived today, and they are
a) spot on to what I envisioned and
b) causing me the intense urge to drink because damn if this one doesn't smell like the best brownie I've ever had.
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The end is finally here. Eye of the Universe, the last soap in my Outer Wilds collection, is now available. I hope you've all enjoyed seeing this collection as much as I've enjoyed making it.
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So I create polls over on Instagram to help me make decisions about soap designs, and it occurs to me to wonder if people would be interested if I did the same thing here?
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Made the last Outer Wilds soap today and I'm feeling very emotional about it, both for the parallels involved and because I've been working on this collection for months. I'm 90% pleased with how it turned out and I know that future batches will be even better. Still, it's been a journey.
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