Here are some of the soaps I have made since my post last August.  The first is my answer to the Dove Beauty Bar (which is not soap) - it has shea butter, cocoa butter, greek yogurt, heavy cream, and goat milk.  Now that's a beauty bar.  The next one is the tomato soap cut into bars - wonderful for your skin.  The last is a combination of the other two for a really great bar of soap.

I've neglected my blog for too long.  I made some lotion bars and put them in deoderant containers and they were a big hit.

Making soap again!

I finally have finished all of the paperwork involved in settling my Dad's estate and am back on track making soap.  I made a 5lb loaf yesterday using my standard recipe but substituting tomato juice for 2/3 of the water.  This makes for a great facial soap.  It will have to cure for 4-6 weeks before it is ready for sale.

New Car

I'm still dealing with my Dad's estate.  There is so much paperwork and I keep getting requests from the insurance people for the same things over and over.  Haven't sold his house yet either.  I did, however, buy a new car because mine had 162,000 miles on it and was about to need a few thousand dollars in work.  If I bought now I should get it paid off by the time I retire.  It's a 2014 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid.  I love it!

New soap

I got back to making soap now that most of my Dad's estate has been settled.  I made two batches using the lard, olive oil, coconut oil, canola oil and rice bran oil I had on hand.  On loaf was scented with peach and pineapple mixed and the other with Dragons Blood.  The blue/gray batch was scented with honeysuckle and used for swirling and the leftover was made into bars.  The batter got thick very quickly so the drop swirls didn't penetrate very deeply, but that's OK.  Dragons Blood makes soap get dark due to the vanilla content.
Check out my web site at http://www.nomadhandcraftedsoap.com.

Liquid soap vs bar soap

Since I make bar soap I found this article to be very informative.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-chameides/chemical-marketplace-bar_b_2104678.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

I'm back, sort of

I've been working my way through all the paperwork for my Dad's bank accounts, insurance claims, stocks, bonds, etc.  The first weekend of April I will be in Lizella, GA at my Dad's house having a 3-day estate sale.  If interested in attending, email me at nomadhcsc@gmail.com and I will give you directions. It's strange being the last remaining member of my family.  At one time I had two parents and 3 younger brothers.  After the estate sale I'll be selling the house and property.  A double-wide mobile home on a permanent foundation with front and back porches added on 9.67 acres.  I'll bet back to my soap business after all of this is done.