Custom Wedding Soaps

I got an email from a lady a few months ago who said she would love to have some soaps made for her sisters wedding. We did everything on email with pictures and descriptions of what they were looking for from the colours to the size.

The brief she sent with the colour ideas.

"They are gorgeous! I absolutely love them. Thank you so, so much. I never thought that it would come out EXACTLY the way I envisioned it. The colours are perfect."

Thanks Raisa we had a lot of fun making these and they smell gorgeous.

Making Teddies for a Baby shower

We recently posted this cute teddy soap on Facebook that we had been testing and we were asked to make some for a baby shower in cream and white so we thought we would share the process.

You can see the video here on Facebook

Custom Soaps for Tiara Publications

We recently made custom Teddy soaps and loved them soap much we thought we would try something a little more sophisticated.

To order a custom soap for a special occasion you contact us here

Soap for Crystal Barn Country Estate in the Natal Midlands

Making soaps for Crystal Barn Country Estate – such and honour. You can see a quick Youtube video here

Custom order baby shower Cold Process soaps

Every once in a while we get to make something cute and I love it when the mum to be says – just be creative and have some fun.

So this is what we came up with.

We used Bran, Blue Cobalt Mica, and Aquatic Zest Fragrance oil.

Feedspot Top 100–we made it.

I was recently contacted by Anuj Agarwal to say that we had been included in the Feedspot Top 100 Soapmaking blogs.

“My name is Anuj Agarwal. I'm Founder of Feedspot.

I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog Riverlea Soap has been selected by our panelist as one of the Top 100 Soap Making Blogs  on the web.

http://blog.feedspot.com/soap_making_blog/

I personally give you a high-five and want to thank you for your contribution to this world. This is the most comprehensive list of  Top 100 Soap Making Blogs on the internet and I’m honored to have you as part of this!”

I have to admit that I had not heard of Feedspot so I had to Google it…

Feedspot is a News and Blog Reader used by over one million users Globally.Its a place where users can read all their favorite website in one place. We are Based in U.S.

We have considered following factors to rank the blog.

· Search Engine ranking

· Social media influence

· Social media buzz

· Alexa Ranking

· Post frequency

· Quality score by our editorial team

 

Thanks guys what an honour.

Soap Dough–a soap making challenge

This is a challenge I was so excited about. It really taught me a new skill and I have new found respect for all cake decorators! The precision and skill that is required is beyond me.

For this challenge I had to call on my best friend Debbie, who is an award winning cake decorator. She has been living in Australia for the last 8 years and we have just reconnected after she moved back here again. What a great way to take up our friendship again. She taught me to mould and shape roses and leaves.

Soap roses and a palette knife

Moulding and shaping the soap lolly. This was harder than it looks. I really battled with the uniformity of the top and trying to get the “dipped” soap layer an even thickness was quite a challenge.

Debs took the plunge and started to add roses to the lolly i had made while I made the next lolly for me add roses to.

As you can see the “chocolate” strip was also quite thick. I was too afraid to roll it thinner as it kept on breaking.

Debs did a great job of adding the roses, while mine was much more basic and simple. She clearly has done more of this than me adn has an artistic eye for bunching the roses together.

Thanks Amy, as always this was a great challenge and I had a lot of fun.

 

Making Lavender Drop Swirl Cold Process Soap

We recently made a video of a popular Cold Process Soap called Lavender Drop Swirl.

We used Violet Blue Mica, Violet Luster mica, Olive Yellow Mica, Titanium Di Oxide 

You can see the video here

 

 

#whenwewednesday this is an oldie, my first attempt at rimmed soap. #handmade #riverlea

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