Monday, 22 September 2014

Soap Making and feeling like a mad scientist

Creative people have a lot of ways to express themselves.  A part of them like to makes stuff from scratches.  Those DIY people (Do It Yourself) are really independent on some level.  They seems able to furnish a whole apartment with almost nothing.  They seems to master many crafting arts.

I can reclaim a small part of this trend.  I am not as crafty as many DIYers   I am not a jack of all trade in the world of crafting.  I only have a few chords to my bow.  One of those cord is soap making.

I am not an experienced soap maker.  I still have a lot more knowledge and experience to acquire.  I just started to make soap from scratch.  I do have a few trick in my hand.  I have much more experience with soap bases.  It is the door that many soap maker takes at their beginning.

What I like in soap making are the essential oils.  I put many of those oils in my soap.  I like to read and learn about their properties.  I have a soft spot on mixing them to obtain maximum result.  I like to make blends.  For example, I had developed one for eczema and one antiseptic.  My blends have a specific purpose.  I also have specific people in mind when I develop a new blend.

I often give my soap to family members as Christmas or birthday gifts.  Homemade gifts are always well received.  It is what I have experienced.  I think often about how a mad scientist I can be while doing soap.  There are a sense of experimentation that put me in that state of mind.  It gives me a sense of power.  People around me don’t know the making of this art.  They are just receiving the pretty end of the process.  The rest have an aura of secrecy.  This is why I end up thinking of being a mad scientist.    I mix and have fun.  I am happy when a blend turn out the way I wanted.

I have a few other area of expertise when it comes down to being crafty and creative.   I enjoy each part in it own way.  The soap making is where I can express the mad scientist in me because I do lot of experimentation.   It is one aspect of soap making that I like.

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