What was cookin' today? Prairie Herb Soap!

As my first blog post, I thought I'd start with a typical day in the kitchen here at Tailored Touches! So what's cookin' today?

As with any of our items, we develop recipes then tweak them to get just the right ratios. As you can see on the left, I'm just starting to make up our newest soap...Prairie Herb soap. It consists of a special blend of dried herbs that are chock full of skin-loving properties, a Goat milk soap that has a lather to die for and Bergamot essential oil that has antiseptic and antibacterial properties...plus it just smells gooood!

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First step to making this wonderful all natural soap is to start with all the ingredients. Tweaking and mixing the herb blend was done the day before, so I decided to store the blend in a canning jar for ease of use. I also will need the goat milk soap, the Bergamot essential oil, the  large oval mold, my scale to get the correct measurements and assorted measuring spoons.

Once the goat milk soap is melted, the essential oil is added. As you can see in the picture, Bergamot essential oil has a greenish-yellow tint to it. It smells like orange citrus and herbs, just like Earl Grey tea. It needs to be fully mixed in before adding the dried herbs.

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Now it's time to mix in the herbs and get ready to pour into the molds. As the herbs mix in and the soap begins to cool, I need to move quickly. Timing is everything when pouring soap. If it's too warm, all the herbs will either float to the top if they are light, or sink to the bottom if heavy. So waiting until they all seem to be suspended is the perfect time to pour. But the soap can start to set up...so get pourin'!

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Once the soap is poured into the molds, it's time to wash up all the cups, spoons and other utensils, wipe down the workspace and sit back to wait for the soap to harden up.

Product tags and ingredients labels need to be made and the organza bags need to be gathered, too.

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Once the soap has hardened, it is removed from the mold, and shrunk wrapped to maintain freshness. Then it is tagged with an ingredients tag, bagged in an organza bag that will catch all the herbs in the tub and tagged with it's own special label...all ready for it's new home...in your tub! :)

So there you have it...the newest All Natural soap. You can find
Prairie Herb soap here!

Thanks for stopping by the "kitchen" today to see what was cooking.
Hmm, wonder what we can make tomorrow.......

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