GETTING CLOSER

I'm one step closer to making my first batch of homemade soap. I'm so excited! I just submitted an order with BrambleBerry.com and faxed them a signed waiver so they can ship me the sodium hydroxide. I guess I'm going to have to sign and fax a waiver every time I order lye. This chemical thing is still a bit bothersome but I'm sure I'll get over it. 

I went a little nuts with the supplies and probably ordered more than I'll need for this first batch. The Soap Queen sucked me in! 

I ordered Bramble Berry's Cold Process Soap Kit which claims to include everything I'll need to get started (except Olive Oil and Lye). The kit also includes The Natural Soap Book by Susan Miller Cavitch. I hope this book helps fill in some gaps I still have about the soap making process. A few beginner recipes would be extremely helpful. 

Along with the starter Soap Kit I also ordered sodium hydroxide, a digital scale, a 4lb log mold, a cutter for my 4lb log mold, a few suction droppers, oyster mist lab color, an essential oil sampler kit, The Essential Oils Book by Colleen K. Dodt, and some sleeve & tray soap boxes. Over kill? My bank account certainly thinks so! 

Now we wait for the delivery...