Well I cut the coconut soap and it was very soft so may come to nothing that one. I will wait and see what happens when it cures. The moulds I bought are a nightmare and have been a disaster so far. They are half rounds so seemed a great idea as a different shape and not hand cut ( My dad has gone on and on about my rubbish hand cut shapes tho he loves the soap itself!). So anyway I decided invest in some nice proper moulds and do one of the ranges eg. shampoo bars in a mould rather than a large bar that is then cut down to size. I made a lovely Rosemary shampoo which is green!!!! and still natural and put it into the mould using a ladel. Poured soap all over my wooden worktops so have to sand them as well at some point, and put them away to cure for 24 hours. Yesterday tried to get the soap out. Banged them, bashed them, put em in the freezer. It wont come out. So I emailed the company who sold them to me. They said put in freezer for half an hour and then leave to stand for 15 mins and try it then. Me being me and today a right nightmare anyway - will come to that in a moment - I forgot them so they are now standing for 15mins but have been in freezer since about 8am and now its 2:20pm! I have a feeling this soap will be ruined and possibly also the moulds. I can always wash it out I suppose. I made a second batch of the rosemary shampoo yesterday using the usual large moulds and it has turned out fine so at least I will have samples of that to send out. No idea about the stuff stuck in the mould tho. I suppose at least I can scrape out with a knife and make into soap balls american style and then we can use for us but we will have lots of rosemary shampoo for the house then and its meant to be best for brunettes. I am blonde ( dyed admitedly but if not I am mouse going grey and no where near to brunette) and M has only a small amount of hair left being somewhat follically challenged - tho it is very dark. I suppose at least we will be clean! The tea tree shampoo is great tho personally I am not a fan of tea tree but it has made my hair great and also has not dyed it purple which is a relief since I used alkanet to make it coloured and did worry it might also dye me! It actually works as an all over body shampoo and soap so I shall market it as such. I will be sending out samples of this soon. I think the moulds may end up being used for massage bars since several people have asked me for them and so far I have not made any or only for us. There does seem to be a market for them. I am really not at all sure about attempting a second trial with them as soap moulds. Besides what is wrong with hand cut natural soap?
Next my day today ( and yesterday) - theres is me half way thru experiments with natural colourings making bath bombs and the citric acid and bicarb all over the kitchen so hazardous to animal if not to me and M rings. He has had an accident at work. I have to pick him up and take to hospital since he cannot drive. He has had some boxes somehow fall on top of him, knocking him out and snapping his head back. he already has a black eye and I got there about 45 mins after this happens, and bruising all over his upper face and nose. I had to leave the kitchen in a mess and so had to lock the dogs away from their water which I do not like to do- they are shut out if I am working for both safety and hygeine reasons but they have to go thru the kitchen to get to their water. Well got to Ms work place. His eye is completely shut. WE go to Rugby hospital. They give him some ointment and he comes home. His car is still stuck at work in Coventry 20-odd miles away! Anyway he cannot work for next few days at least tho its the company`s fault so he wll at least be paid. He asked me to help him put the eye ointment on but it doesnt say if it has to go into the eye or around it so we ended up not using it last night.Today he makes a docs appointment to find out and also he now has serious pains in his neck and head. Doc says whiplash! Use a lavender and wheat bag which we have got and just wait till it gets better. She was disgusted with hospital when she looks at the eye ointment instructions since they just say apply as directed by doctor! Anyway it has to go into the eye not around it. M has spent most of today on pain killers in bed. Personally i think he should try to sue since he has been working at this place for 5 years and has now had 6 industrial injuries. By my reckoning that is an unsafe environment. And this is a national company! Ofcourse he will not do this cos he would probably be hounded out of the job and in the current climate may not get another. Isn`t life rubbish sometimes! His eye looks even worse today tho I supose that must be normal.
On the upside I have 1 new order and also I have been asked to quote for doing gifts for wedding favours which is great. Atleast at last this month I have some work to do. Also Incredible veggie roadshow is in bath next month so I am now counting stock and working out what to make for that. And I have finally made coloured bath bombs!
I am having some difficulty ending on a question tho.Obviously I am not a real writer. Why is it so difficult to do this?
This is about me finding myself and the story of how I have changed my life, become self employed and how I developed the products which are now my livelihood. Its the story of all the trials and problems and wonders of life that happen. I cannot even think what it would be like to return to the me of 2008 now and altho I am very poor really financially I am so very much happier and quality of life is so much better. And I am closer to being free than ever before in my adult life.
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