diy Opora Rays melt & pour soap

Opora was a goddess mentioned by Homer as the personification of Autumn and this is why our new project is dedicated to her. The ancient Greeks considered Opora the deity of the ripened fruit of late summer (opora< ancient Greek “οπώρα”< fruit) while was one of the attendants of goddess Eirene. It is probably represented in reliefs of the temples of Serapis and Isis discovered in Athens.

diy Frau Litsa melt and pour soap

Today we are going to make strawberry soap using the melt and pour method for our friend and neighbour Frau Litsa. It is very easy to make and can be a creative activity during the afternoon coffee with your friends. The formula contains strawberry seed oil and mono de Tahiti butter because we want to give moisturizing properties to our soap and avoid the feeling of dry skin after bathing.

diy Coco Choco m&p soap

It's been a while since the last time l posted something related to soap making. However I've been busy lately, working with cocoa and its properties  and I thought that it would be a nice idea to add cocoa powder into melt and pour soap as well.

diy oat bran & coriander m & p soap

oat bran & coriander soap by Stella Crown

“Soap is love, soap is passion”, Peppy told me once. “Come on”, I replied, “you’re being exaggerate”.

Well, she is totally right! Without noticing, I do make a lot of soap lately, following mostly the m&p method. Actually, this blog was talking only for m&p soap, in order to keep safe the followers. If something has been of particular concern to me since I started writing, it is whether the reader can manage the information he receives; I used to have doubts if it’s ok to write here how to make soap from scratch. Not anymore.

autumn leaves m & p soap

autumn leaves soap by Stella Crown

Because of a challenge we are running in our facebook group “Soap of the Wise", I prepared for you a Fall Leaves m&p soap tutorial. Oh! wait! Have I ever mentioned anything about this group?? 👀 hmm ... probably not! Let's do the introductions quickly!