製皂工人

上次的肥皂有用到備長碳的皂，就把多的皂揉成皂球，做成這黑白皂。放在上面的皂球想像它是貓熊的耳朵，只是白色的皂液太稀了，耳朵下陷的太多了...不過自己還是覺得很可愛啦！

[Thought]
Black and white is a pattern that never fail. I want it looks like as cute as panda.

[Soap]
Using the Bincho Carbon powder soap from previous one to rub into small balls to make this soap.

喜歡備長碳的洗淨力，但又不喜歡整塊黑黑的，一點點，剛剛好。
中間的部份是用金盞花和洋甘菊的浸泡油做的。加一點剪碎的金盞花，這樣的感覺讓我回想到當初對手工皂的印象，似乎要有一些花草在皂裡才叫手工皂呢。

[Thought]
Using Bincho Carbon powder to deep clean the skin, yet too scratching.

[Soap]
Two thin layers of Bincho Carbon powder soap is enough to deep clean the skin. Calendula petals in soap always reminds me the first impression of handmade soap.

做完這皂才發現離情人節也不遠了，算是個應景皂囉。玫瑰的香味配合紅石泥，浪漫的感覺讓人每隔一段時間就忍不住想做它一鍋。

[Thought]
A perfect soap for Valentine.

[Soap]
I like the combination of red clay and rose oil. This soap is gentle to skin and the red clay draws excess oils from the skin and stimulates circulation.

自從上次做了橘色方格後，發現方塊皂沒有想像中的困難，就再試一次。對角的三層皂是跟上一款一起做的，對半切開後再填充燕麥皂。燕麥有打碎過，這樣去角質的觸感比較好。

[Thought]
After I tried Orange Suqare, I found it is not too hard to make square soap. I like to try again.

[Soap]
The part of three-layer was done at the same time with the previous one. I grinded oatmeal so it will not too scratching on skin.

聖約翰草是極富盛名的草藥，是天然的抗抑鬱草藥，而且還有改善血液循環，以及抗發炎的功效。希望洗這皂時心情也會變好！這皂除了用聖約翰草的浸泡油之外，也加了聖約翰草的粉末，效果加倍喔！最上層是用烏龍茶葉浸泡油做的，泡了很久，有很清新的茶香。

[Thought]
St. John's wort is known to improve depression and the beautiful dark red color is what I like.

[Soap]
This soap used St. John's wort infused olive oil and some St. John's wort's powder was added as well. The upper layer is made with oolong tea infused oil. I like the fresh scent in oil.

以手工皂為我的畫布，讓梵谷的星空也可以成為一塊天然洗淨肌膚的滋潤好肥皂。浸泡多時的紫草浸泡橄欖油讓夜空成為漂亮的藍紫色；有機的紅棕櫚油作成的皂球，鑲在絲絨般的藍色天幕上散發溫暖的光芒；還有不同顏色的小碎皂，是夜空中閃亮的小星星。

想做這皂很久了，拖了好久，一方面也也是因為前置作業很多，這回完成了，算是了了一件心事。找到娜娜版的Starry starry night，還蠻好聽的，請欣賞。

[Thought]
Salute the great artist, Vincent van Gogh.

[Soap]
Shiconix infused olive oil created a violet blue sky. Used red palm oil to make small orange balls gleam in the sky with stars twinkling.

燕麥桿可以平緩皮膚的刺激和過敏，所以這個皂用燕麥桿橄欖浸泡油來做的。雖然浸泡油看起來是綠色，加了鹼液馬上變成黃色，所以再加了一些蕁蔴葉粉。此外，這皂含有20%的芒果脂，適合現在這樣乾冷的氣候。

[Thought]
Oat straw can be used to treat skin irritations, so applied oat straw infused olive oil in this soap.

[Soap]
This soap contains 20% of Mango butter that is very good for this cold and dry season.

定為四重奏是因為用了四種浸泡油作成的，而把它放在「experiment」這個分類，是因為第一次放在烤箱裡保溫。為什麼想放在烤箱呢？是怕每次加那薄薄的一層會容易失溫，但我家烤箱的對低溫又太高了，怎麼辦呢？後來有一次經過學校，看到一個養蜥蜴的保溫箱，它用一顆燈泡來保持溫度。我想到了，或許我也可以把烤箱的燈打開來保溫。

只是這皂有六層皂，花了三天照三餐打，廚房又要煮飯又要打皂，有人經過烤箱看到燈開著還會幫忙關燈...結果有一次我發現過冷了，再加熱時有點過熱，所以有一點果凍出現。為了簡化油的種類，這次我選了馬賽皂的配方，而且把棕櫚油換成乳油木果脂，為將到來的冬天多一點準備。

[Thought]
Turn on the light in oven like a terrarium tank to keep the soap warm.

[Soap]
This soap is considered as 6 layers soap and took me 3 days to finish it. There are 4 layers made from 4 different kinds of infused olive oil. That's why I call it Quartet. Keeping in oven with light on provided a good warm temperature. So I don't need to worry the thin layers might lost temperature.

大概是上次去大峽谷玩，回來還是念念不忘美麗的景色，於是就把風景入皂囉。
很早就想做這個皂，可是分層皂需要個兩天才能做好，今天有空明天就不一定有時間，所以才拖這麼久...（咦，是好藉口嗎？）
傾斜皂模，一層加備長碳粉，另一層加可可粉來做出山谷的形狀；然後在白皂中混一些紅棕櫚油，想像有霞光四射的感覺。切第一刀下去時很興奮，因為跟我想像的幾乎一樣，可是後來又有些失落感，因為少了意料之外的驚喜，而且每一塊都長一樣...嘿，我怎麼這麼麻煩啊！

[Thought]
Probably the trip to Grand Canyon inspires me to copy the scene from my mind to soap.

[Soap]
Tilted the soap mold in different angle to make the shape of valley. Red palm oil makes the soap like the ray of sunlight. This soap looks exactly as I expected.

好久沒有做去角質皂了，手上正好有甜杏粉，配上20%的甜杏仁油，希望它能兼具去角質和滋潤皮膚的功能。
其實把皂從木模拿起來時，有被它的顏色嚇一跳，沒想到甜杏外皮的顏色還蠻深的，真是意外啊。稍微把皂屑拿來試洗一下，起泡容易，感覺還不錯，真期待它的熟成。

[Thought]
It has been a long time that I didn't make scrub soap. Sweet almond meal is a good ingredient as exfoliant.

[Soap]
This soap not only had sweet almond meal, but also mixed with 20% swee t almond oil. So it will clean and exfoliate skin and moisturize skin as well.

這其實不是我的創意，我只是代工啦!(實至名歸的製皂工人!)

寧靜海是月球上的一個月海，也是當年阿波羅11號登陸月球的地方。原先的idea很浪漫，想要營造一個月球表面的情境，結果卻被兒子抗議。

基本上是個雙層皂，用兒子的玩具在上第二層前圍了一個一個的洞。對啦，這些洞就是月海，再鋪一些小皂球當月亮上的石頭。沒想到這個小圓圈圈在做完皂後很難拿起來，兒子每天看到他的玩具還鑲在皂裡就很哀怨。

下層是紫草皂，還稍微渲了些淡紫來有些波光粼粼的feel。果然，渲染真不是安妮的強項...嘆。

[Thought]
Sea of Tranquility is a lunar mare on moon. This mare also served as the landing site for the Apollo 11 lunar module, the first manned landing on the Moon. Used my son's toy to create a soap like the surface of moon.

[Soap]
This is a two layers soap. Before poured the 2nd layer, I put some of my son's toy to make some small circles as lunar mare. Somehow, they were hard to pull out and my son complained a lot.

我們家的早餐真的都是燕麥粥
通常我都是加魚鬆，小朋友則愛蜂蜜口味
總之看家裡有什麼好料就加什麼

製皂也是這樣嘛!
芝麻糊正好還沒喝完呢!
一起入皂吧!

夏天到了
溫柔的去角質皂是一定要的
不然每天流那麼多汗 (真的是皮在癢阿!)
洗完真的超舒服的
真想每天都洗(去角質好像不能每天用，不然會不會變成粗皮了)

其實沒有特別想搞怪時
三層皂還是我的最愛
尤其當顏色配的還蠻搭的時候
總有意想不到的視覺效果