[Helpers] Shakti soap.

[Mystress Angelique Serpent]

At 02:19 PM 4/21/2005, Druout at aol.com wrote:
>Dear Angelique,
>
>If you have more Groovy Yuzu or Faerie cake I'd love another bar.

   Whooo hoo! I said I was gonna keep all the Faerie cake for myself... you 
and Priestess Lady C. are the only ones who got some... but the funny thing 
is, Goddess requires a giveaway. No attachments or greed allowed!

    The soaps I tried to be greedy about, are not keeping well. The top of 
the Faerie cake is fading yellow, as are the luxurious facial/shaving soap 
bars from the same batch... sigh. Too much nice moisturizing oil, 
especially with a high facial clay content soaking up the fats so they do 
not saponify, and the soap just doesn't keep, especially once it contacts 
skin bacteria.  Best to give it away, use it up before it rots!

   I actually had to break the top off of a much used bar of Faerie cake, 
and throw away the white part, it was not so nice anymore after being used 
then sitting...

   Cutting the Faerie cake bars smaller, into as much as can be used in a 
week or two, helps slow down contamination.  For most of the soaps there 
has been no problems... just the cakes with icing, and shaving soaps are 
slowly going strange.

   Each batch that was not a cake was 30-50 bars, except the granny sticks 
which were... 70?  They are more popular for bathing than laundry... lovely 
pure lard soap with a fresh hint of eucalyptus.

     So I do still have quite a lot of soap left! I even have a whole big 
cheese wheel of spice cake soap uncut... I'll probably cut it to give away 
at a Sabbat... after I remove the bottom "crust" that was made of the 
shaving soap, ground up and pressed.

    Have not even been giving away the ones that turned out less than 
perfect...

    The icing yellowed, on most of the cakes. D.O.S, soapmakers call 
it.  "Dreaded Orange Spots", it means the oils are going rancid.  I need to 
cut the bad part off and repackage them. Myrtle dove, dreamy vanilla, sweet 
almond, chocolate orange cake... all went strange on top. The bottom seems 
to be ok though. They are up for grabs.

   Gave the lemon cake to my family while I was in Calgary, except for 2 
bars I kept for myself. It was still fine.. actually, fragrant and lovely, 
because it did not get shrink wrapped too soon, like the other cakes.

>   For those
>who haven't tried the soaps you are in for real pleasure!  They are delicious
>and wonderfully soothing!  [warning, do not eat even if tempted!]
>
>My friends and family keep raiding the box of soaps you sent me!

   Then I will have to send you a bigger box! :)  I am packaging soap for 
shipping, today!


>PS  I can't find your soap URL!  I'd love to revisit it.

http://www.fire-serpent.org/soap/


>Love, Hillary
>
>
>In a message dated 4/21/2005 1:34:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>Mystress at fire-serpent.com writes:
>I am putting together long overdue Shakti soap gifts for Sachiko and
>Gustaf... I know there were two more people who said they wanted some, but
>got missed in the first mailout... but I dunno who! Rich?
>
>    What about you folks? Want soap?
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