Blackberry Sage Tea

Do you remember the first fragrances you soaped? The first fragrance that I ever soaped was Oatmeal Milk & Honey, followed by Blackberry Sage Tea and then an Angel dupe....they are all still among my favorites to use! Blackberry Sage Tea is a nice combination of juicy blackberries and sage tea, not overly fruity. Here it is after I poured it in the mold:

This soap contains mango butter and I added some cream at trace. I wasn't sure if I wanted to do a swirl or just spoon in the soap, but as it turned out, the soap was thickening quickly anyway; either from the mango butter or the cream, so I ended up just spooning in the colors. Here it is out of the mold and ready to be cut:

And cut:

And, just for fun....a friend was inquiring about Black Licorice soap, and I thought that could be a fun one to try. I'm not a black licorice fan myself, but I do like the fragrance. I used these Allsorts licorice candy as my inspiration:

Photo Credit: SMH

 And here is my soapy interpretation:

To make the yellow pieces, I poured the yellow soap in a round mold and then put a straw in the middle, which I then removed once the soap was set and refilled with black soap. The 'nubby' candy was made by dipping the soap piece in black soap and then rolling it in poppy seeds. It did take a bit of time to make all the pieces, but I think it really adds to the details! Here is the finished soap with the licorice pieces. It smells just like black licorice...yum!

And one final picture....remember last Sunday, I mentioned I thought the Coffee Soap needed a little something more?  Well, I ended up just adding a little coffee bean to the top; but, now you would know without even picking up the soap, that it was a coffee-fragranced soap!

As always, thank you all for reading!