A very productive day

I made a batch of lip balm and two batches of lotion. Roger claimed the first batch of lotion. So, I tried a second recipe and made a second batch.

The adult daughter wanted to make a batch of lip balm, a batch of lotion, and a batch of soap. I created the recipes, asked her what essential oils she wanted to add to them and let her make the batches. Okay, I hovered over her while she made the lip balm. Then I let her make the lotion sticks on her own. (That was the one where I picked the scent, because I wanted a lotion with a purpose.) We both made the soap. I had her measure out the oils and melt them. Then I measured out the lye and mixed it with the water. I poured the lye water mix into the oils, got them stirred some and let her finish stirring.

She brought the mixture to trace. I added the coconut milk. After it was mixed in with the saponifying oils, she added the essential oils while I stirred them in. Then she helped me pour it into the mold. Once it was in the mold, I popped it into the oven. It has finished its time with the oven going. I'll leave it there until morning to let it finish saponifying. Then tomorrow we'll take it out of the mold and cut it into bars of soap. Yay.

I'm only working a couple days a week at the hospital. I'm not complaining. The five days a week, plus coming home on weekends and trying to make a weeks worth of products was really wearing me down. This way I get to actually work on the business, too. Another yay.

Besides making several batches of product, I finally took the time to create a price list.

I'll probably make more lotion and balms tomorrow. Maybe another batch of soap, but I really don't know what I want to scent it with, so until I figure out what aroma I want, I'll hold off on that.

I have to work on Thursday, so I really want to have an easy day tomorrow. Getting up at 3 a.m. is a pain in the butt. Staying awake all day is even worse. The four hour drive gets old pretty fast.

At least it's only temporary.

Gotta run. So much to do. So little time.