During this busy holiday season may you enjoy peaceful moments of reflection on the quiet beauty of Christmas.

The last batch of soap for the year is a custom blend of ingredients containing palm oil, tallow, soybean oil, coconut oil, olive oil, jojoba oil, and essential oils of tangerine, ylang ylang, blue tansy, orange, and patchouli.  

I first made a test batch and then rebatched that into a larger batch.  The end result was a marbleized appearance giving the soap a bit of texture.  The lather is thick and luscious with a wonderful subtle fragrance of the essential oils.