I have spent a gross amount of time this week discussing and brainstorming about my newfound obsession – making soaps and bath bombs. I have also spent an indecent amount of money getting in raw inggredients, and voila, presenting my chocolate orange bombs (they smell exactly like terrys chocolate orange!!).

Chocolate orange cupcake bombs

In the middle of a lovely summer’s afternoon, I suddenly yearned for Christmas morning. Where admist all the gaily wrapped presents and tacky red stockings lay the one mainstay of what Christmas is – a Chocolate Orange. Now in cupcakes so you don’t have to whack it to get it out.

The seaside collection –

Clam shell chocolate orange

Orange fish

Just like Grandma used to make

Made from sodium bicarbonate,citric acid,pure sweet orange essential oil, natural orange coloring and dusting of 100% pure cocoa powder.And lots of love

PS: I am currently looking for ideas of flavour combination ect. Any comments/accusations/suggestions are very welcomed, be it presentation or the pictures. I can’t decide between the wicker background or the polka dot background….ideas?

PPS:If you noticed a small watermark on the pictures…aha…it is currently a project under wraps that will be revealed in time..:)

As I only had four responses to my blog re: Paying it forward, I am sending out packages to Zona, KJean,Mirebelle & lasilasi.

Guys could you please email me your address : nasilemak at sourrain dot com.

Its hard being a black cat

In my effort to garner participants in my previous post on paying it forward, I have whipped something up over the weekend that may well go into the care packages that I am putting together. Rather than sending out stuff from my favourite smellies shop, Lush, I have started making toileteries.

Made from all natural ingredients, these bath bombs contain citric acid, bicarbonate soda, PURE essential oils, all natural rose petals/lavender and just a smidgen of natural coloring to make it all pretty instead of looking ghastly white. I tried one yesterday in my bath ,and the whole floor was just filled with a heavenly rosy smell of rose essential oil. Not chemically made, mind you, only pure essential oils are used in my products. I have very sensitive skin, and bath products sometimes plays havoc with my skin due to the extremely long list of unpronouncable chemicals.

Now, aren’t they just so edible looking???? Being me, even my bath products are made to look like cupcakes.

I am going to continue making them, and with any luck the bath bomb that I send out will be close to retail looking perfection. If you have not used bath bombs before, they scent your bath with lovely smelling oils which is good for your skin as you soak in it as well. They are not bubble baths, which uses chemicals to foam up the bath.

If you don’t have a bath, do not fret, as I had also made some lavender glycerin soap! Due to the lavender flowers that I have embedded into the soap, this is good for a face or body scrub as well. Again, nothing but pure glycerin,lavender essential oils, lavender flowers and a drop of coloring. If you have oily skin, I can replace the lavender essential oils with tea tea oil instead – dry skin will work well with palmarosa.

Inedible fish

BTW, these are practice runs – those pictured are the first time I am making any kind of toilteries. Hopefully batch 2 will come out looking more presentable. As I had splurged on ingreddients and tools, I am also going to start taking orders for them. So if you would like to order handmade all natural toilteries, email me!!

Got this idea from mei’s blog. I was going to do something similar with la petite chinoise before she dissapeared off the blogsphere, and thought this might be a good time to bring this up again

What it is:
This idea is based on the movie Paying it Forward, if someone does you a good turn, you pay it forward doing three good deeds to three other persons, requesting that they do the same and pass it on. The theory is that the world would be a better person by the good deed power of three.

I will be putting together some ‘care packages’ which will include bits and pieces e.g. books, earrings, lipbalms, seeds, Tshirts, food (earrings and lipbalms will be replaced by other ‘manly’ items for blokes!). This is really the least I can do for all the support that I have received through my blogs in the past three years, not to mention the friends that I have made and the worry that I caused when I went MIA!

How do I participate:
Leave a comment on this post (will be open until 30th) and I will pick a minimum of three names to send packages out. Depending on what the reception and my budget is like, I will try to send to more than three commentators…I might only get one comment on this posting, who knows!!

When will I get it?
I will probably be sending this out through land and not air mail, as air mail costs will probably be much higher than the items contained in the care box. Obviously, if you’re in the UK, the package will probably reach you in a day or two rather than taking up to three months. Yes, this is open to all my readers irregardless of where you live.

I will be sending out items in a month or two, and you should receive it about three months after the posting have gone through. You should be getting your packages through by Christmas (I hope!) and might choose to open it on Christmas morning instead.

What is the catch?
The catch is that upon receiving the package, you promise to do the same on your blog. If you do not have a blog, a token sum donated to my chosen charity would be very much appreciated.

I have questions!!
Then please email nasilemak at sourrain dot com

Can I specify my gifts?
I am not Santa Claus neither am I your mother – so NO! However, I will try my very best to provide a happy suprise rather than a nasty one. This means no meat products for veggies or seeds for people that do not even have a cactus. And no girly products for male receipient – unless you specifically ask for it that is.

Sekian, terima kasih. (that’s all, thank you)

PS: Please either leave your email address on the comment or email me at nasilemak at sourrain dot com – otherwise I will not be able to get in touch with you!