Muddy Mint

This is Chocolate Raspberry Swirl, a soap made from real dark chocolate and raspberries (can you spot the raspberry seeds?) from my book Minimalist Soapmaking. I’m so happy with the raspberry color I got here. It was one of the few times I nailed the color on the first try. If you ordered soaps during our book soap release, you may have gotten this beauty in your bundle. I’m also obsessed with this method of swirling, which gives a perfect swirl every time. I use it multiple times in the book and explain exactly how to do it.

If you pre-order the book before pub day, you’ll get a special bonus sugar scrub recipe as well, with a lot of different variations. Lots of fun stuff coming… we are back!! 💗

Your orders have all been shipped! Thank you again for a wonderful book soap release. I hope you enjoy your goodies. ❤️😊 If you missed out this time, we’ll be making more soap in September (I hope!) for an early November release. This will be our original Muddy Mint soaps, so if you want to vote on your favorites, drop them in the comments! Most likely I’ll be making all the soaps we still have labels for. 😂 I’m trying to figure out if I can do some kind of pre-order, but I can only make so much, so it might not make any sense. We’ll see…

Our soap release goes live in just over ten minutes! Make sure you’re in the website right at 9am MDT. I hope you get what you want! Find everything at muddymint.com. ❤️❤️

You can preview the Minimalist Soap Collection for tomorrow’s release now at muddymint.com! This is the first time I’ve ever been organized enough to do this. 😂 If you have any questions, please ask in the comments. The soap release is tomorrow (Friday May 15th) at 9am MDT. At that time, all the listing will populate and you’ll be able to purchase. Thanks! ❤️

The book soap release is on Friday at 9am MDT (at muddymint.com)! I’ve been posting stories about everything, so check those out in my highlights if you missed them. Here’s the run-down:

🍃 Be online at 9am Mountain Time to grab your goodies. These will be available at muddymint.com only. Look for “Minimalist Collection”.
🍃 Pro Tip: If you create an account and login, you’ll be able to check out faster. If you’re using Shop or another form of payment, make sure your email and address are correct.
🍃 We will be selling book soap bundles (pictured). This is a pack of four soaps from the book and I put all the bundles together individually with lots of thought, so they are all different and all good! This is a mix of scented and unscented soaps. There are at least 2-3 scented soaps in every bundle and they are all really pretty with great ingredients. I used the Nurture Shea soap recipe from my book for all these soaps. They are all-natural and palm oil free. Some may contain goat milk and/or honey, so while most bars are vegan, they aren’t all vegan.
🍃 We are also selling bundles of colorful soap bars (unscented). These use the Nurture Shea recipe as well, but all these bars are vegan. They are the soaps I made for my color experiments and you’ll get four different colors.
🍃 We’ll have base recipe bundles. These include lovely white (unscented) bars of Nurture Shea, Tallow, and Tallow & Shea soaps.
🍃 We’ll have soap blocks! These are blocks of baby soap made with goat milk and oatmeal. They’re not just for babies of course, but great for sensitive skin. These will be sold individually and are unscented.
🍃 We’ll have Scrap Pack bundles for $25. You’ll get four soaps that weren’t quite pretty enough for the other bundles. Mostly unscented, but there are a few scented soaps in there as well.
🍃 Shipping is a flat rate of $7 and every order comes with a sample.
🍃 Soaps are not labeled, but if you email me a picture of your order, I’ll let you know what you got. :) I will not be posting the soaps (other than what you’ve seen and heard in my stories) as they are a surprise for my book. :)

I think that’s everything! ❤️

SAVE THE DATE: May is soap release month!! Everything I made for my upcoming book, Minimalist Soapmaking, will be available for sale on Friday May 15th at 9am Mountain Time! Nearly all of these bars are shea butter soaps that will feel similar to our Orange & Bergamot soap base. There will be quite a lot of unscented bars from my natural color experiments (like the ones pictured here) as well as the final bars from the book and many scented options. I will probably provide these as bundles of four bars and prices will be discounted, as you won’t be able to choose specific soaps or scents. These soaps will all be amazing shea butter bars with lovely ingredients, but some of the scents may be on the lighter side, with a some exceptions. I’m trying to figure out how to optimize this release so that you get what you want without me having to list hundreds of different options. I’ll keep you updated on what I decide, but if you have any suggestions, please let me know in the comments. Can’t wait to share these little gems with you guys! And, if you’re interested in my book, you can pre-order it now at muddymint.com! 🩵💛💜

Note to self: take wet soap photos for my next book! I had to remake this soap recipe today for my 2nd book, Minimalist Soapmaking, and I’d forgotten how beautiful the color of the batter was! This one is called Sweet Little Moments and this color is from an alkanet root infusion. There’s also a surprise inside! ;) The last thing on my mind when I’m creating is taking photos, as the process can be messy and unpredictable. 😂 But, wet soap is just so luscious! 😍

Sneak peek of my second book, Minimalist Soapmaking. 💕 Pre-order link on my website at muddymint.com. I’ve been working on this book non-stop since August and I’m closing in on the finish line (finally!). I’m super excited about these soaps, recipes, and the simple process that I teach. The hardest part for me is always the photos, but I’m so happy with the results! I hope you love it. If you have questions about this book, ask away!