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Nature | Art | Science | Advocacy = Adventure Skincare! Handmade, vegan and zero waste. Soap, deodorant and other neat stuff!

Working in my home studio today (which is separate

Working in my home studio today (which is separate from the production studio), and my progress on this botanical illustration is going slowly. I decided that I might as well work on the floor. It's not a bad decision. I hope now that I've finally decided on the composition, the final transfer, detailed measurements and shading will bring it to life. Actual flowers are in the window, which is how I can determine the measurements, but I'll be working from the photos I took on a sunnier day with a white backdrop, and then changed to greyscale, for the contrast values. It's especially fitting drawing some plants from the thistle family because I made soap with a gallon of milk thistle oil this week. Also, thistle is my mood.

Swirly waves up in the sky = cirrus clouds.

Swirly waves up in the sky = cirrus clouds.

Even though this video is sped up, please know tha

Even though this video is sped up, please know that I actually slowed myself down to get that detail. Soap smells like night blooming florals on a full moon (mountain) bike ride and includes the cooling, calming lather from borage oil. As routine for Apothecary Muse, everything is vegan and the label is biodegradable so it's zero waste. These will be ready in time for zone 5-6a gardening season (also Mothers Day). The are still a handful from the last batch available for Earth Day, if you want it now.

In other news, I've been spending a lot of time planning herbs and flowers for people in the community to experience. Should be pretty dope this summer!

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Going all in with the blues.

Going all in with the blues.

This phase of "gelling" happened about 15 minutes

This phase of "gelling" happened about 15 minutes after I poured the soap batter for embeds. It was initially 100*F, but increased to almost 200*F due to exothermic reaction imparted by the addition of lye water. The color comes from annato seed extract that I make in house. It's extra bright orange now but fades a bit when exposed to sunlight. Initially, I made this batch for the sun embeds for Longest Day soap, but overcalculated the volume and ended up with an extra loaf of soap, which I'll sell as a special edition batch of soap. It's scented with green mandarin and litsea cubeba - so it's very zesty!

Got this crazy-cute custom coffee mug from @german

Got this crazy-cute custom coffee mug from @germantownbikes and I'm enjoying the best @commonplacecoffee in Pittsburgh in it! Also, just noticed I have an extra paperback copy of the @peterson_field_guides to Medicinal Plants - so I'm going to raffle it off to the first person who has the best incorrect name for the plant in the background of the next photo.
#mistakesarethebestteachers

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