Vintage Paisley

I have been looking for this type of packaging for ages so I designed it myself.

Brown Kraft card is so hard to come by but it makes such beautiful packaging I couldn't resist it.

Luxury Gift Boxes

Are you tired of standard square/rectangular gift boxes? Well so was I! So I decided to break the mold and made some hexagonal ones. They hold quite alot too and the bows make them easy to open and close.

Making Lipstick

Hi everyone. I know that I haven't posted anything for like ... well... ages.  I can only make super sincere apologies and hope that I will be forgiven.

Good news is that I've had a go at something new (new for me anyway).

I made some lipstick! Yay!!!!!! It really is quite nice too. It feels really creamy but not greasy and it has some staying power too.

For the colour I used a combination of colorona bordeaux mica (a lovely rich red) and some iron oxide. I had read somewhere that mica by itself in lipstick creates quite a sheer finish but some oxide powder gives the final colour some depth. I suppose it also matters how much mica you use aswell.

Well here it is....

And here is how it looks on some lips. I will post the recipe later on.

WeMakeLondon

Hi. I know that I haven't posted anything for ages but have been soooo.. busy. I am exhausted! Almost ready for WeMake tomorrow.  It's a biannual craft fair that takes place in you guessed it London. Woo Hoo! This time the venue will be Battersea Arts Centre on Lavender Hill.

Just need to pack a few things especially the camera so that hopefully there will be some great pics. Phew!..

Trippy New Design for Love Charm!

Just cut this an hour ago. It's the new design for my love charm soap! This time the swirl goes all the way through the bars.

This is a soap technique that I have been working on inspired by a love of Turkish art.

 

They smell absolutely gorgeous! Here's the soap in the mould.

Miro Soap

Went to the Miro exhibition at the Tate Modern recently. Was overwhelmed by Miro's use of colour. The colours are so vibrant and I love the way he used concentric circles in many of his paintings.

So I was inspired. I had a failed batch of Lemon Verbena lying around. Failed in that the soap traced so fast, instead of getting delicate swirly patterns I ended up with a mould full of blobbyness. Need less to say "waste not want not."

I made a variety of circles and cylinders and set them aside until I was ready.

 

Then I arranged some of them in the bottom of my mould.

 

I had made some lovely white soap scented with Cinnamon and Black Cardamom fragrance which I poured over the shapes.

Once the shapes were covered with soap, I arranged the rest of them on top.

Voilà all finished. Time to put this batch to gel!

 Here are the finished bars. They smell gorgeous and are nice and chunky.

 

 

I also made some hearts.

Events Diary

We will be appearing at a number of exciting events this summer. You can find Kushmoma every Friday and Sunday at the popular Greenwich Market in London.

For those north of the river, we are planning to appear at the long established Lauderdale Arts and Craft Fair on July the 24th.

Hope to see you there!!