The result was a set of spa goodies. French Macaron Soaps were the first decision. I purchased a silicone mold from Amazon. It makes 6 soaps per batch. (If I was going to do more of them, I'd consider getting a second mold to do more at a time.) I picked up some melt & pour goat's milk soap from Joann's. Most of the scents were in my stash already.
I ended up making 4 different scents, Lychee Red Tea (pink), Lemon Chiffon (yellow), Butter Mint (green), and Vanilla Latte (tan w/brown flecks). I tinted the pink, yellow and green with soap colorant, and the tan was achieved by adding a bit of cocoa powder. The flecks are coffee grounds, which not only resemble vanilla bean flecks, but also work as an exfoliant. :)
Out of a 2lb block of soap I think I got about 39 macarons, and one larger lump of leftover soap that had been already tinted and scented. (I forgot to put aside 1/4 for 'filling', and had too much 'cookie'. :D) I packed them up in little treat boxes, with mini-cupcake papers, both also found at Joann's, and tied the boxes with baker's twine.
I decided to make a vanilla sugar scrub to go with them, because I ran into the cutest little jar that says 'home made'. It was too cute not to buy. Since my partner listed loving the scent and flavor of vanilla, I used my homemade vanilla extract as the scent, and voila. Vanilla Sugar Scrub!
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