Well, let's start with the first book. I'm going by what the cover of the book make me think of:

Twilight
Fragrance: Apple N Spice (blend of Apple, Cinnamon and Clove) and Black Amber Musk (blend of Black Amber, Clove, Nutmeg, Musk).
Shape: A 3D apple...pretty straight forward :D
Color: Shimmery red, I suppose
Notes: I thought it'd be nice if it smelled like apple since it's shaped like an apple. But an apple scent doesn't have much depth into it. So I thought a spiced up apple would be nice. But then I was afraid it'd smell too much like apple pie. Thus where the Black Amber Musk comes in. It has an element Apple N Spice has, but with a few others to change the scent.

New Moon
Fragrance: Twilight Woods (blend of Juicy Berry, Soft Mimosa, Apricot Nectar, Vanilla Musk, Sensual Amber, Precious Woods) and Bamboo Teak (blend of Bamboo, Teak Wood)
Shape: Rounded corner rectangular bar with a wolf howling up at the moon. The bar itself is flat but the wolf and moon are somewhat three dimensional, or raised so you can touch the round moon and such.
Color: The bar itself will be a navy, with a light brown wolf and a silver or pearl white moon.
Notes: Despite the name of the first fragrance, I felt it suited New Moon best because of the musk, amber, and wood scent. But I felt the berry, apricot nectar, and the vanilla in the vanilla musk would make it too sweet. So I thought maybe by adding Bamboo Teak, it'd give it a much earthier smell, not too much tho. When I think of New Moon, I think of wolves running in the forest.

Eclipse
Fragrance: Bella's Kiss *giggles* (blend of Violet, Gardenia, Jasmine, Grapefruit, Vanilla, White Woods)
Shape: Bar. Shape unsure. Will have a flower on it.
Color: Unsure aswell
Notes: Not much thought went towards this soap. I know I didn't want something woodsy, more floral due to the front cover of the book. When I saw "Bella's Kiss" and read the blend of scents to create this fragrance, I went "Why not!!".

Breaking Dawn
Fragrance: Midnight Pomegranate (blend of Pomegranate, Orange, Cinnamon, Vanilla) and Ocean Rain (blend of Ozone, Sea Spray, Orange and Rose)
Shape: A 3D Queen chess piece
Color: White
Notes: Midnight Pomegranate is supposed to be a dupe for the Bath and Body Works line called Midnight Pomegranate.....and I FUCKING love that scent. Midnight made me think of Dawn. Soooo, hell, why not. If it's too sweet, I might add some Ocean Rain. Dawn makes me think of water for some reason.

Midnight Sun
Fragrance: Mid Summer Night (blend of Lime, Lavender, Lily, Patchouli) and Masculine Musk (smells like a Men's Musk)
Shape: Undecided
Color: Something dark and shimmery, still undecided, though. [Update] I want it to be a dark blue and pearl white swirled.
Notes: This is actually a new one I decided to add. Masculine Musk, hmm, "smells like a men's musk" doesn't give me much description at all. But going by the reviews, someone said it smelled "Deep, musky, slightly-sweet, and somewhat woodsy." which is exactly what I wanted with Midnight Sun. It makes me think of Edward.

Now I'm trying to decide what I want my Hogwart House soaps to smell like. I know I wanted something wintery and cool(temperature) for Slytherin, without it being minty. I honestly hate minty soaps and I don't think Slytherin is at all minty. I can't decide what I want Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff to smell like aside from books and rainbows (not sure why those two things come to mind). With Gryffindor, I wanted something warm and summery, like cinnamon (which isn't summery at all). We'll see. Jaane!!

~DM

All my plants have died, YAY!! *not happy at all* But, it seems like the wheatgrass is growing. Let me recap. This was done the day before yesterday. I checked the sprouted wheatgrass seeds and saw that they grew through the plastic mesh:



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Soooo, I finished my two soaps. And they both failed. With one, it was because I put it in the freezer. It crystallized. As it defrosted in the fridge, it became watery. Still lathers really well. I'll try this experiment again some other time when I get more shower gel. Maybe I'll add less water to make a firmer jelly soap. I'll also probably dye it a different color that doesn't resemble toxic waste :D:

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Wheatgrass. It's what it sounds like. Young grass from the wheat plant. Take wheatgrass seeds and grind em up, you have wheat flour. Wheat grass is said to have many health benefits. I'll just plug in this nutritional info thingy that I got from wikipedia(since LJ sucks at giving me what I want, you can find this info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatgrass):



Nutrient           Wheatgrass Juice           Broccoli           Spinach
Protein           860 mg           800 mg            810 mg
Beta carotene           120 IU           177 IU           2658 IU
Vitamin E           880 mcg           220 mcg           580 mcg
Vitamin C           1 mg           25.3 mg           8 mg
Vitamin B12           0.30 mcg           0 mcg           0 mcg
Phosphorus           21 mg           19 mg           14 mg
Magnesium           8 mg           6 mg           22 mg
Calcium           7.2 mg           13 mg           28 mg
Iron           0.66 mg           0.21 mg           0.77 mg
Potassium           42 mg           90 mg           158 mg

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I'm gonna call it "Flightless" for now. Hope you enjoy, please don't steal :(.

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The world is my oyster
And I am its prey
The darkness that shadows
The grand ocean waves

To and fro
Atlantis is risen
Out of the depths
Of its archaic prison

The cool water's mist
The aqua unseeing
Dripping the feathers
Of my every being

Unable to fly
Unable to flee
Being engulfed
By the Atlantic Sea

Heavy as lead
Darker than coal
The great ocean's depth
Bargains my soul

The frigid water
A solemn goodbye
A lonely reminder
That I'm going to die

My last breath
A new lesson learned
It's impossible to conquer
The land that I yearned

Just like Alantis
Unable to mend
I sink to the bottom
Never to rise again

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Okay, here's the back story to this. For some reason, in my mind, I said "The world is my oyster and I am its prey". But then I thought that it was a waste of "cunning" word play. So I turned it into a poem.

The poem is about a dark angel who has an unhealthy obsession with the fallen land of Atlantis. So he flies over the Atlantic Ocean and, with his magic, brings it out of the water. But he didn't realize that, as Atlantis was being pulled above the water, water began to soak his wings making it impossible for him to fly. So he falls into the ocean (as well as Atlantis). Since his wings are so heavy due to the water and its own weight, he can't swim up and out of the water. So he ends up drowning. Under water, his soul will remain all because he was selfish and wanted to rise Atlantis and keep it all to himself. n_n Hope you liked it. Jaane!!

~DM