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Looks good! The mould leaves have nice detail and shape, and the sunflowers are super cute.

INDEED ... a most wonderful soap room, it is!!

I remain fascinated and in love with that deep maroon color. How did you get it?

Hearth and Home and soap! :D

very cool!!

I think all you need is the goo, the catalyst, and something leak-proof (and possibly disposable) to pour the whole mess in. @IrishLass uses Alumilite High Strength-3 silicone (which Kevin Devine calls rubber). I haven't priced the Alumilite but I think that will be the bulk of the cost. ETA...

I saw that in the pics, too, but it isn't noticeable in real life. You should have seen how I had to take those shots by myself with both hands wet and soapy, lol!! Without the voice activation on my camera "shutter", would have been impossible.

Hi Figgie! :D Day 13 of the Henna & Indigo soap, here is the lather, so far. Just to be sure we are on the same page, due to your comment above, I used the hair indigo, not indigo root. The curing soap's colors have not changed a whit from the OP pics. I had added some micas, pigment, and...

I haven't found this to be so. My soaps with cleansing #s of 13 - 18 had conditioning values of 59 - 61, and as we talked about in another thread, those soaps were still too drying for either of us. 50 has been my highest oleic value so far, and haven't seen any slime. Coincidentally, that...

I use it on my djembe. :) I don't think my stuff is pure, but I don't really know and don't know where the bottle is right now.

No, they are differentiated here by "cider" and "hard cider". Cider is usally flat, not fizzy. Hard cider, if i recall, is most often fizzy. I just got your thread title! First I thought it was going to be about what happened with your alkanet, lol, and not a pleasant what happened...

Your process sounds nearly identical to mine. :) I have a plastic basin in the clean sink for putting in plastic- and glass-ware as I finish using them. I soap on a covered counter, floor covered right below me, silicone mat to set down the scraped off SB, colors ready in small individual...

Fig darling, you are amazing. I still wouldn't personally use it, but it seems a bit less scary now. ;) ETA: I read the patent. At the first mention of "animal's skin" i said, oh well, maybe it's also animals, but toward the end, I read this: "In another embodiment 70-85 parts by weight of...

I look 2 to 4 times to make sure it's not overheating or cracking, then forget about it for 18 or so hours. ;)

LOL, I never thought of it ... Probably because all my soaps are designed for face and have been better than my old regular soaps. How would I have known that before testing, though? Just my formulation and some luck. :) My body skin wouldn't be an accurate test for face soap, since the rest...

Have you ever considered getting silicone or liquid rubber and making your own molds? I think that would be right up your alley. ;) I've been tempted to try it, just not pulled the trigger yet. Anyway, I'm afraid those batter covered leaves are gonna turn to mushy brown yuck. I hope not. :)

Take heart -- you are not the first soaper to have a misfortune ... or several ;) Waste is detestable in general, of course, but sometimes it's just part of life.

I checked in on my curing soaps, took off all the 90 degree edges with a veggie peeler, and wrapped the oldest ones in gift wrap from Dollar Tree just cos. ;) This freed up space in my curing bins, so I reorganized them, and now have room for more soap! ! :D Also, cut off a piece of an end...