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Hey everyone? I just have a quick question. Since I got such a great help with my goat milk soap from this forum few weeks ago, now I have so much goat milk that I need to freeze it. My question is - for how long I can keep it frozen? Thank you!

Yes, I'm using the acrylic mold, I bought it here: http://www.soap-making-resource.com/acr ... molds.html Expensive, but my husband needed one to see how it was made, so he can make me more. I absolutely love it! Very easy to use, no linening with wax paper, cleaning is super easy. I won't go...

Thank you!!! I actualy left home yesterday and went to Chicago, so my husband cut them tonight, and they all turned out!!! I'm so excited, yay!!! I'll post pictures when I'll come back home. Thank you so much for all your help! :lol:

Yay!!! Here are my goodies, 4 batches This is Almond and honey, nice brown color: URL=http://img199.imageshack.us/i/p1040021i.jpg/][/URL] Just plain GM, no FO, no honey, no colorant: This one GM with bergamot and camomile, no honey: This one is GM with banana FO and walnut...

I just mixed a batch. I had lye mixed with a little bit of water ahead of time, so my oils and lye water were about 72F each. At medium trace I added goat milk that I kept in a freezer. It didn't got slushy, just wasn't enough time, but it was cold. Right now it is nice creamy color. I didn't...

Here are my "good" bars, too brownish, but I didn't add no color and used honey.

Beautiful soaps!!! I'm just trying to wrap my head around mixing milk with lye :oops: So, I'm freezing the whole amount of milk, needed in my formula to a slushy stage, then add lye to it and mix it. Let it cool down and mix it with my oils, am I correct?

MeadowHillFarm, your soap is wonderful! How did you mix lye - in water or added to slushy milk?

Ok, for 5lb I used 1Tbsp of Honey and 5 Tbsp of Oats (52 oz of oils total). But for 2lb I guess I screwed up, I used the same 1Tbsp of Honey and 3 Tbsp of oats (29 oz of oils total). Tonight I'll try to use no honey and go easy on oats, and probably stick it into the freezer.

Thank you, Happy Lass So I need to mix lye and oils better, before I add milk, oats and FO? I use plexi glass mold, should I cover it with blanket, or should I just leave it as is to avoid overheating then?

Agriffin, yes, I think that the top one separated on me right after I mixed everything together in the pot. At first it started to get thicker, but in few seconds i saw that milk curled and oils separated. At least it was a liitle batch. Another thought was that it was too hot. All my...

No, milk was fine (I drank it in the morning :lol: ) Ok, so if I want to avoid it, would it be better to stick it into the freezer and avoid the geling stage?

Thank you Nancy, but I don't know how to do HP soap. :oops: I'm just curious what caused it and how to avoid it.

This weekend I was playing with goat milk and had 4 batches. Two were successful, and two - complete failure. The basic recipe is the same for all batches: olive oil, corn oil, coconut oil, palm oil, Shea butter, castor oil, grounded oatmeal and honey. I used enough water to dissolve lye, and...

10 ml (dilutes into 4-8 oz. water) 20 ml (dilutes into 8-16 oz. water) 125ml (dilutes into 50-100 oz. water) http://www.brambleberry.com/Labcolor-Qu ... e-W29.aspx

It was my very first one, so far I love it :-)

I just boughet mine from BB. 10 ml bottles. If you search BB website it will give you directions how to dilute: Example: For 10 ml you would measure out 4-8 oz. (125-250ML) of water for each color. Do not add more water than what your size of Labcolors is - it will dilute the dye strength...

Thanks!!! Pink one is with Orange Lab Color (Does it look orange to you?), Walnut Seeds and Apple Jack FO. Brown one is with Brown oxide, Freshly ground coffee and Dark Chocolate FO. My hubby loves the first one. I think from two of us he is the most impasionate about waiting for cure...

Ok, I got the mold .... and made these soaps last weekend. Not bad :-))) Now the hardest part - have to wait!

It looks awesome! I just made my first batch of CP and had so much fun. My friends already ligned up to get a bar from me in 4 weeks, so I'm thinking to make another batch. How much mica would you use let say for a standard loaf? (32 oz I guess)