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AngelMomma · Jan 2, 2014

I took up the challenge to make a New Years Batch of Castile Soap. It was my first time making a 100% OO soap. 3 ingredients. OO, Lye & Distilled Water. I used a silicone mold with square cavities. They popped out nicely before 24hrs. I had done a water discount and it didn't take too long to trace. It was placed in the oven to force it to gel. I think it is just beautiful so far.

If you have pics of your castile new or old, lathered or dry......I would love to see your castile!! :smile:

Kind of a dark pic of mine I know......but its dark and rainy outside

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MoonBath · Jan 2, 2014

Very creamy and pretty! I just got mine in the mold.

AngelMomma · Jan 2, 2014

Nice! I hope you get to post pics later. I still am going to make the other one with additives. After all, I can't let that pretty carrot juice go to waste

CaraBou · Jan 2, 2014

100% OO, lye, water, and a smidge of lavender EO.

AngelMomma · Jan 2, 2014

I should call this "Kitchen Sink Castile" because it has so many ingredients it.

This is my Castile with additives, when I had just made it. I used 4 infused Olive oils that I had in the cupboard that had been infusing and I wanted to use them up. Olive Leaf Powder, Rosemary Powder, Chamomile Powder, and Vanilla Bean Seeds. I used only the infused oils, not the herbs themselves. For the lye water I used fresh carrot juice that I made from carrots we grew in our garden. There is also honey and an ounce of added castor oil for a little extra SF. This traced up nice and fast because I added the lye and carrot juice when it was still nice and warm. The color was begging for some Patchouli. I added some Dark Indonesian Patchouli. Beautiful.......well to me at least. My hubby thinks its stinky with the Patch, lol.

Lin · Jan 2, 2014

Here are my pumpkin and greek yogurt castile soaps. I posted about my disaster where the lid came off the greek yogurt one and it came pouring out the bottom. So I have less of it, and somehow some soap got pressed up the bottom between the paper and the can resulting in the funky shape on 2. Must have happened as I fumbled to get the lid back on as fast as possible.

boyago · Jan 2, 2014

Mine aren't ready to unmold yet.

CaraBou that is a beautiful cutter. Is that home made? Oak?

Ellacho · Jan 2, 2014

Lin said:
Here are my pumpkin and greek yogurt castile soaps. I posted about my disaster where the lid came off the greek yogurt one and it came pouring out the bottom. So I have less of it, and somehow some soap got pressed up the bottom between the paper and the can resulting in the funky shape on 2. Must have happened as I fumbled to get the lid back on as fast as possible.

Hmm...Yogurt Pumpkin Castile...sounds very interesting! Looks amazing!!

100% olive? right?

Did you use pumpkin puree or powder?

Lin · Jan 2, 2014

I used canned puree, in place of 100% water. You freeze it in an ice cube tray and slowly add the lye to not burn it.

AngelMomma · Jan 2, 2014

Beautiful color on that Pumpkin Castile! All of them are lovely! And I agree that the cutter and the soap on it is pretty too!

Obsidian · Jan 2, 2014

My castile on the left, a 1 yer old bought bar on the right (I cut it in half)

Bastile made with EVOO, the color never did lighten up

Ellacho · Jan 2, 2014

Lin said:
I used canned puree, in place of 100% water. You freeze it in an ice cube tray and slowly add the lye to not burn it.

Thank you for sharing it :thumbup:

boyago · Jan 3, 2014

mmmKay

AngelMomma · Jan 3, 2014

Obsidian said:
My castile on the left, a 1 yer old bought bar on the right (I cut it in half)

Bastile made with EVOO, the color never did lighten up

Did you just make your Castile this New Years? How do you like the 1year Castile that you bought? Yours is nice and white.

Numbers · Jan 3, 2014

Here is mine. I will clean up the edges once it gets a bit firmer. I usually only make them in my tart mold but I felt like doing a larger batch(8lbs) so I just took an old Staples copier paper box lid and lined it with a trash bag.

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neeners · Jan 3, 2014

gorgeous! checked on mine this morning and it's either cooling down from full gel, or did a partial gel (couldn't stay up any longer and didn't want to leave it in my oven).

Obsidian · Jan 3, 2014

AngelMomma said:
Did you just make your Castile this New Years? How do you like the 1year Castile that you bought? Yours is nice and white.

No, I made mine about 6 months ago. I didn't really care for the aged castile, it seemed to dry my face more then I expected. I know nothing about how it was made though, it could have a SF of 0 for all I know.

roseb · Jan 3, 2014

Here is my bastile 95% OO and 5% Castor. I have not cleaned them up yet so pardon my uneven edges.

roseb · Jan 3, 2014

AngelMomma said:
I should call this "Kitchen Sink Castile" because it has so many ingredients it.

For the lye water I used fresh carrot juice that I made from carrots we grew in our garden. My hubby thinks its stinky with the Patch, lol.

They are beauties! We have an organic garden at school and want to make some soap with our carrots. Did you freeze the juice before adding the lye?

seven · Jan 3, 2014

mine.. 100% OO, water, lye.. this batch is 48 hrs old and already hard as a rock. was trimming the edges with a peeler, and boy there were hard. sorry for the lighting, the pics came out yellowish..

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