1st Milk & Honey Soap

[Lindy]

Good Afternoon everyone,

I just finished making my first batch of Milk & Honey soap. I added my milk (powedered mixed in a little water) & liquid honey at light trace and then it seemed like trace almost reversed and it took quite a while to get it to the point of being ready to mold. Has anyone else had this happen?

Cheers
Lindy

 

[carebear]

I've had honey do that to me. What a pain. But if you keep mixing it eventually pulls together again...

 

[Lindy]

Thanks Carebear - here is the pictures of the unmolded soap. Unfortunately I unmolded and cut while it was still a little soft so once it hardens up I'll need to clean up the cut lines.

Thanks for letting me share.

Cheers.

 

[digit]

They look very pretty!!! Is that honey on some that did not incorporate?

Digit

 

[Deda]

Those are so cute! Bet they smell amazing! What oils did you use?

I love the molds. You must tell where you got them!
I have a penchant for bees. Deborah means bee, it's kinda my thing.

 

[Lindy]

Good morning,

Digit thank you - you're almost right, the oils hadn't totally aborbed yet las night but this morning they are looking a lot better - here's a picture from this morning:

Hey Deda, thank you :!: I bought the mold from a local supplier and it's a Milky Way mold. Most soap suppliers carry them and from I see this one is pretty standard. I really wanted it for my Milk'n'Honey Soap.

Now I'm going to remelt the rest of this batch and pour it into the mold too - so all of them look the same.

Cheers

 

[Lindy]

Hi Deda, Sorry I forgot to give you the oils - here's the recipe I used.

12 oz EV OO
16 oz Coconut Oil
12 OZ Sunflower Oil
5.93 oz Lye
14 oz water
1 oz Vitamin E Oil
1 OZ Sweet Almond Oil
1/4 C Powdered Milk
1/4 C Honey

Held back 2 oz water to mix with powdered milk, mixed milk solution and honey in at trace - trace seemed to reverse and then I managed to get it back and then took it a little further

Cheers

 

[Sudsy Bubbles]

Beautiful!!!

I love the mold too! The color make the soap look nice and creamy.

Sudsy Bubbles