RemingtonRanch
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Hello! Yet another newbie here. My name is Malia, and I'm working on a soap making addiction. As you can tell by my user name, we have a "ranch" as my husband calls it. Really it's more of a mini farm. We have all sorts of animals from chickens to dairy goats, and they all have a purpose on our farm. I had gotten dairy goats thinking my family could cut out purchasing dairy from the store only to discover that 2 (sometimes 3) of us would drink it. So because our large goat milks a gallon a day, I froze a lot of it.
I made my first batch of goats milk soap last year, just basic lavender EO that we had left over from other home made cleaner projects. I wasn't as enthralled as I thought I would be by that first batch because the EO accelerated the batter so fast and I wasn't prepared. However, I did purchase some fragrance oil and other oil/ butters from brambleberry.
So last month as our soap supply from first batch dwindled I made another 3 batches of 2 pounds of soap. My teen son requested a "guy" scent. So he got Fierce Type from BB because it smelled similar to how deodorant and he liked it. But I didn't do my due diligence and see if it discolored, and now instead of blue and white, its a pinkish with blue
. I also made a cranberry fig soap, and again another lavender EO with chamomile powder in it because my garden was filled with chamomile this year. And this time I was *almost* prepared for the acceleration lol.
Someday I want to perhaps sell goats milk soap at craft fairs, or farmers markets, perhaps even online. Right now I'm just playing around trying to figure out what oils and butters I like, and how to combat soda ash on the top! Its gotten better from that first batch, but still there. I've attached photos of my bars lined up for fun. For soaps 2, 3, and 4 this is after 10 to 14 days of curing, just wanted a comparison photo. I think my family will get some soap for Christmas this year lol.
I made my first batch of goats milk soap last year, just basic lavender EO that we had left over from other home made cleaner projects. I wasn't as enthralled as I thought I would be by that first batch because the EO accelerated the batter so fast and I wasn't prepared. However, I did purchase some fragrance oil and other oil/ butters from brambleberry.
So last month as our soap supply from first batch dwindled I made another 3 batches of 2 pounds of soap. My teen son requested a "guy" scent. So he got Fierce Type from BB because it smelled similar to how deodorant and he liked it. But I didn't do my due diligence and see if it discolored, and now instead of blue and white, its a pinkish with blue
. I also made a cranberry fig soap, and again another lavender EO with chamomile powder in it because my garden was filled with chamomile this year. And this time I was *almost* prepared for the acceleration lol. Someday I want to perhaps sell goats milk soap at craft fairs, or farmers markets, perhaps even online. Right now I'm just playing around trying to figure out what oils and butters I like, and how to combat soda ash on the top! Its gotten better from that first batch, but still there. I've attached photos of my bars lined up for fun. For soaps 2, 3, and 4 this is after 10 to 14 days of curing, just wanted a comparison photo. I think my family will get some soap for Christmas this year lol.
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