Castile for the New Year anyone?

[MoonBath]

I got on the bandwagon. Great idea to do a batch on January 1. I made mine with some of the red wine left over from last night; I scented with cranberry (my Brambleberry gift sample) and orange, and added some crimson sparkle mica for color. Still qualify as castile?:shh:

 

[AngelMomma]

I posted pics of the Castile I made in the photo threads. I hope to see how others Castile comes out as well.

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=41194

 

[seven]

left mine in the mold for 48 hrs. by the time i wanna cut it, it has become too hard for the wire cutter to handle. i ended up using a knife. not really a fan of the smell. i left it unscented and it has this weird olive smell? am gonna make another batch with pure 100% olive next.

 

[engblom]

I posted pics of the Castile I made in the photo threads. I hope to see how others Castile comes out as well.

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=41194

Nice soaps!

 

[lizflowers42]

I have not yet made any, but I picked up some clearance holiday ice cube molds and think I will make up some castile imbeds to use for next Christmas

 

[Ellacho]

I made my castile soap about two weeks ago using 90% olive and 10% sunflower. Can I still name it "Castile Soap?"

This time, instead of distilled water, I used 100% aloe vera juice(for the 1st time)! Surprisingly, I had no problem of tracing it and pouring into molds. They look great so far. I cannot wait to try it.

Has anyone made soaps with Aloe vera juice?

Here is my Aloe vera Castile Soap .

 

[Lin]

You can call it a bastile due to the 10% sunflower.

 

[Ellacho]

You can call it a bastile due to the 10% sunflower.

Thanks Lin! I heard about a Marseille soap but never heard a "Bastile" soap. Wow, you learn something new everyday .

What makes a bastile soap? What if I use 20% of sunflower oil?

 

[Lin]

A bastile is a modified castile, so 20% sunflower would be fine. With this one its up to interpretation, but most people feel it needs to be around 70% olive oil to be a bastile. Bastile is usually thought to mean a bastardized castile

 

[Ellacho]

A bastile is a modified castile, so 20% sunflower would be fine. With this one its up to interpretation, but most people feel it needs to be around 70% olive oil to be a bastile. Bastile is usually thought to mean a bastardized castile

:razz:
he he Thank you Lin!

 

[neeners]

so, I was going to make some tooth soap tonight, but found out the EO I bought is lethal to use internally (guess I didn't do enough research..... roblem. I was going to wait until tomorrow to make soap, but everything was already out. that was the moment. I currently have my castile in the oven hoping to gel (pilot light is on). will take pictures in the morning when there's better light!

 

[QueenBeeSoap]

I made a dent in my olive oil stash by making two 5 lb batches of Castile soap last night. One was the traditional 100% olive oil with no additives, and the second was 100% olive oil with added honey and beeswax that my bees produced last summer. I'll have to see if they're ready to unmold and take pictures!

 

[ca_soap]

I had to jump on the wagon also, 100% true castile here, only 3 ingredients, Olive Oil, Distilled Water and Lye.

 

[hlee]

I made my first tonight also. OO, water, lye , a dash of lavender.
I can't wait to unmold.

 

[MirandaH]

I did a batch too, and my husband, who is so thoughtful, knew we were going out of town and was afraid my soap would get to hard to cut while we were gone, so he threw it in a plastic shoe box with the cutter, still in the mold, and brought it with is. After the incident where he was playing with my tops and smashing them flat with is hands, this time, he smashed my tops flat with the lid to the shoe box. :Kitten Love: He's lucky he came through with the beeswax and honey this weekend, that's all I'm saying. Oy!

 

[roseb]

LOL! Poor guy can't win! That was very thoughtful of him. Got to give him A for effort.

 

[MirandaH]

I love him, that's for sure...and he's a lucky man that I love him like I do.

 

[boyago]

I did a batch too, and my husband, who is so thoughtful, knew we were going out of town and was afraid my soap would get to hard to cut while we were gone, so he threw it in a plastic shoe box with the cutter, still in the mold, and brought it with is. After the incident where he was playing with my tops and smashing them flat with is hands, this time, he smashed my tops flat with the lid to the shoe box. :Kitten Love: He's lucky he came through with the beeswax and honey this weekend, that's all I'm saying. Oy!

A lot of dudes just prefer topless.

 

[lizflowers42]

Today is my day to do castile! I think I will make it with this fresh, glorious snow!

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

Castile is molded and in the freezer! :thumbsup: