Yup it qualifies and that is a nice looking soap! I love the scent of lime, it is one of my favourites!
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I FINALLY got around to making a meyer lemon soap!
I zested two lemons and set that aside to add at trace. Then I juiced the lemons and the juice + pulp came to about 100g so I just added distilled water up to the 344g I needed for a 2-lb batch. Added my lye and watched the lye-water turn bright orange...then I realized that I was making my regular recipe...with an 8% superfat instead of the 3% that I had intended (yep, I was dancing)! I guess I could have run to the computer and reworked my oil values to get a 3% SF, but the music was calling my name, so I figured WTH...let's see what happens.
The batter took a little longer than usual to trace, but no big deal. I scented this batch with Lemon EO and Litsea Cubeba EO and colored it with yellow oxide. I added the lemon zest at light trace. Since I was using my regular recipe, I decided to treat it like I would any other batch, so I went ahead and insulated the log mold and gelled it.
I cut it yesterday and it was a little soft, but not anything crazy. It smells wonderful...the DH came in as I was cutting it and commented on how fresh and "lemony" it smelled! It's not very pretty...I've really gotta do better getting micas/oxides blended into my oils...but it is interesting
I checked it tonight and it's firming up nicely. I'll add a pic next week, since I'll be out of pocket from tomorrow until Monday...silly how my job gets in the way of my soapmaking
I zested two lemons and set that aside to add at trace. Then I juiced the lemons and the juice + pulp came to about 100g so I just added distilled water up to the 344g I needed for a 2-lb batch. Added my lye and watched the lye-water turn bright orange...then I realized that I was making my regular recipe...with an 8% superfat instead of the 3% that I had intended (yep, I was dancing)! I guess I could have run to the computer and reworked my oil values to get a 3% SF, but the music was calling my name, so I figured WTH...let's see what happens.
The batter took a little longer than usual to trace, but no big deal. I scented this batch with Lemon EO and Litsea Cubeba EO and colored it with yellow oxide. I added the lemon zest at light trace. Since I was using my regular recipe, I decided to treat it like I would any other batch, so I went ahead and insulated the log mold and gelled it.
I cut it yesterday and it was a little soft, but not anything crazy. It smells wonderful...the DH came in as I was cutting it and commented on how fresh and "lemony" it smelled! It's not very pretty...I've really gotta do better getting micas/oxides blended into my oils...but it is interesting
I checked it tonight and it's firming up nicely. I'll add a pic next week, since I'll be out of pocket from tomorrow until Monday...silly how my job gets in the way of my soapmaking
three_little_fishes
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Lindy, that is a beautiful soap!
Cerelife, very interesting! I have a meyer lemon tree that has probably 50 or more little buds on it. I may have to try a soap similar to yours this summer when I have so many lemons that I don't know what to do! I like it.....when life hands you lemons, make soap!
Cerelife, very interesting! I have a meyer lemon tree that has probably 50 or more little buds on it. I may have to try a soap similar to yours this summer when I have so many lemons that I don't know what to do! I like it.....when life hands you lemons, make soap!
I FINALLY got around to making a meyer lemon soap!
I zested two lemons and set that aside to add at trace. Then I juiced the lemons and the juice + pulp came to about 100g so I just added distilled water up to the 344g I needed for a 2-lb batch. Added my lye and watched the lye-water turn bright orange...then I realized that I was making my regular recipe...with an 8% superfat instead of the 3% that I had intended (yep, I was dancing)! I guess I could have run to the computer and reworked my oil values to get a 3% SF, but the music was calling my name, so I figured WTH...let's see what happens.
The batter took a little longer than usual to trace, but no big deal. I scented this batch with Lemon EO and Litsea Cubeba EO and colored it with yellow oxide. I added the lemon zest at light trace. Since I was using my regular recipe, I decided to treat it like I would any other batch, so I went ahead and insulated the log mold and gelled it.
I cut it yesterday and it was a little soft, but not anything crazy. It smells wonderful...the DH came in as I was cutting it and commented on how fresh and "lemony" it smelled! It's not very pretty...I've really gotta do better getting micas/oxides blended into my oils...but it is interesting
I checked it tonight and it's firming up nicely. I'll add a pic next week, since I'll be out of pocket from tomorrow until Monday...silly how my job gets in the way of my soapmaking
Can't wait to see the Dancing Lemon soap
Thank you three_little_fish - it has proven to be a really popular soap....
Cerelife I can't wait to see it. Did you reduce your SF at all?
Cerelife I can't wait to see it. Did you reduce your SF at all?
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OK, here's a pic...like I said, its not pretty but it smells great!
Lindy, I didn't reduce my superfat at all - I MEANT to SF at 3%, but forgot!! I'm a little surprised it worked, but so far so good.
Three little fishes, I just bought a meyer lemon tree last week and it's covered in blooms Maybe I'll get a few lemons this year! Now I'm on the hunt for a kaffir lime tree and a satsuma tree!
Lindy, I didn't reduce my superfat at all - I MEANT to SF at 3%, but forgot!! I'm a little surprised it worked, but so far so good.
Three little fishes, I just bought a meyer lemon tree last week and it's covered in blooms
Maybe I'll get a few lemons this year! Now I'm on the hunt for a kaffir lime tree and a satsuma tree!
i have a little confession~~~ I opt to do the pineapple juice... but I realise that my juice went missing and replace with orange juice instead at trace..
But the soap did not turn out really well. Not sure where I went wrong. But I will try again. with real pineapple juice this time.
But the soap did not turn out really well. Not sure where I went wrong. But I will try again. with real pineapple juice this time.
Just saw this thread. Made a batch a while back, after watching the Making Soap at Marsha's or whatever it was called. This soap was just for testing and laundry use. I simply used one large can of Crisco and added 2 tablespoons of bottled lemon juice at trace to see how the lemon would react. It was fine, not a great soap since it was made of Crisco, but worked for laundry. There was no lemon scent either. YMMV.
BotanicalWitch
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Ive been wanting for the last month to do a Orange EO soap because Camden Grey had such a good deal on it I bought way to much (the hoarder in me lol ) But haven't figured out a good combination yet, as I heard Orange EO doesn't work very well on its own
) But haven't figured out a good combination yet, as I heard Orange EO doesn't work very well on its own
Paintguru
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Just stumbled across this thread. Anyone tried just using baking soda to neutralize the acid of the citrus? Perhaps I missed that in the discussion.
What is the soap doing to you? Did you reduce your SF at all?
That won't change much in the soap. What we're referring to here is actually changing out all of your liquid for one of the citrus juices. I added citrus essential oils for scent...
I didn't think that Baking Soda was alkaline....
Paintguru
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It is slightly basic when dissolved in water. pH of a baking soda/water solution runs between 8-9. Hence the baking soda/vinegar reaction that we all know and love to make CO2 for homemade rockets, volcanoes, and baking.
