First Milk Soap - Cut pics Added

[tlm884]

This is my first milk soap and castor oil soap and my second lard soap.

SAO 3%
Castor 7%
Lard 50%
OO 20%
CO 20%
5% Superfat

I added the lye directly to the coconut milk. I had the coconut milk in the freezer but I don't think it was cold enough. It turned dark brown/tan as soon as I added the lye and turned into a mass. However, upon striring it, it seemed to loosen up a bit and I went ahead and used it. So far none of the dark color from the milk has come through. At trace I added desicated unsweetened coconut for exfoliation.



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[dieSpinne]

So far that looks like a great soap....

When I tried my coconut saltbars I had a similar issue with the first batch of coconut milk.... even though it was nearly frozen I found that it heated up very fast even with adding the lye very gradually... and the smell of ammonia was fairly strong... I tossed the entire batch out and started over...

The second time I froze the coconut to a slushy consistency and when I mixed the lye in I had the mixing pitcher in a bath of icewater to keep it chilled as I mixed. The second time I only got a slight color change and the ammonia smell was much fainter...

As the saltbars have been curing they have gotten paler and paler, though they are still off-white and not white-white.

 

[soapbuddy]

Looks good to me.

 

[tlm884]

I am impatiently waiting unmolding. It has been 15 hours and I know its not ready to unmold but I want to pop it out sooooo bad.

 

[soapbuddy]

I am impatiently waiting unmolding. It has been 15 hours and I know its not ready to unmold but I want to pop it out sooooo bad.

Do you have room in the freezer?

 

[tlm884]

One of the bars is a little wonky looking. I definatly did not let it stay in the mold long enough, even after throwing it in the freezer for an hour I still had trouble with it sticking. However it looks "rustic"



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[Bubbles Galore]

That will be lovely soap. :wink:

 

[dieSpinne]

Actually, I LIKE the rustic look.

And it also looks like your bars are whitening up nicely.

 

[tlm884]

Thanks I am quite surprised at how white they are. When I added the coconut milk/lye sludge to the oils it was very dark and brown but they are certainly turning white now. However, the desicated coconut is turning a tiny bit yellow.

I hope it stays white. I used the same oils in another batch but used water, honey, and tea tree oil instead of coconut and coconut milk and they have turned very yellow despite being 50% lard.

 

[aroma]

Nice looking soap

 

[Relle]

Yum,looks like feta cheese .