fresh mango/cantalope and cream delight

[Layne]

started off with
CPHP
crisco at 24oz
castor at 16oz
coconut at 10oz
olive at 10 oz
palm at 13

at trace added
mango butter 2oz
shea butter 2oz
liquified fresh mango 8oz, cantalope 2oz

used 13 oz water
5oz half and half cream
10oz lye

at gel state i split batch, used just a touch af 2 diffrent food colors
then lightly whipped back together with wire hanger

just cut this morning. tested a few scrap pieces, it is devine.
my house smells delightful and so do my hands. lol
ready for the rack

 

[holly99]

Very nice. I bet it does smell fantastic!

 

[BakingNana]

Oh man, this sounds HEAVENY and looks FABULOUS! Have you done this before? How does it keep/age? Been dying to try cream and love the idea of fruit puree. Just wondering about shelf life.

 

[Layne]

first shot with real fruit and food colors
acording to the soap naturally book
fruit is fine as long as you stay at a certan %
and it must be liquified/pureed
a few other members here have said they had good shielf life when they tried it
i am going to hide a piece of this and see how it goes over time
i have a feeling this wont just sit around long

as far as food colors
so far they work great
and dont bleed or stain the skin or nothing
so thats a wide range of colors to play with

as far as creams go
i usualy use evaperated goats milk
never a problem with it
the half and half seems to do just fine also
i always add the creams to the lye water after it cools down

 

[BakingNana]

Neato! I'm off to Whole Foods to get some evap. GM. And you're right....I bet they don't hang around long.

 

[ibariaSoap]

Those looks wonderful! Still wishing for a way to smell via computer.

 

[Layne]

have to put a warning label on this
like this
warning: while washing face, no matter how good it smells, do not sniff!
you may be chocked by soap bubbles.

just used a piece
trust me, i know
lol
have clean sinuses though

just one of those DUH momments

 

[BakingNana]

 

[heartsong]

x

what PRETTY soapies-love the colors!

i can only IMAGINE how wonderful the smell!

great job! :wink:

 

[sbp]

half and half in soap

I use half and half in my "vanilla milk" soap--it is my favorite soap by far.....
After reading this thread, I think I'll try it with a fruit---fruit smoothie soap!

Susan

 

[amanda131]

This looks great, but like a pretty BIG batch! How many pounds was this batch??

 

[Layne]

This looks great, but like a pretty BIG batch! How many pounds was this batch??

about 5 lbs