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This is my second batch coming out of a 20 year hiatus. I'm doing test batches to get my legs back underneath me and to decide if I like formulas.
This Goat's Milk and Honey and my first time soaping with goat's milk. My take aways are:
1. I really like the feel goat's milk gives the soap. I used 1:1 water and lye and then added .5 in goats milk to the oils.
2. I used to soap much hotter, now I'm putting ice cubes in with lye and just zapping the oils a few times. So, hence the honey didn't just melt into the oils and I didn't use oats to soak it up. (little honey dots) I need to stir the honey more, to get into to incorporate into the oils. Maybe reduce the honey just a tad.
3. Don't hide it in the oven. The oven wasn't on, but it held just enough heat from soap (again honey) to cause it to gel in the center. I like my honey soaps ungelled.
4. I need to adjust my time to get to trace. I like to pour at a really thin trace and these batches go to trace quicker than what I used to get (different oils and different batch size)
5. I'm happy with the formula (Castor, coconut, olive and shea with kaolin clay). It's giving dense suds with a slightly frothy lather at day two.
Overall, I'm happy with it and will try to get my processes in place again.
This Goat's Milk and Honey and my first time soaping with goat's milk. My take aways are:
1. I really like the feel goat's milk gives the soap. I used 1:1 water and lye and then added .5 in goats milk to the oils.
2. I used to soap much hotter, now I'm putting ice cubes in with lye and just zapping the oils a few times. So, hence the honey didn't just melt into the oils and I didn't use oats to soak it up. (little honey dots) I need to stir the honey more, to get into to incorporate into the oils. Maybe reduce the honey just a tad.
3. Don't hide it in the oven. The oven wasn't on, but it held just enough heat from soap (again honey) to cause it to gel in the center. I like my honey soaps ungelled.
4. I need to adjust my time to get to trace. I like to pour at a really thin trace and these batches go to trace quicker than what I used to get (different oils and different batch size)
5. I'm happy with the formula (Castor, coconut, olive and shea with kaolin clay). It's giving dense suds with a slightly frothy lather at day two.
Overall, I'm happy with it and will try to get my processes in place again.
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