la-rene
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So, my first day posting! Yay! I've been making soap and thrusting it in my friends and family's hands for several months now. I started making it last May on a whim and now I can't stop. I've done, or I should say, my roommate and I have done (since I dragged her into this hobby as well) probably 80+ batches of CP soap. Mostly those little lunch meat containers for molds. They hold about 12-16 oz of soap and are perfect for little test batches! We are having a great time. I love buying and trying others soaps too. My latest purchase was the Zum Bar. It was pretty good. Smelled great!
I should join up in Soap and Bath Products Anonymous. At any given time, there are at least 6 (probably more) soaps going, a couple body washes and several different lines of hair product in my shower, just for me. It seems only natural to make my own, right?
We've had a few not so good batches and we struggle with the SoCal heat and DOS (no air conditioning...) But, mostly, we've made some great stuff! Recently we've been playing with color only and then rebatching and adding scent. We made a soap that looked like guacamole and smelled like fresh cut grass. LOL (that's my favorite smell!)
Anyhoo, just wanted to say hi. I've had fun reading about canola oil tonight, since that is in one of the recipes we've made. It hasn't caused us too much grief yet, but the oldest batch is only from June, so we'll see. We did have some DOS, but like I said before, we made soap through the summer and it stayed above 90 degrees in our house for a month or more and we had a really sh*tty scale, but even so, we only had maybe 5 batches show the spots. Time will tell.
Have a great night!
LA
I should join up in Soap and Bath Products Anonymous. At any given time, there are at least 6 (probably more) soaps going, a couple body washes and several different lines of hair product in my shower, just for me. It seems only natural to make my own, right?
We've had a few not so good batches and we struggle with the SoCal heat and DOS (no air conditioning...) But, mostly, we've made some great stuff! Recently we've been playing with color only and then rebatching and adding scent. We made a soap that looked like guacamole and smelled like fresh cut grass. LOL (that's my favorite smell!)
Anyhoo, just wanted to say hi. I've had fun reading about canola oil tonight, since that is in one of the recipes we've made. It hasn't caused us too much grief yet, but the oldest batch is only from June, so we'll see. We did have some DOS, but like I said before, we made soap through the summer and it stayed above 90 degrees in our house for a month or more and we had a really sh*tty scale, but even so, we only had maybe 5 batches show the spots. Time will tell.
Have a great night!
LA
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