Lard+GW415+Cocoa hard bar

[LynetteO]

A saponification chart got me hooked on soap making. This was my 1st lard with soy soap creation. 3%SF, added sodium citrate @ 2% of oils, 2:1 H2O ratio w/ 33% lye concentration. I’m loving the soap. Very smooth, creamy, bubbly & firm!

Thoughts?

 

[AliOop]

You had me at lard. Any pics?

 

[LynetteO]

You had me at lard. Any pics?

1st image after cut & 2nd after cure. Love them! Sandalwood vanilla FO
My unscented Neem oil with 60% lard bars still curing. Unscented. Looking forward to them being done. Thank for sharing the recipe for Neem oil bar on SMF.

 

[ResolvableOwl]

No soft oil? Looks like a missed opportunity to me – but it's fine when you are happy with the outcome.

Was the FO advertised as non-discolouring? And/or did you something against the browning? (I mean, except of the TD that you didn't stir up well enough )

I love the wet-in-wet watercolour look of the turquoise swirl!

 

[LynetteO]

No soft oil? Looks like a missed opportunity to me – but it's fine when you are happy with the outcome.

Was the FO advertised as non-discolouring? And/or did you something against the browning? (I mean, except of the TD that you didn't stir up well enough )

I love the wet-in-wet watercolour look of the turquoise swirl!

Poor little ole Castor oil not getting any credit? I
I added TD to hot my lye solution. Hate the stuff honestly. Never turns out. The FO not labeled as discoloring but with vanilla in the name, I assumed. Plus 2nd bottle of the stuff. Sticks Gr8. Didn’t want dark brown & blue bar. Prefer tan.

 

[ResolvableOwl]

Poor little ole Castor oil not getting any credit?

Quite the converse! In my head, there are two types of oils: the singular castor oil, and the “all others” category (and only those are further subdivided into hard, soft, lauric oils …)

I asked about the discolouration because I'm still waiting for my own vanilla brown, that still doesn't just want to emerge. Is it the lard? Is it the citrate?

 

[AliOop]

Love those soft colors together, and sandalwood vanilla is one of my faves, too. PLUS it's a lard bar. Sisters from another mother.

 

[LynetteO]

@ResolvableOwl
Swirl tool I used is a gear tie. Used same gear tie for a GW415/OO batch.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

I added TD to hot my lye solution. Hate the stuff honestly. Never turns out.

I feel the same way. So...

I use 1 tsp. to 1 Tbls PPO white Kaolin clay to lay down a white foundation for a colored batch. It's a lot cheaper, no-fuss alternative that adds a bit of lather too... or is that just my imagination?

 

[Hope Ann]

Love those soft colors together, and sandalwood vanilla is one of my faves, too. PLUS it's a lard bar. Sisters from another mother.

Count me in as another family member. ❤

Hope