Lard & Lemongrass

[Dawni]

So after my fiasco with my first attempt at using lard and micas in CP, I needed to HP using my beloved natural colorants to feel better. Haha

This soap has 60% lard, 20% olive oil, 15% coconut oil and 5% castor oil. Scented with a blend of lemongrass, tea tree, cypress and black pepper with a hint of spearmint. Smells awesome if you guys haven't tried it.

Superfatted and colored separately. Turmeric infused rice bran oil, not including the powder in the bottom of the bottle, for the very pale yellow. The darker color is neem and moringa powders also infused in sweet almond oil, shaken up to include the powders. Poured alternately, and a very simple swirl using a chopstick.

Now I'm back to my happy. Very pleased with the results and it was a very easy recipe to soap with.

I think my calling is HP with natural colorants lol not CP with micas.

 

[shunt2011]

They turned out great. I like the green.

 

[Marilyn Norgart]

very pretty Dawni!!!

 

[aihrat]

the green is really nice! congrats on such lovely smooth bars with HP. and the EO combination sounds delicious.

 

[lsg]

Pretty soap!

 

[Paulie]

I love that soap!

 

[MGM]

SO smooth! And delicate colours, too....NOT pastels

 

[cmzaha]

Very Nice

 

[Dawni]

Thank you all!

They turned out great. I like the green.

Yes, I think they did, too. I like these more earthier colors for myself.

the green is really nice! congrats on such lovely smooth bars with HP. and the EO combination sounds delicious.

It smells great! And thanks, I've been working with HP towards getting that balance of smooth yet with minimal shrinkage from using more water than required.

SO smooth! And delicate colours, too....NOT pastels

Lols yes no pastels, but after making these I realize that maybe I'm using far too less of the micas.. What threw me was the raw soap batter was dark enough, didn't think they'll lighten up that much. Here I more or less got the color I was going for in the pot.

 

[soaring1]

Spring is in the air! Beautiful green color