After getting an amazing recommendation to check Lovely Greens • Natural Soapmaking & Organic Gardening site (which I obviously did ) I decided to try her soap recipes.
I couldn't decide which one to make so I used two recipes. In one loaf. The soap is imagined as two layered soap, as I didn't do that before either and wanted to try it out.
I did change both recipes a bit.
So bottom layer is cammomile soap (I used cammomile tea to make lye solution) colored with activated charcoal.
Top layer is pumpkin soap, made with pumpkin puree. I mixed some chia seeds in, after getting the trace. Scented with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg EOs (I used the amount suggested on the site). Decorated with camomile flowers and pumpkin seeds.
The recipes are quite the same in oils and lye so I thought it would be ok to use them together. I hope that is ok. The bottom layer did get a bit thicker than I wanted but looked soft enough while I was pouring the top layer.
I also insulated the soaps. So.. Fingers crossed.
I couldn't decide which one to make so I used two recipes. In one loaf. The soap is imagined as two layered soap, as I didn't do that before either and wanted to try it out.
I did change both recipes a bit.
So bottom layer is cammomile soap (I used cammomile tea to make lye solution) colored with activated charcoal.
Top layer is pumpkin soap, made with pumpkin puree. I mixed some chia seeds in, after getting the trace. Scented with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg EOs (I used the amount suggested on the site). Decorated with camomile flowers and pumpkin seeds.
The recipes are quite the same in oils and lye so I thought it would be ok to use them together. I hope that is ok. The bottom layer did get a bit thicker than I wanted but looked soft enough while I was pouring the top layer.
I also insulated the soaps. So.. Fingers crossed.