sandyvern
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Made two batches of soap today.
The first one I made was a batch of Honey & Oatmeal (unscented cause the last batch I made unscented has become my new favorite! It has such an awesome natural nutty scent too it!). My first batch of this that I had made last month volcanoed on me so I had some issue...but again it came out great (after I cleaned up the initial volcano) It is the basically the only soap (in the shower...there is always like 5 or 6 different choices at each sink) I have used all month. So this batch I basically did at room temperature. The only "heated" parts was the melted cocoa butter and the lye mixture which I mixed in a cold water bath plus I use frozen goat milk. And I decided I was going to attempt it not gelling. So far so good.
My second batch was a 'blueberry crunch'....but I used titanium oxide and some mica for the first time. So its a sort of layered/swirled 2lb log...and again was more of a rtcp (used some PKO so had to get that warm enough to not harden up on me). And again I am attempting to not gel.
I am not sure what to except from these 2 batches. They seem to be ok so far. I have found that both of them seemed to be much creamier consistency at room temp. I also had a couple smaller decorative molds I used for the bit of extras from each batch. I just bought some silicone Wilton molds I wanted to try out...which is why I made a little extra in each batch to just see how they work.
So should I be expecting anything different from this non-gel soap?
Sandy
The first one I made was a batch of Honey & Oatmeal (unscented cause the last batch I made unscented has become my new favorite! It has such an awesome natural nutty scent too it!). My first batch of this that I had made last month volcanoed on me so I had some issue...but again it came out great (after I cleaned up the initial volcano) It is the basically the only soap (in the shower...there is always like 5 or 6 different choices at each sink) I have used all month. So this batch I basically did at room temperature. The only "heated" parts was the melted cocoa butter and the lye mixture which I mixed in a cold water bath plus I use frozen goat milk. And I decided I was going to attempt it not gelling. So far so good.
My second batch was a 'blueberry crunch'....but I used titanium oxide and some mica for the first time. So its a sort of layered/swirled 2lb log...and again was more of a rtcp (used some PKO so had to get that warm enough to not harden up on me). And again I am attempting to not gel.
I am not sure what to except from these 2 batches. They seem to be ok so far. I have found that both of them seemed to be much creamier consistency at room temp. I also had a couple smaller decorative molds I used for the bit of extras from each batch. I just bought some silicone Wilton molds I wanted to try out...which is why I made a little extra in each batch to just see how they work.
So should I be expecting anything different from this non-gel soap?
Sandy
Very exciting...first time I have ever bought a brand new car....course I might be too scared to drive it...afraid I might crack it up pulling out of the dealer 
