Truly impressive! Wow! Love the colors and I bet it smells awesome!
It does smell good... the lemongrass is definitely overpowering the others without being completely overpowering. (does that make sense?)
Truly impressive! Wow! Love the colors and I bet it smells awesome!
OMG i LOVE this one @Misschief !Mine are 3".
I like this idea better than the end caps I got. They're a pain to remove. Are they fairly easy to remove?
And on that note, I unmolded my pull-through soap today. I am SO happy. I'm calling this one Hippy Chick. It's scented with sweet orange, lavender, and lemongrass. The recipe is @Zany_in_CO's No Slime Castile recipe.
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Thanks, @KiwiMoose. Now, I wonder if I'll be able to recreate the success of my first attempt.OMG i LOVE this one @Misschief !
Just cleaned up a soapy session. Inspired by @Ford and @KiwiMoose , it's layered with a solid and an ITP swirl. It was actually 2 soaping sessions, 1 for each layer. I used a favorite color scheme I haven't used in awhile, blue and brown. Scented with cedarwood and bergamot. Also, I used clay for the first time. I tried dissolving kaolin in my lye liquid but still ended up with a sludge left over. I had wanted to do multiple loaves but decided to keep it simple with one since I haven't worked with clay before. Fingers crossed. I'm with ya, @LynetteO on the waiting!!
I am always forgetting to do a hack! I could save one measuring cup by pouring one oil into my mixing bowl!!
Now I have to label and wrap up a loaf of soap for my brother. We celebrate our birthday tonight.
We celebrate our birthday tonight.
You mean you don't put them all in the one container? I measure all my hard oils into a pot to melt. And all the liquid ones I measure into one container to add once the others are melted.I am always forgetting to do a hack! I could save one measuring cup by pouring one oil into my mixing bowl!!
Now I have to label and wrap up a loaf of soap for my brother. We celebrate our birthday tonight.
Happy birthday! Are you a twin??Also, I used clay for the first time. I tried dissolving kaolin in my lye liquid but still ended up with a sludge left over.
We celebrate our birthday tonight.
Thank you! And we can't all be like the talented @KiwiMoose . I do weight out all my solids into one container because it's easy to take out a gram or two if I put in too much. However, I measure my liquids into separate measuring cups. Even separately, I often over-pour. I know several members here measure liquids all together and I just don't trust myself!You mean you don't put them all in the one container? I measure all my hard oils into a pot to melt. And all the liquid ones I measure into one container to add once the others are melted.
Happy Birthday!!!!
Good to know about clay not dissolving. I'm thinking next time to add it to oils. I put it in the lye liquid but stirring was difficult and I was a-feared of the lye splashing out.Happy birthday! Are you a twin??
So, clay doesn't dissolve. You can hydrate it with liquid, or whizz it into your oils, but in the end, you have to mix it well into your soap batter.
Good thinking! Add it to your warmed oils. SB for one full minute before adding lye, while stirring.I'm thinking next time to add it to oils.
That works! Another good option is to mix it with your EOs/FOs. Some folks swear it helps the scent stick better. Mostly I do it that way so I have one less thing to wash. I put the clay in a repurposed glass jar, then put it on the tared-out scale, and measure in my fragrance. Stir it up a bit and let it sit till I'm ready to add it to the batter.Good thinking! Add it to your warmed oils. SB for one full minute before adding lye, while stirring.
I do the same. Measure my scent out in small glass container the night or day before I plan to soap. I add 1tsp kaolin clay PPO.Another good option is to mix it with your EOs/FOs. Some folks swear it helps the scent stick better…. Stir it up a bit and let it sit till I'm ready to add it to the batter.
Beautiful…Rendered almost a gallon of saved cooking fats, probably 70% tallow and 30% lard. Made a beautiful creamy white, odor free blend that is perfect for our home use. Then I made two loaves of charcoal soap for a friend; her husband has been using some that I made previously, and he wants more. Used the EO blend from Post #5 in this thread -smells great! It was super slow to trace, which I attribute to the grapefruit EO. It was only a 1500g batch, and I had to SB for almost a whole minute straight.
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