I try to avoid soy, but that definitely is a negligible amount. Thanks.
How funny. I actually am trying to do just that for a friend right now. The ingredients list has only palm oil and pko as base oils.
Liquid and / or powdered sunflower lecithin are both great alternatives to soy lecithin, also very high in vitamin e. You can choose which form depending on what type of product you're using either type in. I just bought 2 large bottles on my trip, actually, as I had been trying to source some for quite a while. I do my best to avoid soy as well, although fermented tempeh which I make is an exception, using organic / non-GMO.
Sunflower lecithin - the liquid - is beautiful stuff, very thick, dark amber brown, lends a nice texture / slip to many products. The powder is a golden yellow color. Awesome in smoothies!
thank you! This was my own soap - the disc in front is an end from a loaf, the mosaic-like sides are shredded trimmings, plantings, and failed soap. The twins’ soap was very modest, looked lye heavy to me, but sweet that they brought it to show me. The lake sunset soap has been selling well, I am still trying to perfect the assembly, I’m going to make another batch today I think. It is a combination of ombré pour, usage of scrapers I made, and embeds. I made the scrapers and embed extruder discs with my 3D printer. Such a blast learning to use it.
I imagine it would be selling well! It's stunning!
That is amazing....I will have to try something like this sometime, although I have no intention of buying a 3D printer at this point....I am already scrambling to keep my soap / herbs / infusions / dehydrators / soaping equipment room functional
Thank you and I would be happy to share it with you! So easy! First, I choose the soap design I want, swirl, layers, and colors etc. Then I make the loaf of soap, I like the “Essential Depot red mold” but any mold will do. Then next morning I cut the soap and let it rest until the afternoon. I always make a little extra soap for my embellishments pouring it in plain little square molds. If I don’t use all of the extra soap, I store it in small freezer bags and organize it in a sealed plastic bin. (No waste, I will use it for future embellishments). That evening I squeeze the end pieces and extra soap I made into soft balls (like Play-Doh) and flatten them slightly, placing them in plastic bags. The next day I trim my soap bars, get out my little silicone molds, blades & tools, 91% alcohol, tapioca or corn starch and I’m ready to go! I use a small paint brush to dust the inside of my mold with starch and press my soap dough into it. I use a clay cutting blade to level it. I then carefully bend the mold slightly and peel out my little dragonfly. I turn it over, spray it with alcohol and place it in position on my soap bar. I lay it flat for a little while until it dries. I lightly spray alcohol over the bar for uniformity. The bars dry fast and then I sit them upright. You can use any little mold shape you like, I have a ton of them but use just a few
Etsy and Amazon are the most reasonably priced places to get those little molds. I have added some pictures to show versatility and give you some ideas.
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Bloody gorgeous!
Infused oils with various wild foraged herbs, finished additional soap label designs & got them off to my local printer, wrapped sample soaps to take to more local businesses tomorrow who have been requesting seeing my finished products, cut a test batch of pull-through soaps - SUCCESS, FINALLY! although some tweakage needs to be done because of using extra virgin olive oil vs pomace, prepared soap orders which are waiting on those labels
updated my soaping notebook with new essential oil blends I've created, strained & bottled blackberry infused vinegar, did a whole pile of sitting in the sun while drinking my coffee & reading my herbal books to refresh my memory before starting to crank out my line of herbal salves & sticks, wild foraged more beautiful, amazing plants for my salve line....yeah, some things not specifically related to soap, but it has been a very busy day nonetheless with product-doings related to my soap making brand, which includes several different items.
Oh yeah, more non-soap related: sketched my bokashi labels, preparing for the digital design phase, which will be selling at my local plant lady's shop.
It is time for a very late shower
& bed
and then do it all over again tomorrow....