Oh those are clever! Thanks for the link.Oh no I just bought some letter stamps from Etsy, like these Alphabet Soap Mold Soap Package Soap Stamp, 5mm English Alphabet Initial Letter Cookie Soap Stamp Soap Mold Letter Set A-Z Number Set 0-9 - Etsy
Oh those are clever! Thanks for the link.Oh no I just bought some letter stamps from Etsy, like these Alphabet Soap Mold Soap Package Soap Stamp, 5mm English Alphabet Initial Letter Cookie Soap Stamp Soap Mold Letter Set A-Z Number Set 0-9 - Etsy
How big is your batch/how much lye did you actually use? 10.5g might not be soooooo bad, maybe? I recently forgot to account for the fact I master batch my lye and so when I measured out 140g of solution... that was only 70g of lye when I actually needed the full 140! That poor soft soap lol. I feel your pain!Waaahh! I was so happy to get back to soaping today after about 6 weeks away from it. Finally got a new jug of NaOH and away I went. Maybe my brain was frozen (it’s -34C with the wind chill today ) - but I TOTALLY FORGOT to adjust my lye up to account for the citric acid. Couldn’t figure out why the batter took so long to come to trace - it finally did and I added my four colours to the mold to make a pretty swirl, got it into the oven to CPOP - and my brain
re-engaged. SIGH. I guess I will spend the next few deep freeze days learning how to rebatch a bunch of soap that is missing 10.5 grams of lye.
Oh, my pretty swirls! It’s gonna be ugly…
@katili thanks for commiserating with me ! It was 1000g oils and I added 20g citric acid, so the lye should have been increased from 137.24 to 149.74 (I didn't even get the right amount of extra lye in my post above! ). I usually SF AT 3% but this time pushed it up to 4%. I have hard water and find that with a cleansing score of 10 or less, plus CA, and a low SF, i get a mild soap with less soap scum.How big is your batch/how much lye did you actually use? 10.5g might not be soooooo bad, maybe? I recently forgot to account for the fact I master batch my lye and so when I measured out 140g of solution... that was only 70g of lye when I actually needed the full 140! That poor soft soap lol. I feel your pain!
Wow. Loved 'em before, love 'em after. Great way to plan for the D.No need for a good memory, here it is just a few days into cure…
Before and after:
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Anyone else read this and immediately think to themselves “hey, I should remind @Mobjack Bay about that WSP sale and the BB has all trial size FOs on sale for $1.99, and that new Rum Punch mica at NS looks soooo pretty”? Anyone, or just me?One of my resolutions for the new year is to not make soap until I finish organizing my soap room. I made a lot of progress last July, but then got busy with a major reorg of our kitchen cabinets . I’m back to the soap room and getting ever closer, but even with more shelves and a lot of the stuff neatly organized into boxes, it still looks like I’m a hoarder . I should also make a resolution to not buy new (fill in the blank) until I use up a good chunk of what I have. Easier said than done.
@dmcgee5034, I am beginning to think you are an evil person ....Anyone else read this and immediately think to themselves “hey, I should remind @Mobjack Bay about that WSP sale and the BB has all trial size FOs on sale for $1.99, and that new Rum Punch mica at NS looks soooo pretty”? Anyone, or just me?
Great job on getting back to the organizing, don’t let me encourage/enable you - unless you want to
I’ve already had the real struggle with the WSP thread and I’m still cartlessAnyone else read this and immediately think to themselves “hey, I should remind @Mobjack Bay about that WSP sale and the BB has all trial size FOs on sale for $1.99, and that new Rum Punch mica at NS looks soooo pretty”? Anyone, or just me?
Great job on getting back to the organizing, don’t let me encourage/enable you - unless you want to
Oh no, I didn't need to know BB has a trial size sale haha. I wish their sample bottles were bigger, though.Anyone else read this and immediately think to themselves “hey, I should remind @Mobjack Bay about that WSP sale and the BB has all trial size FOs on sale for $1.99, and that new Rum Punch mica at NS looks soooo pretty”? Anyone, or just me?
Great job on getting back to the organizing, don’t let me encourage/enable you - unless you want to
I should also make a resolution to not buy new (fill in the blank) until I use up a good chunk of what I have. Easier said than done.
Pay no attention to that mean @dmcgee5034 , you know who your friends are! Mrs. Zing calls it "Operation Empty Cupboard," Every January at the grocery store, she buys only staples. She buys no other food until she's used up everything already in the fridge and cupboards. She has a "friend" -- taking a page out of a certain someone's playbook -- who likes to sneak in an esoteric product and hide it in the cupboard. And you've inspired me to tackle my soap shop. It's organized but I do want to purge items I won't use.I’ve already had the real struggle with the WSP thread and I’m still cartless
I'm attempting something similar with my freezer -- buying nothing more to go in there until I use all frozen foods I've accumulated. But as I've emptied any room in there, DH fills the freezer with more ice cream and creamsicles! I'll never have room for "fresh frozen" food at this rate!Pay no attention to that mean @dmcgee5034 , you know who your friends are! Mrs. Zing calls it "Operation Empty Cupboard," Every January at the grocery store, she buys only staples. She buys no other food until she's used up everything already in the fridge and cupboards. She has a "friend" -- taking a page out of a certain someone's playbook -- who likes to sneak in an esoteric product and hide it in the cupboard. And you've inspired me to tackle my soap shop. It's organized but I do want to purge items I won't use.
And the problem is what now?I'm attempting something similar with my freezer -- buying nothing more to go in there until I use all frozen foods I've accumulated. But as I've emptied any room in there, DH fills the freezer with more ice cream and creamsicles! I'll never have room for "fresh frozen" food at this rate!
Wow! You are going to have fun!Thanks to WSP and BB sales I bought a lot of fragrance oils. Then went over to indigo fragrances and bought some more. Since I make small batches I generally buy the trial sizes or 1-2 oz bottles. I use them up pretty fast.
WSP
Balsam & Cedar
Raspberry Lemonade
Coconut Lime Verbena
Lemon Lavender
Lavender & Chamomile BBW type
Island Margarita
Kumquat
Summer Citrus
Rosemary Lemon - JS
Lemon Slices - RE
BB
Tobacco & bay leaf
Grapefruit Bellini
Cranberry Cocktail
Orange Peel - only one not trial size
Ginger ale
Peach prosseco
Sweet Meyer lemon
Champagne
Coastal rain
Yuzu
Indigo
Cherry Lemonade - sample
Satsuma
Calacazz
Iced Wine
Celebration
Green apple jolly rancher - sample
Lemon lime soda - sample
Lemonade
Kumquat
Peach nectar
Avocado and sea salt
Raspberry lemonade - sample
Pay no attention to that mean @dmcgee5034 , you know who your friends are! Mrs. Zing calls it "Operation Empty Cupboard," Every January at the grocery store, she buys only staples. She buys no other food until she's used up everything already in the fridge and cupboards. She has a "friend" -- taking a page out of a certain someone's playbook -- who likes to sneak in an esoteric product and hide it in the cupboard. And you've inspired me to tackle my soap shop. It's organized but I do want to purge items I won't use.
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