Just chillin', lol.Because it's cold (-12C here at the moment), I decided it was a good time to make some Oatmeal Milk & Honey soap, a notorious heater. It's chilling outside right now.
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@Catscankim i don’t know how I missed seeing your response! (Or how I came to find it today when looking for something else ) - anyway, belated thanks!I could be wrong because I haven't seen this, so it is just a guess. It seems like all of your pebbles might be from overheating? I looked at your picture a dozen times between yesterday and today and I came to this conclusion because all of it happens just right in the middle.
The weird thing (which is why I keep going back to look at it), is that it seems to follow a pattern...going along the pattern of your swirls. Maybe it is caused by the td or one of your colors. I dunno.
Try planing the soaps, see if that gets rid of them, or to see if they come back.
Otherwise, very pretty swirl!
Oooh, that looks warmish to me!! We‘re so cold to the east of you, @Misschief, that we were on emergency alert yesterday for several hours and were requested to turn off all appliances, lights, other electrical draws to avoid rolling power blackouts. Dangerous when the temps were in the -40 range and furnaces are needed!
I saw that, @janesathome. Not fun! And, yeah, -40C is a lot colder than we are here. Please, keep it there, ok?? I don't want it any colder! Stay warm, my friend!Oooh, that looks warmish to me!! We‘re so cold to the east of you, @Misschief, that we were on emergency alert yesterday for several hours and were requested to turn off all appliances, lights, other electrical draws to avoid rolling power blackouts. Dangerous when the temps were in the -40 range and furnaces are needed!
The coldest I've ever been is - 4 in the coolroom and was in and out all day. It was 29C here yesterday, cooler today a 24.Because it's cold (-12C here at the moment), I decided it was a good time to make some Oatmeal Milk & Honey soap, a notorious heater. It's chilling outside right now.
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So I “HAD TO” make soap - hehehe
Wow! It looks amazing!I made a batch with a FO I'd been avoiding because it is known to discolor and accelerate. I dealt with the color by adding activated charcoal and didn't add FO to the blue parts. I'm thrilled with how it turned out, and extra pleased because an hour after I cut the bar our power went out and stayed out for about 12 hours. It was 13 degrees here, with 45 mph winds, snow and sleet. I'm so glad something good happened before the rest of the day happened!
BTW, the FO is NS Blue Agave and it smells heavenly!View attachment 76040
Haha, OK @Misschief - just for you we will hang on to the Arctic air for another day. Rumour has it that we are going to get into the minus TEENS by Wednesday, be still my heart!I saw that, @janesathome. Not fun! And, yeah, -40C is a lot colder than we are here. Please, keep it there, ok?? I don't want it any colder! Stay warm, my friend!
Thank you! So glad to have one thing go well after a miserable day!Wow! It looks amazing!
I can't even imagine that kind of cold! I hope Alberta is better prepared to cope with it than Portland. Power's still out here for lots of folks and it's "warmed up" to 21F! (Is your minus TEENS F or C degrees?)Rumour has it that we are going to get into the minus TEENS by Wednesday, be still my heart!
@janesathome and I are both in Canada so our temps would be C. For comparison, right now, we're at -20C or -3F here in Kelowna, BCI can't even imagine that kind of cold! I hope Alberta is better prepared to cope with it than Portland. Power's still out here for lots of folks and it's "warmed up" to 21F! (Is your minus TEENS F or C degrees?)
@Feelin' Soapy over here in Alberta we have had a run of REALLY cold weather. Minus 40 is the point where the temperatures are the same in Fahrenheit and Celsius, and we’ve been there -and colder! - for several days! @Misschief has had it relatively easy but minus 20C is no fun either. That’s when we Albertans put on our sweaters. (JK )Whew, that's still bone-chilling, but not quite as awful as my first thought of it in fahrenheit! Thanks for clarifying.
I'm a winter wimp -- anything below 50F has me piling on sweaters
So true but....... I was born in Winnipeg. I remember -40. Not fondly but I do remember.@Feelin' Soapy over here in Alberta we have had a run of REALLY cold weather. Minus 40 is the point where the temperatures are the same in Fahrenheit and Celsius, and we’ve been there -and colder! - for several days! @Misschief has had it relatively easy but minus 20C is no fun either. That’s when we Albertans put on our sweaters. (JK )
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