What soapy thing have you done today?

[Relle]

Just trying to imagine hissing soap, thought your photo was bolognaise sauce when I first saw it, without reading your post .

I had hassles a couple of weeks ago, with shaking liquid green colour, I put some in half the batch with black, then went to reshake the bottle to put just green on top and forgot the lid was off, let's just say lovely green everywhere.

 

[AliOop]

Just trying to imagine hissing soap, thought your photo was bolognaise sauce when I first saw it, without reading your post .

I had hassles a couple of weeks ago, with shaking liquid green colour, I put some in half the batch with black, then went to reshake the bottle to put just green on top and forgot the lid was off, let's just say lovely green everywhere.

Oh no! At least my lye spill made everything cleaner, not greener!

 

[Nonnie]

Testing another soap recipe. Testing emulsified cream recipe.

 

[AliOop]

Today it was time to dilute yesterday's LS paste as we and our adult kids (and their kids) were running dangerously low.

In the same way that CO-OO-PO is the trinity recipe for bar soap, CO-OO-Castor is the trinity recipe for LS. Yesterday's paste recipe was just a slight deviation from that, in order use up my last bit of red palm oil and experiment with it in LS. The recipe screenshot is below; this was made with 0%SF; a 2:1:1 glycerin:water:KOH ratio; and some of that free olive oil that I recently scored. Although I don't like OO in bar soap, thankfully I do like it in LS.

After weighing out and tearing up 250g of paste, it was diluted with 1% sodium lactate and boiling hot distilled water poured over the top of the paste at a 4:1 water: paste ratio. After about a minute of hand-stirring, the stickblender was used to speed up dilution - hence the foamy head. That will likely dissipate by tomorrow morning. Once it has fully cooled, it will be easier to determine if it needs more water. My typical dilution rate for foamer bottles is 5:1, but this recipe has more CO than typical for me, making it more soluble, so I didn't want to risk over-diluting.

Anyway, the results are good both from an esthetic standpoint and how the soap feels: it has very nice off-white foam, it is non-drying, and it rinses clean. Yay!

 

[TashaBird]

After two failed batches of soap dough due to old oils, my newest attempt w all new oils worked great!! Conditioned and wrapped the dough. Used my bath bomb press to do the first squeeze. It really helped!!
I wasn’t sure if this extruded disc would work or not. I’m really surprised and grateful it turned out better than I expected! Yay!
“Soap, the final frontier!”

 

[TashaBird]

After two failed batches of soap dough due to old oils, my newest attempt w all new oils worked great!! Conditioned and wrapped the dough. Used my bath bomb press to do the first squeeze. It really helped!!
I wasn’t sure if this extruded disc would work or not. I’m really surprised and grateful it turned out better than I expected! Yay!
“Soap, the final frontier!”

The pic from yesterday wasn’t great as the embed was too soft to cut. Here’s a better slice from today. Now to figure the soap!! I’m thinking maybe OPW?

 

[Phantomina]

I’m thinking maybe OPW?

Or darker shade with white/yellow speckles, so it looks like it's in space.
Such a cool idea btw, I have bunch of friends who would love it

 

[basti]

Misread the title of this thread as 'What soapy thing have you not done today?' and felt very, very called out.

 

[Servant4Christ]

I'm making aloe gel to freeze and a batch of ZNSB.

 

[TashaBird]

I was thinking of grating some older soap for speckle/stars. I want it really fine though!

 

[Shelley D]

Misread the title of this thread as 'What soapy thing have you not done today?' and felt very, very called out.

If that were the case, I would be in the non-soapy jail with you @basti I haven't made any new batches in forever

 

[AliOop]

I was thinking of grating some older soap for speckle/stars. I want it really fine though!

Can you make a ciaglia batch with them? If you look at some of the ciaglia soaps on various threads, the speckles are quite fine and could look like stars.

 

[Servant4Christ]

Can you make a ciaglia batch with them? If you look at some of the ciaglia soaps on various threads, the speckles are quite fine and could look like stars.

Agreed. My ZNSB scraps can be ground very fine before they're even fully cured.

 

[basti]

If that were the case, I would be in the non-soapy jail with you @basti I haven't made any new batches in forever

Sorry you're there alone! The imaginary peer pressure got to me and I made soap last night.

 

[BobbiOh]

I've been out of soaping for 20 years, and decided to start up again. This my second batch, I poured at too thick of a trace, but I'm happy with it. Things that used to be second nature to me now require thoughts on the process. But, it will come back to me.

Goats Milk and Honey with no oats.

 

[Ekuzo]

After being encouraged by several members of the forum, I finally made my first batch of soap with lard in it. Went pretty high as well - 48% piggy. Even if the recipe was mostly hard fats, I was surprised to see it was very slow moving - and poured in the mold at thin trace - it stayed liquid for quite some time. That behavior was mentioned by a couple of you guys, and now I witnessed it myself. Let's see how it turns out and whether or not I'll be converted as well

 

[AliOop]

I've been out of soaping for 20 years, and decided to start up again. This my second batch, I poured at too thick of a trace, but I'm happy with it. Things that used to be second nature to me now require thoughts on the process. But, it will come back to me.

Goats Milk and Honey with no oats.View attachment 79215

Welcome back! This looks like yummy caramel pudding.

 

[Nonnie]

I need to be working in my she shed so bad. I have a festival Saturday but I've been under a freaking broke down truck all week. I'm hoping these are ready. Peppermint and menthol, and funky lookng pumpkin.

 

[Sudds]

I was curious, so I checked it out. They sell this at Neiman Marcus! There’s not a single solitary thing that any of us couldn’t do, so it better smell really really good! I did notice there wasn’t an ingredients list. They mentioned the red algae and shea butter and some mysterious botanicals. Also their very special rope. I don’t know, I’m a skeptic. There’s a Neiman Marcus within driving distance. I may go down there just to sniff it.

I am anxious to hear what you think! I don't care how much money I had I sure wouldn't pay $65 for a bar of soap with a linen string that will turn that nasty color and cut through that hole in no time! JMO! Hope it smells really good!

 

[Kari Howie]

Misread the title of this thread as 'What soapy thing have you not done today?' and felt very, very called out.

I just had a right total shoulder replacement surgery so the only soapy thing I’ve done is wash my hands.