What soapy thing have you done today?

[Firefly24]

I made this adorable Bubble Bath Confetti!

 

[Humblegoat]

@ackosel early on in my soaping adventures, I watched a video that recommended making a batch with hand stirring only. It was the best experience ever! It really locked down understanding emulsion and especially trace!! That one experience advanced my skills exponentially.

 

[ackosel]

@ackosel early on in my soaping adventures, I watched a video that recommended making a batch with hand stirring only. It was the best experience ever! It really locked down understanding emulsion and especially trace!! That one experience advanced my skills exponentially.

Thank you! I started a new thread about my difficulties so as to not overpower this one with my problems.

https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/accelerating-batter-stinky-soap.94588/

I agree, hand whisking was very educational, but I managed to botch that, too! I'm a slow learner!

 

[Shelley D]

I forgot to add a pic of the cuts from long overdue soap making nothing fancy, just my style Although I did make a couple cute flower soaps with the 2nd batter. The second batch didn't get as light with the faux sea water because I had to combine some red palm with my regular palm to hit my total amount needed for the recipe, and that stuff made it turn darker than I expected (but I did intentionally buy it to see how it would work in soap so I got my answer ). Don't come at me about the metal baking sheet ~ it's old and a solid surface so it's good for transferring the soap from one place to another, where it sits and cures I can't wait to try these

 

[AliOop]

I forgot to add a pic of the cuts from long overdue soap making nothing fancy, just my style Although I did make a couple cute flower soaps with the 2nd batter. The second batch didn't get as light with the faux sea water because I had to combine some red palm with my regular palm to hit my total amount needed for the recipe, and that stuff made it turn darker than I expected (but I did intentionally buy it to see how it would work in soap so I got my answer ). Don't come at me about the metal baking sheet ~ it's old and a solid surface so it's good for transferring the soap from one place to another, where it sits and cures I can't wait to try these

Love the soaps, but honestly, that does look like an aluminum pan. That can have a very bad reaction to fresh soap. Would you humor me and put a piece of parchment paper or a silicone baking mat down before putting the soap on it?

 

[Shelley D]

Love the soaps, but honestly, that does look like an aluminum pan. That can have a very bad reaction to fresh soap. Would you humor me and put a piece of parchment paper or a silicone baking mat down before putting the soap on it?

I only use it to move from where I cut the soap to where it's curing ~ it's on a piece of cardboard now but I put the cardboard down in the shelf and then started cutting so I didn't want to undo my work just to take a picture and go 5 feet The shelf is low and bending over is torture so I only had one more "bend over" left before I went to my recliner!