What soapy thing have you done today?

[Dahila]

3000 g of soap

 

[gigisiguenza]

Nothing, sadly

 

[handavaka]

I made this sea of green today. Avocado and Colloidal Oatmeal with a touch of poppy seeds...POPPPPEEEEZ! (Don't mind the charcoal stains)

 

[DeeAnna]

Consuela -- Well written -- love the story! Bravo!!!! <thunderous applause!>

 

[JuneP]

Brrr!

The only thing I did this morning was put my soft soap in various molds, in the freezer. Got tired to looking at all that soap on my dining room table Next non swirled batch I'm lowering the water content to 33%!

 

[Misschief]

I cut my Taiwan Swirl soap last night. It's still quite soft but I really wanted to see how it turned out. I'm not disappointed. The only thing I'm disappointed in is the fact that my colorant isn't completely dispersed. I either need a new small wire whip or I need to use more oil to blend it into (or one of those mini frother thingies).

Taiwan Swirl cut by Ev Skae, on Flickr

And, I made a Double Chocolate Soap with a bronze mica pencil line. It was my first time trying a pencil line (this has been a weekend of experiments) and I could have used more than I did. Both soaps are unscented; I didn't know what to put in the swirl soap and I tried to find chocolate fragrance oil locally but had no success.

Double Chocolate Soap by Ev Skae, on Flickr

Today, we're making REAL French fries, fried in beef tallow (can't you just feel your arteries shrinking?). Yum!! :shh:

 

[TBandCW]

Sold soap! Yipee!!:grin:

 

[Consuela]

Thank you DeeAnna

I'm glad I was able to accurately capture and portray the innerworkings of a household that has a soap maker... and I'm glad that it doesn't just reflect my own life. Because I would be sad if I was the only one with a chocolate and a soaping addiction

 

[TeaLeavesandTweed]

I made my third batch of soap, and my first one with additives! I used tallow, babassu, and hazelnut oils with distilled aloe juice for the liquid and added green clay and lavender EO at trace. Fancy! I'm hoping it'll make a nice facial bar.

 

[Consuela]

I made this sea of green today. Avocado and Colloidal Oatmeal with a touch of poppy seeds...POPPPPEEEEZ! (Don't mind the charcoal stains)

Please show us when you cut it!!! That is a lovely green~!

 

[debikers]

i bought lard and am going to make my first soap using it! wish me luck!!!!

 

[handavaka]

Consuela~

Here is a pic of my cut nd stamped Avocado Bars. I use a heavy salt:liquid solution, and these bars are HARD! So I had to cut and stamp at 3am. It is one of our favorites. This full batch is a small pre-order, so will be making more tonight.
The green color lightens slightly, and I love it because it looks like the flesh of the avocado.

 

[jules92207]

Thank you DeeAnna

I'm glad I was able to accurately capture and portray the innerworkings of a household that has a soap maker... and I'm glad that it doesn't just reflect my own life. Because I would be sad if I was the only one with a chocolate and a soaping addiction

Consuela you captured the true essence of a soap making home. Seriously, beautifully written. You write beautifully!

 

[traderbren]

Consuela, you wrote that exchange perfectly. It captures everything!

June, I love your outlook. Your soap is gorgeous and creamy as well.

AFM: I was out of lard for a bit. When I went to pickup my packet for the half marathon I ran this weekend in Amish country, I looked for some. Pricy! But just as I was finding it, my DH sent me a text with a picture of a bucket o'lard he just bought me from Walmart... So today while I was in recovery mode, I made a batch of Egyptian Dragon from NG with Shea butter. I was using cocoa butter or nothing but wanted to try the shea. It did not gel. It's also my first time deviating from soapcalc's 38% water discount and used 33%.

I also mentioned I needed a better scale (mine does whole grams, but not less) and need smaller increments for a hand cream and shaving soap. So he went out to the garage and brought me in the scale he uses for reloading bullets. Tomorrow I'll be making that hand cream and some more spray conditioner (we use it on the kids as a detangler).

 

[Consuela]

@handavaka - LOVELY!!! I just love the look of a nice stamped soap - and you've trimmed them all up too already! (I sometimes find myself doing strange things at 3am too, in the name of soap.

@jules92207 & @traderbren - Why thank you I'm glad you found it entertaining.

I also mentioned I needed a better scale (mine does whole grams, but not less) and need smaller increments for a hand cream and shaving soap. So he went out to the garage and brought me in the scale he uses for reloading bullets. Tomorrow I'll be making that hand cream and some more spray conditioner (we use it on the kids as a detangler).

I also had to upgrade to a better scale.. I lucked out though, Canadian Tire had digitals on for $4.99, so I bought two. However, they're a few years old now and both have lost their battery covers (well, 3 moves later...). I'm watching the flyers.

And reloading bullets - brings back a lot of memories from growing up. My dad reloads his own too....I spent so much time helping him load the primers because my hands were smaller and my eyes were better

 

[shunt2011]

I have done this before and I would absolutely do it again





@Shunt - withdrawl is the worst....... are you at least getting your daily caffeine/wine/liquor intake? Would hate to be compounding that w/d.

Lol. Actually doing pain meds for now. Had knee surgery Wednesday. Feeling better though do hoping to make some soap later this week. Especially since I've ordered so many goodies to use.

 

[shunt2011]

Soooo pretty!

Looks like they arrived in good shape.

Hope you enjoy them. Thank you again!

 

[doriettefarm]

Hope you won't be out of commission too long shunt. I was a major slacker this weekend . . . had big plans for the Sept challenge but couldn't get my butt in gear. Ended up diluting some liquid soap paste and testing at least 8 different FOs . . . now I can't decide which one to use in the shower tomorrow morning! #soapmakerproblems

 

[traderbren]

Kids are off school (I forgot about it...), so my plans for the day might not happen. I cut my Egyptian Dragon soap this morning. It smells heavenly!

 

[Consuela]

Lol. Actually doing pain meds for now. Had knee surgery Wednesday. Feeling better though do hoping to make some soap later this week. Especially since I've ordered so many goodies to use.

Uuuhhhh. I feel for you. But in the long run - you needed the surgery, right? So better get it done and out of the way.

...but all the temptation with the new goodies...... !