What soapy thing have you done today?

[neeners]

I tried an ITP swirl today with citrus blend EOs. I've failed miserably with previous ITP swirls....hoping the swirl gods were on my side today and provided me with pretty swirls....

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

i tried an itp swirl today with citrus blend eos. I've failed miserably with previous itp swirls....hoping the swirl gods were on my side today and provided me with pretty swirls....

cut cut cut cut!

 

[neeners]

I KNEW you'd be the one to start the mob! it's just gelling right now. I shall cut tomorrow, and start a thread. promise!

 

[songwind]

I ordered an OBSCENE amount of soap fragrances, and hope to make soap later.

 

[dneruck]

Didn't do anything soapy today except be anxious to unmold two batches that I made last night to give away for Father's Day :/

 

[Sagebrush]

Made a batch of my London Fog goat milk soap. Figured out my new canopy for farmer's markets

 

[neeners]

I'm currently really annoyed. the soap I made earlier was trying to overheat, then partially gelled. it's not sitting in the oven (pilot light on only) in hopes of completing gel phase. sigh..... I'm not a happy soaper right now!

 

[songwind]

I was able to push my cold out of the way and make some soap last night. I did my first batches where I loaded it directly into tubs.



I also listed the tubs and added them as on option on my Etsy store.

 

[AustinStraight]

Similar thing happened to a recent soap of mine, neeners... partially gelled, overheated a bit from the heat of the sun (I had to bring it home with me in the car as I made it somewhere else) and then it got a partial gel from the outside in as well as the inside out - I CPOPed the bars to fix it but there's still a subtle line where the soap didn't gel. Don't wanna cook all the lavender out of the soap!

I rebatched my partially gelled mint soaps because not only are (were) they very ashy, but the mint smell is gone because I was stupid and left the bars curing on a sunny windowsill instead of in the basement. Added more peppermint and some rosemary, too. Also added a bit of sugar to boost the lather and a little salt in hopes of making it come out of the mold faster, not sure if the salt trick works for rebatch soap though. I actually had to rebatch it again because I added way too much water the first time, now it seems to be hardening nicely.

 

[LunaSkye]

I just finished cutting my latest soap a while ago. I am proud of it because it is the most successful CP soap thus far and it has one of my favorite scents (Sun, Moon, & Stars) which will only be used by me around the summer time.

I also found that my failed tea soap is not as much of a fail as I thought, though it is pretty soft for my liking. I am thinking of cutting it up and making it an additive in a different soap.

 

[cmzaha]

Made my Sunny California with a couple changes and it turned out ugly :sad:. It accelerated to fast and the brain was not thinking quick enough...Oh well it is still a great shea butter soap with shea the #1 oil. Also tweaked the eo blend a tad and it smell fantastic, at least to me! Going to make Love Spell now in my not so wonderful 90degree house

 

[cmzaha]

Love Spell came out exactly how I wanted it to...Yeah! Thank goodness my go to slow trace recipe with lard never fails me :-D

 

[jules92207]

Waiting for my lye water to cool so I can make my "french toast" soap. Mixed up the blend two days ago and haven't been able to stop thinking about it. It seriously smells like cinnamon buns in my kitchen as I put the blend in the oils already.

Maybe I am just hungry.

 

[hlee]

I made a coffee soap for the 1st time tonight. I used coffee with my lye water , coffee fragrance and a poppy seed top. I hope it turns out and wondering if I have another batch in me yet tonight before I put everything away .

 

[Skatergirl46]

I made a batch of HP goats milk soap today. I had plans for several batches, but it got up to 100° here and one was all I could stand. The soap came out nicely though. I tried a different way of adding the goats milk that I saw mentioned on the forum, I added it to the oils and stick blended a bit before putting the lye in. My idea behind doing it this way was that the milk would get warm in the heated oils, and maybe not change colors much when I added the lye water. I had the lye water and the oils around 110° when I combined them. I kept the batch from getting over 160, and it was lower than that for most of the cooking time. It came out a light pinkish beige and has no funky odor. I use BB's Ginger Lime FO and didn't add any colorant. I'll cut and post a pic tomorrow. It was good to soap today. Sorry I haven't been around much. I've been skating a lot and doing fun things with my husband and boys lately. I can't stop making soap though. It's just too much fun.

 

[AcornSky]

I've spent the last week or so waiting for my backache to subside and let me stand for long enough to make more soap. I haven't been wasting that time, though. Oh no. I've been shopping (online), researching, and working out ways to increase our soap usage so that I will need to make more soap. Every time I see a reference to a recipe that 'makes a good, hard bar of soap that lasts a long time' I turn the page. I want soap that lathers away nice and quickly.

I've also progressed from peering at soapcalc in terror to having immense fun with it.

 

[Tienne]

I got some new LOUD micas yesterday! They're shockingly bright! Hot pink, lemon yellow, gold, turquoise, orange, lime green and more, all bursting with colour. I can't wait to soap with them.

Got a lot of weeding to do first, though and then some sowing. Then the chook pen needs raking and the hen house needs to be made bigger. (Got little baby chicks arriving soon! My rooster has been "working" hard for weeks! LOL) Then the lawn needs mowing and.... hmm. I don't really have all that much time for soaping these days. Maybe I'll have time tomorrow... maybe.

Hi Skatergirl! Good to see you! :wave:

 

[Skatergirl46]

Hi Tienne! :wave:

 

[songwind]

I nearly tore my hair out over these vinyl labels (my printer doesn't like them) but think I have found the exact way to hold my nose and stand on one foot to make them print. I was able to redesign my label so there's only one per shave soap, and got my first soap tubs ready to go.

 

[jules92207]

songwind - those look awesome!

I tried a new color in a new mold. Reviews said it could be blue/could be purple so blooming violets seemed like it could go either way and be fine. Also tried my first textured top.

Washed with my first salt bar tonight. Its only 3 weeks old but I just couldn't resist any longer. Not much lather yet, low and foamy, but my skin seems to really like the bar.

It was a night of firsts.