What soapy thing have you done today?

[KatieShephard]

A bar of my recipe of plain soap. No colors or fragrances. I would like the bar to be whiter. Might swap the cocoa butter for some shea and recalc.

Have you tried coconut milk? My CM soaps are super white. They are uncolored and fragrance free as well.

 

[AMyers]

Pumpkin soap insulated and saponifying!
Melting the coconut oil for my very first salt bars. . .

Soapy DAY!

 

[SplendorSoaps]

I have to vent for a second. I did two batches of soap this evening, and they BOTH seized! Ug! I was using some FOs I hadn't used before. The first was Fresh Roses from WSP - smelled AMAZING, but seized my soap almost instantly. The second was Country Apple from WSP (also smelled AMAZING), but seized almost as quickly. Both batches smell so good, I just hope they don't turn out super ugly. I did the best I could, as quickly as possible. Sigh.

 

[goji_fries]

I have to vent for a second. I did two batches of soap this evening, and they BOTH seized! Ug! I was using some FOs I hadn't used before. The first was Fresh Roses from WSP - smelled AMAZING, but seized my soap almost instantly. The second was Country Apple from WSP (also smelled AMAZING), but seized almost as quickly. Both batches smell so good, I just hope they don't turn out super ugly. I did the best I could, as quickly as possible. Sigh.

did you dump in the FO or did you slowly stir in?

 

[jules92207]

I have to vent for a second. I did two batches of soap this evening, and they BOTH seized! Ug! I was using some FOs I hadn't used before. The first was Fresh Roses from WSP - smelled AMAZING, but seized my soap almost instantly. The second was Country Apple from WSP (also smelled AMAZING), but seized almost as quickly. Both batches smell so good, I just hope they don't turn out super ugly. I did the best I could, as quickly as possible. Sigh.

Fresh Roses seized on me too. I had much better luck with English Rose from BB. I feel your pain.

 

[cmzaha]

I love Attar of Rose from Soapalooza, although it does accelerate slightly it is manageable

 

[SplendorSoaps]

did you dump in the FO or did you slowly stir in?

I drizzled it over the top, then mixed it in with a spoon. I made sure to keep the lye and oils at a low-ish temp, too. :-(

 

[goji_fries]

I drizzled it over the top, then mixed it in with a spoon. I made sure to keep the lye and oils at a low-ish temp, too. :-(

I have never had a seize but had a thick false trace before. I always mix the EOs/FOs very slowly for fear of the seize.:wave:

 

[jules92207]

I find most pretty manageable when I mix them in my oils before I add my lye water/mix. I can see if it is going to be trouble pretty quickly.

 

[DWinMadison]

I poured a soap last night that may be interesting. I split the batch leaving half natural and adding TD to the other. I put a small layer of ...almost maroon (I hope) between the white and natural layers then used a hanger swirl. As always, it may be beautiful, or I'll have several months worth of great smelling but ugly soaps.

 

[JustBeachy]

I poured a soap last night that may be interesting. I split the batch leaving half natural and adding TD to the other. I put a small layer of ...almost maroon (I hope) between the white and natural layers then uses a hanger swirl. As always, it may be beautiful, or I'll have several months worth of great smelling but ugly soaps.

I've had more than a few of those batches. :shock: Getting more lately, since I'm back to experimenting on a batch or two per week.

 

[DWinMadison]

I've had more than a few of those batches. :shock: Getting more lately, since I'm back to experimenting on a batch or two per week.

Yep. That's always the trade-off. We can simply create the same soaps over and over going for consistency, and there's nothing wrong with that, or play with new recipes, colors, fragrances and techniques to create something new.

 

[shunt2011]

I use Fresh Roses from NG and it behaves pretty well. I mix it with Honeysuckle. I have customers who love Honeysuckle Rose so I created my own blend for them. They move fairly quick but I can usually get a swirl out of it. I too add it to my oils before the lye mixture and soap at RT.

 

[JustBeachy]

Yep. That's always the trade-off. We can simply create the same soaps over and over going for consistency, and there's nothing wrong with that, or play with new recipes, colors, fragrances and techniques to create something new.

That's my line of thinking. I do have one in particular that looks like a mica truck exploded in my kitchen. I'm thinking of calling it my "What The Hell?" soap.

 

[Consuela]

I've been under the weather a few days. Rather annoying as I haven been sick in a year and a half.

But feeling much better today.

Maybe tackle and re shelve some things. We'll see how long I stay motivated.

 

[goji_fries]

I've been under the weather a few days. Rather annoying as I haven been sick in a year and a half. But feeling much better today. Maybe tackle and re shelve some things. We'll see how long I stay motivated.

Sounds like you need a coffee

I use Fresh Roses from NG and it behaves pretty well. I mix it with Honeysuckle. I have customers who love Honeysuckle Rose so I created my own blend for them. They move fairly quick but I can usually get a swirl out of it. I too add it to my oils before the lye mixture and soap at RT.

That is an amazing mix. Honeysuckle adds class to everything. Even faint honeysuckle in small dilution is amazing. I bet they are sold very very fast

 

[fuzz-juzz]

After almost two months without soaping, I finally made two batches. One was for my husband, charcoal soap with American cream dupe FO (his favourite). Another one was my test batch for new FOs, I tried BB sensous sandalwood+vanilla, BB kumquat, NG aussie bamboo grass, NG lick me all over and NG pinnapple orchid. I'm getting a bit nauseous from all these fragrances lol . To top it all of, I've spilled coconut lime verbena all over my hands. No amount of washing is getting rid off it.
All in all, I'm pretty happy and I think I really like Aussie bamboo grass, might make a big batch in a few days.
Big hug to all with medical problems, it is cr@p to feel unwell, I'm in my early 30s but had really bad luck with my health. It's a bit easier here in Oz pocketwise, but being diagnosed with something that alters your life is still hard.

 

[Consuela]

I have this sweet grass fo I just got in the mail today, and I'm wondering what I shall do with it. Solid soap? Swirly soap? Layered?

I'm not going to think about it right now. Tomorrow is a new day.

And yes, I definitely needed a coffee.

 

[JustBeachy]

Working on recipes for a hair cleaning conditioner, a skin cream and some ideas on coconut milk soap for this weekend.

 

[DWinMadison]

I poured a soap last night that may be interesting. I split the batch leaving half natural and adding TD to the other. I put a small layer of ...almost maroon (I hope) between the white and natural layers then used a hanger swirl. As always, it may be beautiful, or I'll have several months worth of great smelling but ugly soaps.

Viola! Here the finished soap from above.
http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=49932