What soapy thing have you done today?

[MarinaB]

I think I make stone walls better then soap.

 

[TashaBird]

For some of my friends with skin issues or very sensitive skin I make %100 tallow bars. I usually add eo of lavender and rosemary. This time I actually made a loaf with no colors or fragrances as an experiment, I’m excited to try it. I’m a huge fan of tallow! I decided to try and do a mini drop swirl because I’d like to do raindrops. @AliOop recommended this technique. I probably should have chosen an easy batter to work with, but it’s still kind of cute.

 

[Soapdragon]

Cocoa, Shea and Mango
My customers love this too.. I hope they don't mind a shade change lol don't think it'll be as pink as it usually is lol

Do you find the mango butter speeds trace/makes for a quick-hardening bar? Am tinkering with this butter myself.

 

[Dawni]

I think I make stone walls better then soap.

Not true! It's pretty!

Do you find the mango butter speeds trace/makes for a quick-hardening bar? Am tinkering with this butter myself.

Hallo! It did indeed but since I have a total of 45% consisting of all 3 butters I'd be surprised if it didn't lol. Plus I HP

I found an old post that might interest you though.. Something to take note of in case you want to use your mango butter, or any other butter, in high amounts.
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/tracing-ultra-fast-with-mango-butter.27276/post-260003
Whether it helps harden a bar faster or not, maybe compared to shea or cocoa, I can't say.... But it does make a long-ish lasting bar. Is that what you meant though?

 

[amd]

I made 21 scrubs yesterday, and poured two batches of soap for today's Adventure in Piping.
These are a custom order for Christmas gifts (to be delivered to customer mid Oct as she has to ship around the country), this year's theme is FaLaLa Llama. Blue soap is men's scented in NG Pheromone (very slow moving FO), and pink is for the ladies scented with NG's Peppered Poppy (moved fast, fragrance is continuing to morph thank goodness because it's kind of pukey OOB). this is my first time piping like this, so I kept it as simple as possible.

 

[Dawni]

Those who are getting those soaps are so lucky @amd.. They look great! And to me, not very simple at all lol

 

[amd]

@Dawni well, the poppy and the llama are embeds so that helped!

 

[Zing]

I made 21 scrubs yesterday, and poured two batches of soap for today's Adventure in Piping.
These are a custom order for Christmas gifts (to be delivered to customer mid Oct as she has to ship around the country), this year's theme is FaLaLa Llama. Blue soap is men's scented in NG Pheromone (very slow moving FO), and pink is for the ladies scented with NG's Peppered Poppy (moved fast, fragrance is continuing to morph thank goodness because it's kind of pukey OOB). this is my first time piping like this, so I kept it as simple as possible.

Good lord that's a lot of detailed work! You must have the patience of a saint. They look awesome and bright and colorful.

 

[amd]

@Zing famously I am very lacking in patience! There was a lot of swearing for the making of these!

 

[Arimara]

It’s called Candles and Supplies and it’s in Quakertown, PA. Right off the PA turnpike in Upper Bucks County. It’s probably about 1 hr 45 min ride from NYC.

Quakertown, huh? The route I know would take me about 2hrs, on a good day, if Pennsylvanians are'nt driving like Pennsylvanians...

 

[Jersey Girl]

I made 21 scrubs yesterday, and poured two batches of soap for today's Adventure in Piping.
These are a custom order for Christmas gifts (to be delivered to customer mid Oct as she has to ship around the country), this year's theme is FaLaLa Llama. Blue soap is men's scented in NG Pheromone (very slow moving FO), and pink is for the ladies scented with NG's Peppered Poppy (moved fast, fragrance is continuing to morph thank goodness because it's kind of pukey OOB). this is my first time piping like this, so I kept it as simple as possible.

What are scrubs? Whatever they are they are pretty!

 

[amd]

What are scrubs? Whatever they are they are pretty!

Sugar scrubs. The soap is in the pictures.

 

[Jersey Girl]

Sugar scrubs. The soap is in the pictures.

Oh ok. I’ll have to do some research on them now!

 

[Jersey Girl]

Sugar scrubs. The soap is in the pictures.

Sugar scrubs. The soap is in the pictures.

I’ve only known sugar scrubs to be soft and in jars. I didn’t realize you could make a bar of it. There isn’t much info on them here in the forum from doing a search.
ETA...ok...I was misunderstanding. I realize now that you were talking about two different products.

 

[MarinaB]

For some of my friends with skin issues or very sensitive skin I make %100 tallow bars. I usually add eo of lavender and rosemary. This time I actually made a loaf with no colors or fragrances as an experiment, I’m excited to try it. I’m a huge fan of tallow! I decided to try and do a mini drop swirl because I’d like to do raindrops. @AliOop recommended this technique. I probably should have chosen an easy batter to work with, but it’s still kind of cute.

So beautiful soap! I am interested how long would be a shelf life for tallow soap? Could you please share your recipe? How much water and lye? Thank you!

 

[Paulainsc]

I made my first silicone mold a few days ago, fooling around for Halloween season. Today I made a batch of hot process mango butter and coconut oil, 2% SF and an additional 4%coconut and 4%mango after the cook (based on a recipe by ultimate guide to HP, her book is great) did a swirl in the pot and poured it. I’m amazed at the detail considering it’s HP but it was pretty fluid. I did my own thing and added yogurt, SF oils, SL, activated charcoal and green clay mixed in aloe for the swirl. I’m happy w the results....buahahaha!

 

[aquamorgan]

Recently I purchased a beer from a local brewery, made the soap with Ralph Lauren's men's fragrance called Romance. Big mistake when FO was added into the soap batter. It seized, so I have to use HP for the rescue. The result turned out just fine - I love it

 

[TashaBird]

So beautiful soap! I am interested how long would be a shelf life for tallow soap? Could you please share your recipe? How much water and lye? Thank you!

It’s %100 tallow w %30 lye solution. That’s it. Should have a long shelf life, but they get used as soon as cured.

Didn’t make it to actual soap making yesterday. But put away a mountain of soap dishes, washed a mound of dirty ones, prepped for 4 batches except for lye which I need to run to the hardware store for, and prepped some squeezey bottles for a pull through that I have been thinking of.

 

[tommysgirl]

this is my first time piping like this, so I kept it as simple as possible.

WOW! Your idea and my idea of 'simple' are very different!, lol! A-MAZ-ING!!!

 

[ravenscents]

Unscented activated charcoal soap with unscented inbeds for fun