What soapy thing have you done today?

[not_ally]

Lucky you, Julie! I wish I had one of those handy DH's (at least when it comes to power tools.) Have fun swirling with your new mold!

 

[jules92207]

I'm making myself dizzy trying to figure out if I am going to try EDTA, Citric Acid, or Sodium Citrate to help with my aunt and her hard water. Too much info!

 

[not_ally]

Me too, Jules. My problem is bad enough that I am going to try all of them carefully. Ugh, love home made soap but hate soap scum, there is some dissonance there.

 

[cmzaha]

Not really I have that before but less blue it doesn't but I noticed this one more blue than before View attachment 13321 this is the one I made 6 months ago without any problem on my white clothes. But I am not sure with this new one I will try tomorrow.

Blue is used as whitner for laundry and hair

 

[jules92207]

I still use the Mrs Stewart's laundry blue actually. Works great on my whites.

 

[biarine]

Thanks guys yes I notice that my coconut soap with blue oxide on it makes my white more whiter than my plain white coconut soap.

 

[nframe]

Not soapy, but I made a whipped body butter - ]

Hi Craig,
I read that this is scented with mandarin and black pepper. It sounds like an unusual combination. What proportions of the two essential oils do you use?

 

[Luv2Soap]

Little hiccup in my new mold. Looks like the screws that came with the hinges are going to be a little too long for the thickness of the wood. So...we're going to have to get some shorter ones today.

 

[not_ally]

Frustrating, I know you were itching to use that mold. Make sure to get some backup screws in different lengths. I always miscalculate, so now have the go-to toolbox w/r/t screws and nails.

 

[Luv2Soap]

Frustrating, I know you were itching to use that mold. Make sure to get some backup screws in different lengths. I always miscalculate, so now have the go-to toolbox w/r/t screws and nails.

Yeah, tell me about it. I also forgot that I was going to need some acrylic inserts in order to create the bars before un-molding the soap. So...looks like this project gets put on the back burner for a week or so - probably after Easter. But that's okay. I'm trying out a new recipe today thanks to you Lard enablers Everything happens for a reason. Because of this delay, I actually get to try out the recipe first before putting it into a smaller mold.

 

[Sonya-m]

Today I am rendering as much of the beef fat the butcher gave me so that I can squeeze the rest into the freezer this time!!

Over 6kg of it to render!!

 

[shunt2011]

I'm so excited, I made a bunch of sugars scrubs again and I finally made bubble scoops. Pink Sugar and Love Spell Type. They were fun to make. Hopefully they will work well.

 

[not_ally]

Shunt, those look delicious. I want to take a bite out of them.

 

[Luv2Soap]

Stopped by GoodWill on the way to the grocery store today and scored an awesome crockpot for $4.99. So, I'm set for CP, HP & M&P. Also picked up some canned goat milk, heavy whipping cream and coconut oil for my new experiment. I'm going to create some bars of the new recipe with 100% water, 50% goat milk and a 50% heavy cream. I want to see which one feels the best on the skin. I'm going to use a recipe of 60% lard, 20% sweet almond oil, 15% coconut oil and 5% castor oil with 38% water and superfatted at 5%.

Shunt - those look AMAZING! I love how they look just like a scoop of ice cream!

 

[powderpink]

I made my first salt bar today with lemongrass EO and orange EO. I went a little overboard with the in the pot swirl mixing etc. so its mostly brown/grey and blue. Next time I'll just not rush the method, as I had moooore than enough time before it got too thick.

 

[hlee]

Oh boy. I made a soap today with a Rain FO that I had never used before. It was way quicker than I was with my five color plan. Only after adding the FO did I remember reading it was a fast mover.
It turned into a plop soap with no plan but I did manage to get all my colors plopped.
I haven't had "panic" soap in awhile so I think it was good for me .
Now I'm just hoping the plops will look sort of decent.
Go Badgers!

 

[FlybyStardancer]

Yesterday I made mini-easter-egg bath bombs for my nieces, using up the rest of that NGC Pretty Kitty scent that went pear-shaped on me when I first made the soaps for them. I even had enough to make two full-size bars for my brother's fiancee! Today I did most of the work for preparing the easter baskets for them... Including the bath bombs, the final soaps, as well as a bunch of candy for them (all of the ones I felt like were must-haves in my basket as a kid, plus one other). I also have little squeeze bottles that I plan to make lotion for, and each one will get a name, so they know whose is whose (both with the lotion and with the full basket!). So far the baskets look awesome, and I hope to ship them early next week!

 

[powderpink]

FlybyStardancer, that's so sweet of you! Your nieces must feel so lucky

I unmolded my soapies today...now the game of patience begins

 

[Luv2Soap]

Made my 3rd batch of soap - lavender EO with lavender buds. It was a good test of a new recipe and smells heavenly! Let's see what happens when I unmold this tomorrow. Thanks to the Queen of Glop (Seawolf) for this recipe - looks amazingly creamy!!!

 

[not_ally]

I bet it does smell good! Heads up, you probably already know this, but the lavendar will turn brown pretty quickly, don't be disappointed.