This newbie gets to eat crow! The top looked so promising... The soda ash will steam off, but the inside looks like mud, steaming or not. A couple bars look like a sunset if I use my imagination.
But hey, it's all functional soap that will still be amazing. It's a good thing we have a huge extended family who don't mind using up dud design soap!
Oh my land, it looks like chocolate chunk brownies! Drool, drool! Your family will be much happier at Christmas time than mine!
Yep. Used about 25% Laurel Berry and the rest was olive oil. And a 20% water discount. It’s on the bottom of my drying rack so I won’t see it. Maybe I can forget about it for a good long while
Such good ideals regarding testing!! With the long cure time and me wanting to give as gifts, I’ll need to make some more to put away for next Xmas!I agree with @Elise it does depend on your ratios (most people go with a ratio of 80% olive:20% laurel berry, but some do 70:30 or even 90:10). But with all high percentage olive oil recipes, longer cure times make for a better soap for sure! I have used some of mine at the 3-4 month mark, but they were still soft. The ones that cured longer were much more firm and had a richer lather. Maybe set one bar aside and cut test slivers off the end at different monthly intervals and keep notes? Or cut a bar into quarters and test one quarter at 3 months, 6 months, 9 & 12 months (taking notes on how the bar felt, how it lathered, how long it lasted, etc). Have fun! I do love an Aleppo type recipe ~ I like the laurel berry oil scent
Just curious ~ can the oils and butters not normally available be sent to you by someone else? Or is that a no-no? I'm not very familiar with foreign shipping rules or laws
They discontinued it here Relle, but then brought it back in again. It's from Candle Science in the USA (assuming it's not another FO with the same name): https://www.candlescience.com/fragrance/ocean-breeze-fragrance-oil/Made soap yesterday, a long time coming to get it done. It's a seaside soap with 5 different greens, blues, turquoise and a little white,.ocean breeze scent that I can't get anymore. I might have to contact them and see if they can remake it. Will cut in a few days.
That's a great idea to make a batch now to put away and let it cure the full year for next Christmas!Yep. Used about 25% Laurel Berry and the rest was olive oil. And a 20% water discount. It’s on the bottom of my drying rack so I won’t see it. Maybe I can forget about it for a good long while
Such good ideals regarding testing!! With the long cure time and me wanting to give as gifts, I’ll need to make some more to put away for next Xmas!
And I love the scent too!!
Thanks Kiwi, I got mine from eroma, it's not a candlescience one, I'll check out others here, thanks for looking.
