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What soapy thing have you done today?
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Just got off the phone with my friend, E. Recently she visited wanting to pick my brain about how to make soap. And then completely outta the blue she texts me a photo of her soap!!! ?? Oh, Grasshopper, this requires a conversation, not a photo! So I called her right away. She did mostly lard and it was hard and crumbly but I think she's hooked.
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She has to start somewhere, it's good she had a go, as you said she's hooked, reel her in
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Looks like she's found them.
I have these, I might have recommended them - agree - expensive but worth it!
I made a little cookie stamp on my 3D printer and made these gingerbread soaps. I filled the lines with white soap (painted in with a paintbrush). Still working out how to make the lines tidy as the cookie stamp has a flat edge which sort of pushes the soap out rather than making a crisp line, but I like them.
I bought the STL file. I remember ages ago @glendam discussed how to make a sharp edge for a stamp on a 3D printer - need to find that thread!
I bought the STL file. I remember ages ago @glendam discussed how to make a sharp edge for a stamp on a 3D printer - need to find that thread!
I cried over my ugly soap today. I used my wild turmeric infused olive oil and some PKO. I wish I'd read @AliOop's advice about warming the oils well because my soap is so mottled. 
Urgh! I didn't take into account the early winter cold here.
But on a happier note, my friend, who has helped test my soaps, messaged me to say that she loves them and asked for more. Yayy-ness! She said she will take even the uglies haha. Apparently, she'd just watched a documentary about toxicology and wants to run for the hills screaming.
Urgh! I didn't take into account the early winter cold here.But on a happier note, my friend, who has helped test my soaps, messaged me to say that she loves them and asked for more. Yayy-ness! She said she will take even the uglies haha. Apparently, she'd just watched a documentary about toxicology and wants to run for the hills screaming.
Restaurant supply store-they are used for pastries.
Awww, we all understand the disappointment of soap not turning out as planned. But I bet if we saw pictures, and didn't know it wasn't planned, we'd be ooo'ing and aaahhh'ing over your pretty soap.I cried over my ugly soap today. I used my wild turmeric infused olive oil and some PKO. I wish I'd read @AliOop's advice about warming the oils well because my soap is so mottled.
But on a happier note, my friend, who has helped test my soaps, messaged me to say that she loves them and asked for more. Yayy-ness! She said she will take even the uglies haha. Apparently, she'd just watched a documentary about toxicology and wants to run for the hills screaming.
Awww, we all understand the disappointment of soap not turning out as planned. But I bet if we saw pictures, and didn't know it wasn't planned, we'd be ooo'ing and aaahhh'ing over your pretty soap.
I'll take that Found out my scrubby plaid soap from a few months ago was just too scrubby 
. So decided to grate it up and try making some ciaglia soap to cut down the scrubbyness. Gonna give it few days before I try using it.
Pictures here
. So decided to grate it up and try making some ciaglia soap to cut down the scrubbyness. Gonna give it few days before I try using it.Pictures here
Update: my color swatches did not gel, so all the colors look different from how they look in most of my soaps.
Of course! Will have to try again, and maybe CPOP em?
Sooooo....I added the water to my lye....realized my mistake immediately and was able to stir it quickly and didn't get hit with a lye volcano. Sheesh that took a year off of my life.
Oh I looovvveeeeee the restaurant supply store!! My friend took my there for the first time a few years ago! If I wasn’t married, I’d call it the best date ever!
They definitely need help to gel, mine all go in the preheated and turned off oven. Hope they come out better next time.Update: my color swatches did not gel, so all the colors look different from how they look in most of my soaps.
Have you tried using the stamp with mica, maybe Winter White, @Vicki C? I more or less make a mica stamp pad with a makeup sponge set on top of an upturned yogurt lid. I saturate the pad with alcohol and mica, scrape the excess to the side, then “ink” my soap stamp. This is how I stamp my Dragon’s Blood soap. On my way to an event, but can send pics tonight if anyone is interested.
I did think of that - for this soap I like the look of the white soap filling because it makes me think of frosting…
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