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What soapy thing have you done today?
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Today I am going to clean the house from top to bottom. (Well maybe not entirely bottom because The basement is No Man’s Land thanks to my husband’s hoarding tendencies.) so no time for soapy fun today. I’m getting ready for my older daughter, Sheridan, and her husband, Michael, to come up from Charlotte to help celebrate my husband’s 60th birthday.
Y’all make me laugh!
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Pretty! I love the gradients!
Saponomancer
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That's a nice smooth gradient, very pretty!
Lefty
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I managed to finish frosting the rest of the cupcakes last night! Had a bit of an issue with my piping tip getting clogged, but was able to sort it out pretty quickly to get the rest piped. I also managed to get one of my newer bars posted to my shop and shared on social media.
Tonight's to do:
Post another new bar to my online shop and share on social media
Plan out fall/winter soaps
Order supplies - considering ordering larger bulk sizes since I'm ramping up production and running through oils faster than I used to. I just don't know where I'll store it all in my tiny place!
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Lin19687
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I guess I could finish boxing up some soaps.
My Saturday FM might be a no go if the weather is going to rain or be super humid and muggy
My Saturday FM might be a no go if the weather is going to rain or be super humid and muggy
I’m fixin’ to make melt & pour sugar scrub cubettes from a BB kit. A first for me. Never made M&P anything.
I've been rummaging through the freezer to find some beer i put in there, for beer soap. Brought out what I thought was it, but now I'm not convinced. I think it might be sparkling rose? I've licked it, but it doesn't taste like either. What to do? Make a beer soap with it anyway and just call it beer soap even though it might be wine?
Yes, I know, I should label my stuff in the freezer.
ETA: Just clicked that it was sitting on a metal rack - get it off there and store it on wood, plastic or paper, lined with paper if need be. Metal can react with the lye.
Yes, I know, I should label my stuff in the freezer.
Just gorgeous - very pretty colours.
ETA: Just clicked that it was sitting on a metal rack - get it off there and store it on wood, plastic or paper, lined with paper if need be. Metal can react with the lye.
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Maybe you could call it “Ethyl” after the ethyl alcohol in adult beverages. Or ETOH which is the chemical name for ethyl alcohol. That way you don’t have to guess if it’s beer or wine.
Of course it probably wouldn’t mean anything to a non-medical type.
(Just noticed all emoticons I can add!)
newlee
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Very pretty!
Created a hardening liquid for my soap the other day and I used it in a batch I made yesterday. I unmolded the soap and it was much firmer than a soap I had curing. Some of the soaps I made last week are still very soft. So far so good. I also learned to water discount so that helped as well.
I already know I can't use this liquid for swirling. It setups very quickly in the mold. You will have no time to swirl.
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I went to the shop and bought a bottle of beer. I'm sure they thought I was mad buying one bottle of beer at 11am! Anyway, my soap is made and now setting up:
Kind of soapy, I ordered and received some seal-able sample foils and I am going to send a friend a bunch of samples in them to see how they hold up in summer weather. Things like whipped soap, lotion, shampoo, paw balm etc. Also ordered a hand held sealer because my impulse sealer is kind of large for these small foils. should be an interesting experiment
OH! I had no idea about that!!! I have literally all of my batches sitting on stainless steel baking racks...should I get paper under all of them?
Thank you so much!
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Today I made soap for my eldest son; it was his request. The rest of the days was spent on many other things, but mostly not soap related.
Most definitely. Preferably something thicker. Have a read of Micky Rat's thread in the Beginner Forum.
Bladesmith
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Well, I made some soap. It is mostly a failure but I'd say it was also a success. My main interest was trying some embeds in my hot process soap. I was going for kinda a polka dot look with a white bar. And somehow 2 reds ended up right next to each other even though I tried to make sure that wouldn't happen! Lol. Anyways, that's the least of my worries. I'm thinking the combination of a heavy dose of water and TD after the cook gave me a glycerine swamp.
I'm happy that the embeds seem to work just fine and it gives me lots of ideas for the future. Also I think my "dots" aren't random enough. My plan moving forward was really to just have 1 or 2 embeds in a single color bar and have a different shaped embed for each soap. I wanted to put a bunch in this soap to really test it out. So... Mostly a failure as a soap but also a success.
Edit: and I just realized the front bar is upside-down! Lol. What a day.
I'm happy that the embeds seem to work just fine and it gives me lots of ideas for the future. Also I think my "dots" aren't random enough. My plan moving forward was really to just have 1 or 2 embeds in a single color bar and have a different shaped embed for each soap. I wanted to put a bunch in this soap to really test it out. So... Mostly a failure as a soap but also a success.
Edit: and I just realized the front bar is upside-down! Lol. What a day.
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This weekend's plans:
Finishing up the stupid ugly sweater soaps (remind me next year when this customer comes back with a dumb idea to talk her into something more reasonable... oh, wait, I said that last year too when she wanted Leg Lamp soaps...)
Photo editing
Video editing
Seriously need to make a decision on sugar scrubs...
Star San bucket for sanitizing jars
email newsletter
Package Club soaps
Start packaging brewery soaps
Nice texture!
. I use plastic grids that I believe are used for cross stitch. Got them at a craft supply store.
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