Haha if you search a bit that's how long everyone says it takes for it to get really awesome. There's a few lather pics about too. I kept the tiniest pieces out for testing but hid the big nice ones hehehe. No one says you can't use em early.. Only that they won't be at their best.A year?!? I have to wait a year?Do you have any idea how many salt bars will likely be in my house one year from now
They were too much fun to make!
I'm curious too.
???Not Dawni but when I make rice water for soap, I toss some rice in a pan with enough water to make the soap and boil it like you would for a risotto until the water becomes milky. I strain the rice and chill the water overnight for soaping the next day. I think it gives a silky feel to the soap that is quite nice plus the starch adds bubbles.
And if my non scientific tests confirm my theory.. It also adds to hardness and longevity. None of my other soaps beat my rice soap on these two factors.Not Dawni but when I make rice water for soap, I toss some rice in a pan with enough water to make the soap and boil it like you would for a risotto until the water becomes milky. I strain the rice and chill the water overnight for soaping the next day. I think it gives a silky feel to the soap that is quite nice plus the starch adds bubbles.
I felt like using mine right after making them because they were already so hard!! (The grey ones; the peachy one is a rice soap)
Ooh, I love these!I've been working on some soapstones,
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maybe I should call them polishing stones?
I'll post an update photo of the peach soap...let's just say that August has been a study in discolouring FO's.....The rice soap looks good
Actually, they all do lol
Just once?? Gawd, I feel like I do it once a day....sometimes knowing it will discolour and planning for it (or, thinking I've planned), and sometimes quite by surprise.I made a soap once with a discoloring FO--I swirled it with the FO, after a couple weeks it was fun watching the swirls appear
Oh yes that makes sense. I've done that too, except for maybe the swirls ended up being lumps or layers. But yes, totally what you said!
Those are great!I've been working on some soapstones,
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A trial cube from my first batch of salt bars is not bad even though it’s only 10 weeks old.A year?!? I have to wait a year?
Nope. Depending on how much you added, it may be a little uber scratchy tho. I use Bob's Red Mill Oat Flour for the soothing effect of oats without the scratchy. Altho, guys seem to like the exfoliation they get from a little bit scratchy bar.
I tried a little piece and it seems fine. It’s very bubbly! If that’s what stout will do in soap, I’m impressed.Nope. Depending on how much you added, it may be a little uber scratchy tho. I use Bob's Red Mill Oat Flour for the soothing effect of oats without the scratchy. Altho, guys seem to like the exfoliation they get from a little bit scratchy bar.
Yes! Cool, eh?
