I dreamt about shampoo bars last night. It’s all the research I’ve been doing and finally ordered the other day.
Twins indeed!Hey, this looks a lot like my slab mould!
That is so exciting! That’s next on my list of new endeavors.Herbal Seas? Herbal Citrus?
I ordered all my ingredients to make Syndet Shampoo Bars!!!! Guess what I'll be making this week?
Over do? Heck no! They look great.@bookreader451 @KiwiSoap I opined above that aloe juice is mostly water and sugar, which was based on an analysis I found in a food database or a research paper. This afternoon I looked at the container I have in the frig, which lists nothing nutritive other than salt. So scratch the sugar for the bottled stuff from Walmart.
My soaps for the day were supposed to be blue, but seem to be green. Two different blue micas both went green (Nurture Sky Blue and Baby Blue; I decided this color shift may have been due to an FO that discolored a bit on the yellow side). A third one (Nurture Klein Blue) stayed blue, but I forgot to add it to the slab mold . I used 37% lye concentration and wonder if it’s a pH effect and they just need time. I also went all out to make the tops pop. Did I overdo it in the slab mold?
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Bought the crock pot, now it's self-flagellation for at least two days ("Why oh why do I buy these things? Think of the bills, think of the bills!"). Just to help me really wallow in those guilt feelings, I also bought a small bottle of rosemary EO (for testing, but "oh dear oh dear what have you done?") and some almond oil (good price, but "oh you spendthrift fool, you'll have no money soon and you'll end up eating the soap").
Hey, have we seen that soap? I don’t recognize itPackaged some soap
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I think so? LolHey, have we seen that soap? I don’t recognize it
Nice! Is that sandalwood powder for the red?I think so? Lol
It's one of my fails for the October challenge. I posted there the newly cut soap. I cleaned them off and they're quite nice a couple of cms underneath.
The color is inspired by a rice cake called bibingka that people make n sell on the road side usually after simbang gabi. It's based off my extra rice recipe and I know it'll feel good, even if it looks like a kid's abstract art lol
Here's are the two I didn't like enough to gift/sell still unwrapped. I always keep two bars for myself from each batch hehe
I did it! Made shampoo bars! I tested one this morning though and I think the recipe needs tweaking - nowhere near as much lather as the Lush ones. It took about five circles round my head to get it lathered, instead of the Lush which take one or two.I dreamt about shampoo bars last night. It’s all the research I’ve been doing and finally ordered the other day.
It looks red? It's actually cocoa powder and a brown that got too dark. The yellow is annatto.Nice! Is that sandalwood powder for the red?
Looks great! Did you use mica for the color?I did it! Made shampoo bars! I tested one this morning though and I think the recipe needs tweaking - nowhere near as much lather as the Lush ones. It took about five circles round my head to get it lathered, instead of the Lush which take one or two.
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Oooh! Pictures please!I embedded CP in MP yesterday. I had the prettiest soap curls from planing the soap I made last weekend and I just had to use them for something.
Yes - it's a dark blue/green. Didn't use too much.
I believe that the cans are lined with plastic to protect food inside but some people ..... ya know just want to complainI don't normally use Pringles per se, but a generic brand that has the same container format. According to the manufacturer the interior is lined first with a plastic coating before the layer of aluminium, so that convinced me to try using one without lining. Several attempts later I'm still alive and have not lost my sight from phosgene gas or whatever horror lye produces in reaction with aluminium.
Having said that, this little packet of "authentic" Pringles I just used didn't look very "plastified" and so I put in some lining. Just in case.
I have seen some people giving dire warnings about the hazards of Pringles cans, but many others also comment that there is a plastic lining to protect the foodstuff from contact with the metal, and I'm inclined to believe the latter group. At the same time, I've always used this generic brand of Pringles (50 cents cheaper, and basically identical), and as I said, I've come out of the experience unscathed, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the "real" Pringles containers are safe.
Taste good, though...
Ha! Rosemary/Patchouli/May Chang (Litsea)What did you scent it with? I use a blue green with just a smidge of black for my rosemary bars
Those look great. I think shampoo bars are the next rabbit hole I will go down.I did it! Made shampoo bars! I tested one this morning though and I think the recipe needs tweaking - nowhere near as much lather as the Lush ones. It took about five circles round my head to get it lathered, instead of the Lush which take one or two.
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