Jennifer Horne
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What soapy thing have you done today?
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@Jstheidi I hope that isn't what is wrong with my right shoulder. I injured it just over a year ago. The worst part of it is sleeping. I will wake up with my arm up under my pillow and it feels like my shoulder is almost dislocated. During the day I can barely lift my arm over shoulder height. I am awake now because of it.
In 1985 I had surgery on the left side from a bucket tear on the front edge of the socket. It has been doing ok thankfully. I wish you a speedy recovery!
@Misschief I wondered if cornmeal would get soggy or not during the soaping process.
In 1985 I had surgery on the left side from a bucket tear on the front edge of the socket. It has been doing ok thankfully. I wish you a speedy recovery!
@Misschief I wondered if cornmeal would get soggy or not during the soaping process.
Sounds nice Misschief. What scent do you use?
Equal parts Tobacco, Bay Rum, and Sweet Orange.
I ordered water soluble paper to use in a soap for my granddaughter's graduation. I'll be printing the high school logo on the paper and decoupaging it onto the surface of the soap. That's the last thing I had to order to get this soap started. The colorants came the day before we left for the holidays, and the mixer to mix the micas came while we were gone. We are back now and I am planning to get started on this soap sometime this week. But first I have some household things & errands to catch up on before that. Plus I need to inventory the oils to see if I need to purchase more or for this soap or adjust the formula so I don't have more bottles of oil to store.
Congratulations! They look great. To tell the truth, until I got to this forum, I never even thought of using colors let alone, all the fancy swirls and layers. And now at times, I am tempted. But there still isn't anything wrong with a plain bar of soap. Welcome to the soaping habit!
Awesome Nada! Welcome to the addiction
Zany_in_CO
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Read all about my CP adventure making "Pretty in Pink" ZNSC -- includes a description of the rebatch -- much trickier than making the soap from scratch. But it all worked out.
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/pretty-in-pink.77610/#post-806728
But it all worked out.https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/pretty-in-pink.77610/#post-806728
I gave a friend a bar of homemade soap. It had a light vanilla scent and she just couldn't stop holding it up to her nose. She also petted the bar. All positive indicators that she may be a future addict, er, soap-making buddy.
Unmolded and cut my soap! I used red palm oil at 5% and think that is strong enough. My mold is stained yellow and I'm hoping it's temporary. The patchouli/lemon/lemongrass smells awesome.
Must. Not. Use. for 6 weeks....
Must. Not. Use. for 6 weeks....
Hawksquill
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Cut two soaps today! Pretty happy with the results, and they smell awesome
That's a beautiful butterfly swirl you've got there Zingy my man! I tried that once and it looked more like one of those psychiatrists 'blotch tests'.
LOL my butterfly swirls always have nervous breakdowns. I think my butterflies get stuck in hurricanes.
Made a new batch of Rose scented soap and did a pink and white ITP swirl a la @SoapySuds. Hope it looks as good as hers! It certainly smells good.
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I made soap last night using Royalty Soaps recipe - just out of curiosity. I've always wanted to buy her soaps, but never seem to get there in time for the ones I really want, so decided I would make a small batch just to try it. I did not pipe any frosting, just a regular bar of soap. I used heat transfer method and hand stirred until the hard oils were melted all the way, then added the FO and stick blended for about 5 seconds. The FO accelerated, so I was glad that I had premixed my colors in oil and water (one was a neon pigment that's easier to disperse in water without lumps). I did get all the colors mixed and plopped into the bowl, gave everything thing a good spoon swirl before putting it in the mold, so hopefully my colors didn't muddle up and I don't have any air pockets. It wasn't the worst acceleration I've ever dealt with by any means! I used WSP's Cactus & Aloe Water fragrance - I think it would be a really nice FO for making layers, but definitely don't recommend it for ITPS. When I went to bed last night it was gelling nicely on its own uncovered and no separation so I think the 5 second stick blend was enough to get everything together - always my biggest concern when using an accelerating FO.
Then I had some extra time on my hands and was avoiding dishes, so I mixed up a small batch of body wash to see if I could get the process down right - last time I made it the btms didn't melt enough so we have little chunks of that in our body wash (and I made 4 bottles for us, gah!). So I seem to have worked that out. Hopefully this appeases the two snooty boys living in my house that refuse to use bar soap. (Well, I shouldn't entirely say that for both of them, one will use bar soap if it's unscented, but not all the time. The other one won't touch it at all. The third boy, the one I gave birth to, will only use bar soap. He's a smart kid that one)
I work tonight, so I'm hoping it's slow so I can come home early and do dishes. It needs to be done badly.
Then I had some extra time on my hands and was avoiding dishes, so I mixed up a small batch of body wash to see if I could get the process down right - last time I made it the btms didn't melt enough so we have little chunks of that in our body wash (and I made 4 bottles for us, gah!). So I seem to have worked that out. Hopefully this appeases the two snooty boys living in my house that refuse to use bar soap. (Well, I shouldn't entirely say that for both of them, one will use bar soap if it's unscented, but not all the time. The other one won't touch it at all. The third boy, the one I gave birth to, will only use bar soap. He's a smart kid that one
)I work tonight, so I'm hoping it's slow so I can come home early and do dishes. It needs to be done badly.
My first soap batch using colour!
Looks a bit like an ultrasound-y, but overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. That said, I ended up overmixing the trace a bit and was so anxious about getting it all into the mold I entirely forgot to add any scent. lol
Oh well, next time!
Looks a bit like an ultrasound-y, but overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. That said, I ended up overmixing the trace a bit and was so anxious about getting it all into the mold I entirely forgot to add any scent. lol
Oh well, next time!
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I’ve been in so much arthritis pain with the cold weather I can’t stand long enough to make soap. I’m trying to figure out if I can do everything seated at the kitchen table.
I'm excited to see the cuts of this, @KiwiMoose !! I try to keep a constant supply of English Rose on hand for my mom & grandma.
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