Yes it is. and I thought about doing that. I want to give it every chance first though and see if its noticeable on the bars.
What soapy thing have you done today?
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Yes it is. and I thought about doing that. I want to give it every chance first though and see if its noticeable on the bars.
MarnieSoapien
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Cut this diagonal soap. I was inspired by the Ski to Sea race that happened every year in the area I grew up. It starts on Mt Baker and finishes at Bellingham Bay. I used Green Moss and Fern FO for the mountain and Seashore. It smells great and I'm so happy with how it looks.
Am I not supposed to be able to swirl a 50 percent palm recipe? I am surprised I didn't have problems then, because everything I have been making lately has accelerated!Call it beginner's luck!
Thank you!
Stunning!!!
Beautiful soap and Mt. Baker to Bellingham Bay is a beautiful route. We used to drive up to Mt. Baker pretty much every summer, and especially if my parents had company from NL.
Cut My Patchouli soap today. You cant tell in the pic but there are also wisps of emerald green in the swirls. She didnt want glitter ( ) So I sprinkled it with Jojoba Beads instead.
) So I sprinkled it with Jojoba Beads instead.
I have only tried one of the sample micas they sent me - it was a gold mica. It was ..gold.
I tend to stick to Mad Micas, Nurture Soap, or Micas and More for mica colors. And I have so many I don't need to order any more lol.Patchouli - ew. I use it as a base note for blends on occasion, but if it takes over the scent I can't do it. Smells like wet dirt. Which is not pleasant to me.
I have only tried one of the sample micas they sent me - it was a gold mica. It was ..gold.
Patchouli - ew. I use it as a base note for blends on occasion, but if it takes over the scent I can't do it. Smells like wet dirt. Which is not pleasant to me.
I dont like it either. It was a special order for a full loaf so I bit the bullet. Im actually thinking of making another batch of soap now just to replace the lingering scent lol
I used to be a patchouli hater, but it is growing on me as a good base note in blends, or used at very low rates as a single EO. But it still overwhelms me whenever the soap is newly made. I have to put it behind closed doors for at least the first week, or my whole house smells like all patch, all the time.
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Still rendering lard. NEVER doing this again. Reading the process online seems so simple, but in my usual clumsy manner I have managed to make a real mess doing it. I think when I'm done I'll have enough to MB into only 24lbs. Will see, might end up splitting it up with the tallow. I will be running test batches before I put it into my MB to make sure it doesn't cause DOS. The ladies who did my rendering for me were seriously underpaid (in soap). Probably a good thing they liked me, because I sure don't like myself right now.
This week's to do list is making body wash and messing around with embeds. Now that I finally invested in liquid gold (Tocopherol T50 blend), I'll be playing around with some lotion making, but that will probably be next week.
This week's to do list is making body wash and messing around with embeds. Now that I finally invested in liquid gold (Tocopherol T50 blend), I'll be playing around with some lotion making, but that will probably be next week.
I attempted to make a 'woodgrain' technique soap. I don't have many colours so decided to do black, white & silver. My FO's accelerated my batter a bit... the first part went well, but by the time I was finishing, it was much thicker. It will be interesting to see what the inside looks like.
On another note, I made my own tall, skinny, loaf from corrugated plastic. You can see that I did not fill the mold. I used my regular 1000 gr of oil which is obvously not enough for this mold.
I was asking earlier about calculating thee amount a vessel like this might hold and the formula given is LxWxHx .04. Am I right that the result of this calculation will give me the amount of oils to use in this size mold? The result of my calculation is approx 1600 gr which means I should adjust my recipes to 1600 gr of oil rather than the 1000 gr presently using. Am I on the right track?
I didn't even think of this when I was making the soap which is a bit disappointing.
On another note, I made my own tall, skinny, loaf from corrugated plastic. You can see that I did not fill the mold. I used my regular 1000 gr of oil which is obvously not enough for this mold.
I was asking earlier about calculating thee amount a vessel like this might hold and the formula given is LxWxHx .04. Am I right that the result of this calculation will give me the amount of oils to use in this size mold? The result of my calculation is approx 1600 gr which means I should adjust my recipes to 1600 gr of oil rather than the 1000 gr presently using. Am I on the right track?
I didn't even think of this when I was making the soap which is a bit disappointing.
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Mold looks good and soap looks pretty! Yes, those are the correct adjustments to make. If you use Soapmaking Friend for the calculator, you can also put in the mold dimensions there to get the correct batch size.
Mellicious
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Ah, I didn't know that about Soapmaking Friend - thanks for that tip! I'm going to look now. I just looked at it - THANKS! Such a great feature!
I'd eat those!!Made my first ever cp cupcakes
Mellicious
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They smell good enough to eatI'd eat those!!
Mango & Peach
Catscankim
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I got my BB order with coconut FO spilled all over everything. You cant read the labels on any other FO so you have to go by smell. I got about half of the brown oxide, but extra containers of the micas and activated charcoal. I emailed them last week to offer to pay for all the extra stuff and they havent replied. So i guess its all mine now. I tried...
tammy sue starks
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at least you tried
tammy sue starks
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it is weird isn't it?I cut the soap that went so well the other day aaaannnnd realized I totally underestimated discoloration from vanillin.
Welp. Lesson learned. Now let's hope I remember this lesson next time.
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