What soapy thing have you done today?

[Suzette]

I poured my Christmas one today and the peacock swirl yesterday. Stoked that I got the ‘S’ swirl down. I used the peony FO from WSP for the peacock swirl and it was soooooo light! I can barely smell it. I don’t think it’ll made it through the cure sadly. I can’t believe it has such great reviews on WSP. Smells great oob though. Just FYI if anyone was thinking of buying it. I used Frosted juniper from candle science for the Christmas soap and it smells so good! Fingers crossed that my clay will anchor the smell for that one. Can’t wait to give these out!

Sorry about the FO, but the soaps are stunning!

 

[Catscankim]

I’ve been wondering if I could use the squeeze bottles without the liner and clean them. Sounds like a royal PITA though! I got 12 wide mouth 16 oz squeeze bottles online for $12. I bet that soap is going to great!

Its a PITA!! I ended up throwing my bottles away. 2/$1 at the dollar store so it wasnt a terrible loss. You use more water trying to clean them for what they are worth. I have the shipping baggies saved, just need to get more bottles. I havent tried that yet, but i have read great reviews on that technique.

 

[amd]

Made two lotions... and I'm obsessed with making them, but reigning myself in until I figure out what I do/don't like and how to correct the formulation. I have lots of other things to make while I test and evaluate the current formulas.

This week will be making shampoo bars, and then restocking an OMH soap, and several aloe soaps. So I will be masterbatching oils as well. I think I need to get more masterbatching buckets but I'm not sure where I'd store them. I'm at full capacity in my small space and have taken over too much of the household space.

 

[SPowers]

I took a cue from @Mischief and tried rice soap. I used calendula infused oil and added some colloidal oats. Now when I was about to put the slurry in, It was really thick so added filtered water - it wasn't until after I put it in I realized I should have used distilled - does anyone think that might be a problem? Funny thing, I had it at medium trace when I poured (wanted to use a spoon to sculpt the top but it just didn't set enough. I did several other things while it sat hoping it would set up but it didn't so I just went with it and put in the oven to cpop. It's still there - guess I should go take a look at it.

 

[Andy7891]

Thanks, I’ll be interested to see what you rig up. I wanted to use tubes like this myself, but couldn’t get a good seal on the ends. Plus, I realized I hate lining molds (probably bc I’m so bad at it, haha). Sounds like you have some skills that will come in handy for this project!

I line baking pans occasionally and also don’t love it- but if it saves me trouble I’m the end I will appreciate it haha. Never lined a tube so we’ll see. I probably need to get rid of that lathe- just too fussy for me probably unfortunately. Thanks though.

They work great but watch your soap. Mine usually overheats in those. We have tons of those where I work.

Thanks for the heads up. I guess freezer it is... will be tricky though to fit in a fridge to say the least haha. Also I’m doin 1 lb batches and I think this is at least 2 lb but I’m not sure.

 

[dotgiorgio]

I started my Christmas soap frenzy. This is the first time I used Melt & Pour. It sure is easy, but the ingredients are scary! I guess that is why we make our own, right? The blue sky is transparent with confetti for snow. I put red fairy dust and mad micas 'into the mystic' glitter on top. The little tree is glow-in-the dark and works very well. I would like a larger tree so I’ll start looking for one. Any suggestions?

 

[ntt817]

I started my Christmas soap frenzy. This is the first time I used Melt & Pour. It sure is easy, but the ingredients are scary! I guess that is why we make our own, right? The blue sky is transparent with confetti for snow. I put red fairy dust and mad micas 'into the mystic' glitter on top. The little tree is glow-in-the dark and works very well. I would like a larger tree so I’ll start looking for one. Any suggestions?

Oh my goodness! These are very pretty!

 

[dotgiorgio]

Thank you very much!

 

[TashaBird]

First time using my first custom made plate. The maker hadn’t used it either, so I had no idea if it’d look like a snowflake, which is what I’m going for.
patiencegot the better of me and I unmolded and cut too soon. Making myself stop before I totally smoosh the sides. So far pretty cool though!
Hoping they get a bit more snowflakey. Or we might try and do the design in negative space.

 

[GemstonePony]

Yesterday- I bought soapy things, like ROE, soap boxes so I can label my older soaps, some fragrances I've had my eye on for a few months now. Also NaOH, some babassu oil to play with, and some soap dishes. Also tested one of my more recent soaps, and I'm absolutely thrilled with how it's coming. It has Snowflake Sparkle Mica from nurture soaps, and I put in as much as I dared to see what would happen, but it's not abrasive. It's gritty like chalk, so if I make a gardener soap there's a decent possibility it'll be mostly made of large glitter.

 

[Arimara]

My lye arrived and I am debating on masterbatching it or not. The static on that container is unreal.

 

[TashaBird]

Yesterday- I bought soapy things, like ROE, soap boxes so I can label my older soaps, some fragrances I've had my eye on for a few months now. Also NaOH, some babassu oil to play with, and some soap dishes. Also tested one of my more recent soaps, and I'm absolutely thrilled with how it's coming. It has Snowflake Sparkle Mica from nurture soaps, and I put in as much as I dared to see what would happen, but it's not abrasive. It's gritty like chalk, so if I make a gardener soap there's a decent possibility it'll be mostly made of large glitter.

I’ve been wondering if I use the glitter soap if I’d have glitter on me after the shower. I’ve got some curing, but haven’t used them yet. How was that for you? Any un wanted residual sparkles?

 

[GemstonePony]

I’ve been wondering if I use the glitter soap if I’d have glitter on me after the shower. I’ve got some curing, but haven’t used them yet. How was that for you? Any un wanted residual sparkles?

None whatsoever for that particular one. It seems to rinse off very well with my soap.

 

[Misschief]

I’ve been wondering if I use the glitter soap if I’d have glitter on me after the shower. I’ve got some curing, but haven’t used them yet. How was that for you? Any un wanted residual sparkles?

I use glitter on a lot of my soaps. I've never noticed any glittery bits after using them. There's always that "danger", though. When I'm told I have glitter on my face, I just tell people it's my sparkly personality shining through.

 

[AliOop]

Made and unmolded 100% CO, 0%SF soap to use as laundry stain sticks and laundry soap (after grating). One of my molds make long skinny bars that are the perfect shape and size for stain sticks. These are also great for oven cleaning! I am looking for a container that would allow me to use one of the stain stick bars with the dish brush at the kitchen sink, as well.

On a side note, it was amazing how fast it was to make an uncolored, scent-free, single oil soap with MB lye solution. And there was no stress when I got a phone call right after pouring the lye into the oil. With AirPods on, I hand-stirred till the call was done. The whole process from pulling out ingredients to putting away equipment was maybe 30 minutes.

 

[GemstonePony]

I use glitter on a lot of my soaps. I've never noticed any glittery bits after using them. There's always that "danger", though. When I'm told I have glitter on my face, I just tell people it's my sparkly personality shining through.

Don't know about you, but if I have glitter on me, it's probably from rearranging my Micas. The soap is innocent! Innocent, I tell you!
That being said, anyone looking to take a bar home will be fully informed that the glitter rinses off with the soap, but the soap does have to be rinsed off for that to happen.

 

[LilianNoir]

Catching up on soap threads today!

Used my KitchenAid meat grinder attachment to shred some scraps and bars.

I never thought of that.
I have a veggie slicer/chopper attachment that I, sadly, never use (it's faster to just use a knife than to set it up and clean the attachment).... but for shredding soap... hmmm! Thanks for that idea.

I’ve been wondering if I could use the squeeze bottles without the liner and clean them.

I recently discovered the liner "hack" for squeeze bottles, but the neck of my squeeze bottles seems kind of narrow. How do you guys get the liner in the bottle? Mine just kinda bunches up.

I poured my Christmas one today and the peacock swirl yesterday. Stoked that I got the ‘S’ swirl down. I used the peony FO from WSP for the peacock swirl and it was soooooo light! I can barely smell it. I don’t think it’ll made it through the cure sadly. I can’t believe it has such great reviews on WSP. Smells great oob though. Just FYI if anyone was thinking of buying it. I used Frosted juniper from candle science for the Christmas soap and it smells so good! Fingers crossed that my clay will anchor the smell for that one. Can’t wait to give these out!

Those are BEAUTIFUL.

I'm supposed to be working right now(lunch break! shhhh ) but am hoping to finally, FINALLY! make the batch of marble soap I was supposed to do last week. Stupid body.

 

[AliOop]

I never thought of that.
I have a veggie slicer/chopper attachment that I, sadly, never use (it's faster to just use a knife than to set it up and clean the attachment).... but for shredding soap... hmmm! Thanks for that idea.

I'm supposed to be working right now(lunch break! shhhh ) but am hoping to finally, FINALLY! make the batch of marble soap I was supposed to do last week. Stupid body.

Well, the shape was more like extrusions than shreds. It worked well for melting down to rebatch, and also would be perfect for cutting into soap "sprinkles" if that's your thing. I've also used the shredding blade on my food processor, but I agree, the cleanup on that is a pain, because you have to clean not only the blade, but the bowl, the top pieces, etc. Cleaning the meat grinder attachment only required taking it apart and soaking all parts in bowl of water till all the soap was softened enough to wash away.

Good thing you waited on the marble soap. Because it will be made in Sept and not August, you can enter it in the September SMF Challenge!

 

[LilianNoir]

Good thing you waited on the marble soap. Because it will be made in Sept and not August, you can enter it in the September SMF Challenge!

Yessssss! I realized that right after I posted. It won't win, but I can try! XD

 

[MarinaB]

Sunny soap