Has anyone heard from @Peachy Clean Soap? Last few times she posted she hinted at not feeling g well.
Confession: I don’t feel motivated to make soap lately.
Confession: I don’t feel motivated to make soap lately.
What soapy thing have you done today?
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Rattanjeet
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Unfortunately, I feel the same
I was just thinking about her yesterday - I hope it's just the summer keeping her away...
Was planning lots of fun soap and bath bomb combinations for the holidaze. Finally figuring out my bb recipe and technique. Now citric acid prices have TRIPLED! 
Latest loaf came out crumbly. Pic is a semi-non crumbly piece. I used citric acid 1% total batch due to hard water so don’t know if it was the rose clay or CA that made crumbly. Probably the clay. I was attempting to go dark rose to dark brown. The scent was chocolate with oats & honey. HOWEVER, I mixed FO & then changed scent @ last minute. I don’t smell the chocolate so my dark brown layers may not actually darken. Smells, today anyway, like “fake
”. The brown dots are my dumb attempt & incorporating cocoa. I mixed with a skosh of glycerin & that was a mistake. Oh well, just means I get to try & try again.
”. The brown dots are my dumb attempt & incorporating cocoa. I mixed with a skosh of glycerin & that was a mistake. Oh well, just means I get to try & try again. 
Same!
I like the brown dots - it gives it a bit of interest.Latest loaf came out crumbly. Pic is a semi-non crumbly piece. I used citric acid 1% total batch due to hard water so don’t know if it was the rose clay or CA that made crumbly. Probably the clay. I was attempting to go dark rose to dark brown. The scent was chocolate with oats & honey. HOWEVER, I mixed FO & then changed scent @ last minute. I don’t smell the chocolate so my dark brown layers may not actually darken. Smells, today anyway, like “fake
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rdc1978
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My mom got me a second hand lazy Susan and I had a first attempt (and fail!) at a spin swirl. It's mint and raw sugar by crafters choice.
I had read that kaolin clay mixed into the fragrance oil overnight can help the scent to stick. Has that worked for anyone? I almost feel like it may have accelerated the batter, but that's crazy right?
I had read that kaolin clay mixed into the fragrance oil overnight can help the scent to stick. Has that worked for anyone? I almost feel like it may have accelerated the batter, but that's crazy right?
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It needs something for sure. 
. I don’t really mind the mild ombré which may improve but I do wish it smelled a bit better. In fact I REALLY dislike smell. Another confetti future 
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That doesn’t look like a fail to me.
Agreed! @rdc1978 those look great.That doesn’t look like a fail to me.
Evidently you chose not to post a photo of the 'fail.' I'm lookin' at some pretty awesome swirl action! Nice job,
Your soaps are breathtaking! Sooo pretty!
I’d love more details about how to use CA to clean my oven glass. Let’s just say I bake a LOT of bacon!Sorry, technobabble. FFA = free fatty acids, i. e. the constituents that were bonded to glycerol in oils/fats. When in alkaline solution, they are the carriers of the cleansing action of soap (with sodium/potassium), or precipiptate as soap scum (with calcium/magnesium). With acids, they precipitate out and float on top of the water phase.
FFA is a common abbreviation in the oleochemistry world (judging quality/age/rancidity of oils), but not so much in the hobbyist soapmaking community (NOT YET!!!).
I've taken another pic with the focus not on the point pattern (why is it there at all? To keep fruit flies from mistaking it for a cave and smashing their heads against the glass?), but the inside. I myself was unsure for a moment if the door indeed was shut:
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The miraculous world of fast lens speed.
rdc1978
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Aww, that's so sweet. Thank you!!
rdc1978
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Aww, thank you. I appreciate it!
rdc1978
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That doesn’t look like a fail to me.
You guys! So sweet! Such kindness. Thank you!
ResolvableOwl
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I don't know if citric acid itself is useful for cleaning the oven. But if you throw it into LS or a solution of bar soap in some water, you get FFAs that can assist said cleaning in the way I described above. Then the ceran cleaner spatula did most of the mechanical work. Got it from a hardware store for a few bucks.
LittleSis
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The best thing you can do is learn about the oils and create your own recipe based on what you learn. Using someone else's recipe is a fine way to go, but its so much more rewarding when you come up with it on your own. Play with recipes using a soap calculator and watch the numbers. It's so much fun that way!
violets2217
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Trying something new! Got these in the mail this week. Kinda excited to try them out! Fingers crossed 
I’ve never made such a small batch that I can remember. I have an idea! But I didn’t want to buy melt & pour for the embeds because I’ve never used it before. So using my normal CP recipe…We will see how I do!
eta: I’m becoming a big fan of soaping very cool. As impatient as I am, I managed to soap at a low 80 degrees and everything stayed fluid and I think got in all the nooks and crannies. Hoping the colors stick! Nurture Soap recommend soaping at 76 degrees to keep the coral reef mica it’s beautiful orange color…
I’ve never made such a small batch that I can remember. I have an idea! But I didn’t want to buy melt & pour for the embeds because I’ve never used it before. So using my normal CP recipe…We will see how I do!
eta: I’m becoming a big fan of soaping very cool. As impatient as I am, I managed to soap at a low 80 degrees and everything stayed fluid and I think got in all the nooks and crannies. Hoping the colors stick! Nurture Soap recommend soaping at 76 degrees to keep the coral reef mica it’s beautiful orange color…
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