What soapy thing have you done today?

[KiwiMoose]

I made more shampoo bars, trying out new pourable recipe.
And a bar of my soap has rewarded me with a Godiva chocolate bar today. I work at a hotel and one of our regular guest that stay 5 nights out of the week for work always brings me some form of chocolate each time he checks in. He also each evening comes down for more hotel soap and towels. So yesterday when he checked in I gave him a bar of soap. Tonight he came for his towels and said that was the cleanest he’s ever been and he loved the smell and how soft it made his skin! He said I could make millions! Then he gave me more chocolate! Lol!
Yikes… as I finished typing this post he also came back to bring me his phone number… I’m not giving out soap any more!

Hmm - chocolates each time, coming down each night for more supplies... I think he already liked you and was making excuses to see you. Then when you gave him the soap he thought he was IN! lol

 

[violets2217]

Then when you gave him the soap he thought he was IN! lol

I've learned my lesson...

 

[AliOop]

Sorry, I should not have laughed... that can be very scary as a female working at night. Glad you are being careful!!

 

[violets2217]

Sorry, I should not have laughed... that can be very scary as a female working at night. Glad you are being careful!!

Oh I laughed! And I should have expected it...He lured me in to being friendly with chocolate! He is a very nice gentleman, otherwise I would not have shared my soap. But he has found an apartment so after this week I'll not need to hide from him.... but also... no more chocolate!

 

[TashaBird]

You almost got me to join this month...then I got distracted by DIYBATHANDBODY new pourable shampoo bar recipe (just an FYI, I just opened the recipe and it appears SCI is at a safe usage % now) ****50% off****!!! So maybe next month. I always love watching all their YouTube videos of their attempts!

I was looking at that recipe too! I can’t wait to hear how you like it! Is the recipe %50 off?

 

[violets2217]

I was looking at that recipe too! I can’t wait to hear how you like it! Is the recipe %50 off?

YEP! $5 I made it today before work.... It was definitely easier to make than the pressed recipe but I had trouble pouring smoothly into the molds before it hardened up, so its not as pretty. I substituted a surfactant with a blend (of original ingredient) I had on hand...so that may be why, but I don't know. I've ordered the surfactant the recipe called for so, I'll see how my first trial bar treats my hair then probably play around some more!!! And It is about .30 cents cheaper to make per bar if I remember correctly. And I thought of you when I made them! I use the frangipani FO from Nurture Soap

 

[Bubble Agent]

I made salt bars with my new leaf mold - scented with essential oils: Lemon, Rosemary, Eucalyptus, Cinnamon Leaf, Clove.

Nice! I have seen that mold on Etsy and put it in my wishlist, but it was great seing actual soap that had been made with it. Totally getting this one now

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Good Morning/ Day/ Evening wherever you are. Well I'm so happy I got a big soap order yesterday from my dear friend' the soap weight was 13 lbs' wow! I paid for half the shipping cost from USPS. Time to get busy on Holiday themed soap, I think I'll implement the Sept Soap Challenge W/ Holiday's in mind too. Make it a wonderfull Day everyone.

 

[msunnerstood]

All I wanted today was to make my labels for my Wizard of oz soaps. Sounds simple doesnt it? Yeah, no. I wanted shapes so I had to use the cricut, which was fine until it started cutting the words out even though I flattened the imagine. so off to youtube university to troubleshoot that, got that fixed then discovered my printer wouldnt load my glossy label paper. I had that printer almost totally taken apart when I happened upon a video that mentioned the "Manual Feeder" never knew it had one. Finally got a page to load and my print came out ballooned. couldnt even read the words. An hour later, I figured out I had to turn the allow bleed setting off.

All day making one sheet of labels. I swear if I were rich Id have had them made.

 

[linne1gi]

All I wanted today was to make my labels for my Wizard of oz soaps. Sounds simple doesnt it? Yeah, no. I wanted shapes so I had to use the cricut, which was fine until it started cutting the words out even though I flattened the imagine. so off to youtube university to troubleshoot that, got that fixed then discovered my printer wouldnt load my glossy label paper. I had that printer almost totally taken apart when I happened upon a video that mentioned the "Manual Feeder" never knew it had one. Finally got a page to load and my print came out ballooned. couldnt even read the words. An hour later, I figured out I had to turn the allow bleed setting off.

All day making one sheet of labels. I swear if I were rich Id have had them made.

Tomorrow will be better

 

[Vicki C]

All I wanted today was to make my labels for my Wizard of oz soaps. Sounds simple doesnt it? Yeah, no. I wanted shapes so I had to use the cricut, which was fine until it started cutting the words out even though I flattened the imagine. so off to youtube university to troubleshoot that, got that fixed then discovered my printer wouldnt load my glossy label paper. I had that printer almost totally taken apart when I happened upon a video that mentioned the "Manual Feeder" never knew it had one. Finally got a page to load and my print came out ballooned. couldnt even read the words. An hour later, I figured out I had to turn the allow bleed setting off.

All day making one sheet of labels. I swear if I were rich Id have had them made.

Everything in your story sounds so familiar, I feel like all my projects go this way. My sister and I always quote this poem to each other, which is not quite what you were dealing with I know, but hopefully will make you smile!
PERSEVERANCE_
Tony started bright and early, clearing up his room,
Soon he found he had to stop and make a little broom;
So then he went into the yard to get a little stick,
But the garden needed weeding, so he set about it, quick!
Then he found his wagon he intended to repair,
So he went into the cellar for the hammer that was there;
He'd just begun to build a box, when it was time for dinner;
And that's why Tony's father called his son a "_good beginner_."

 

[bookworm]

I just cut some soap, I made vanilla oudh; sandalwood; pomegranate kiss;berry tangerine; lime and French pear. All new fragrances and they were so well behaved.

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

I made more shampoo bars, trying out new pourable recipe.
And a bar of my soap has rewarded me with a Godiva chocolate bar today. I work at a hotel and one of our regular guest that stay 5 nights out of the week for work always brings me some form of chocolate each time he checks in. He also each evening comes down for more hotel soap and towels. So yesterday when he checked in I gave him a bar of soap. Tonight he came for his towels and said that was the cleanest he’s ever been and he loved the smell and how soft it made his skin! He said I could make millions! Then he gave me more chocolate! Lol!
Yikes… as I finished typing this post he also came back to bring me his phone number… I’m not giving out soap any more!

Thats so funny & cute story. I'd say he's " in to you" how can you ever look at him w/ a straight face again lol.

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

So yesterday made my 1st soap in over a month' felt like it was forever. I made a mixture of different mint scents & it smells wonderful, in the soap recipe used coconut milk, goats milk & honey then kicked up the heat' lol "what was i thinking? of course it over heated & cracked, the fisher doesn't look that deep fingers crossed it isn't. As I designed this soap I had in mind trying to replicate a picture that reminds me of an experience from days of yesteryears for our Sept Soap Challenge' looking forward to cutting it' to see how close I got, this will be fun. I may post a picture depending how it looks' the two colors morphed to baby poo' & throw up' praying it morphs back to original colors it was intended, I'm remaining hopeful. It smells great & will have nice bubbles so all is not lost. I'll keep ya'll posted,
Thx for reading my post... .
Update: this soap should win "ugly duckling award' but on a positive note as expected it lathers & smells wonderful. It's name is " Bubble Mint" i'm leaving it in big blocks, the oval shape was left over that didn't fit in mold. ok w/ out further ado here it is.
3rd & final update' show the bubbles...

 

[Catscankim]

Cut my line pour soaps...the lines are a little wonky (cause the mold slipped out of my hands). But I like them. I couldn't understand why the video did a gradient pour at the end...it might not have been her intention and completely planned that way, but for me it was because I was running out of white, which is. probably because I dropped the mold in the beginning. The scent is a 1/2 1/2 combo of Willow and Ivy from BB, and Champagne from NS. It smells so good!

I cut the one on the left regularly. Should be about 5oz after the cure. The rest of them I cut following @AliOop instructions. Right now they are about 4.25oz. Not sure if I followed the instructions properly. I also ended up with lots of soap scraps. It's not as easy to cut as the videos portray. But I like the way the smaller ones fit in my hand. It usually takes quite a few showers until I like the regular cut ones.

My kitchen is a disaster right now because I decided to do some houseplant duties. Its a forest in here LOL. I have a plant problem, which I didn't realize how many i had until I gathered them all into one room. Tried to crop most of it out.

 

[The_Emerald_Chicken]

I just cut some soap, I made vanilla oudh; sandalwood; pomegranate kiss;berry tangerine; lime and French pear. All new fragrances and they were so well behaved.

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This bar here makes me think of a roadrunner dashing along in front of a desert sunset

 

[Mobjack Bay]

I used my new mini slab mold for the first time today (5”x7”). Had the soap all planned out for the test run of OT Peche de Vigne, then forgot to add the FO. I was making the soap while entertaining my nephew and SIL... Not knowing how the FO behaves, I wanted to wait until the last possible moment. Oh well. I stuck with a linear drop swirl through the mold and then a swirled line pour on the top half. The soap in the slab is two bars thick (4 bars in each layer). No FO, so the soy wax base behaved extremely well. I’m actually a little bit worried about how thin it was when I poured. There are a lot of bubbles from pouring. I probably could have banged some of them out, but there was too much going on with people watching .

 

[The_Phoenix]

Everything in your story sounds so familiar, I feel like all my projects go this way. My sister and I always quote this poem to each other, which is not quite what you were dealing with I know, but hopefully will make you smile!
PERSEVERANCE_
Tony started bright and early, clearing up his room,
Soon he found he had to stop and make a little broom;
So then he went into the yard to get a little stick,
But the garden needed weeding, so he set about it, quick!
Then he found his wagon he intended to repair,
So he went into the cellar for the hammer that was there;
He'd just begun to build a box, when it was time for dinner;
And that's why Tony's father called his son a "_good beginner_."

This is exactly how I clean my house.

 

[Catscankim]

Me too lol

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Cut my line pour soaps...the lines are a little wonky (cause the mold slipped out of my hands). But I like them. I couldn't understand why the video did a gradient pour at the end...it might not have been her intention and completely planned that way, but for me it was because I was running out of white, which is. probably because I dropped the mold in the beginning. The scent is a 1/2 1/2 combo of Willow and Ivy from BB, and Champagne from NS. It smells so good!

I cut the one on the left regularly. Should be about 5oz after the cure. The rest of them I cut following @AliOop instructions. Right now they are about 4.25oz. Not sure if I followed the instructions properly. I also ended up with lots of soap scraps. It's not as easy to cut as the videos portray. But I like the way the smaller ones fit in my hand. It usually takes quite a few showers until I like the regular cut ones.

My kitchen is a disaster right now because I decided to do some houseplant duties. Its a forest in here LOL. I have a plant problem, which I didn't realize how many i had until I gathered them all into one room. Tried to crop most of it out.

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Love your soap & the scent sounds like it would smell fantastic.

I used my new mini slab mold for the first time today (5”x7”). Had the soap all planned out for the test run of OT Peche de Vigne, then forgot to add the FO. I was making the soap while entertaining my nephew and SIL... Not knowing how the FO behaves, I wanted to wait until the last possible moment. Oh well. I stuck with a linear drop swirl through the mold and then a swirled line pour on the top half. The soap in the slab is two bars thick (4 bars in each layer). No FO, so the soy wax base behaved extremely well. I’m actually a little bit worried about how thin it was when I poured. There are a lot of bubbles from pouring. I probably could have banged some of them out, but there was too much going on with people watching .

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Beautiful'