Zing Junior's first batch

[Zing]

Made with Zing Junior's own beeswax and honey. Ta Da!
Scent: orange and patchouli essential oils. The color is from red palm oil.

 

[AliOop]

Fantastic! My first batch looked NUH-THING like that

Of course, I didn't have the benefit of a topnotch soaper at my side. Maybe you should start giving classes, @Zing

 

[Zing]

Fantastic! My first batch looked NUH-THING like that

Of course, I didn't have the benefit of a topnotch soaper at my side. Maybe you should start giving classes, @Zing

Yeah, my first batches were, how to say, rustic.

 

[lsg]

Lovely soap!

 

[Mobjack Bay]

Fabulous

 

[dibbles]

Wow!!! He must be so excited. I'd be proud too @Zing! Well taught.

 

[Relle]

Lovely, looks very bee-y, he should bee very happy .

 

[nadsnads]

Wow I love the solid yellow and the whole bees theme!! Very nice.

 

[Zing]

Zing, Jr. is so pumped and can't wait to share his soap with his beekeeping coworkers. He said this is an exercise in delayed gratification waiting on the cure. LOL, he says he may join the forum and take the username Sting!

 

[Relle]

@Zing, is the colour natural or have you added colour to get that yellow ? Do you know if the wax colour has anything to do with the surrounding vegetation near the hive ?I have beeswax direct from the hive and it's an off white colour with a blue-ish tinge, I asked Dh to ask his friend is this the normal colour, still waiting on an answer from him.

Edited - answered my own question with Google.
It said it can be white to brownish in colour depending on the flowers they have been feeding on. That might explain the blue-is tinge, if his hives are around gum trees. It also said it depends on how filtered it is.

 

[dmcgee5034]

Super cool @Zing - three cheers for a bee-utiful soap. Kudos to you and Junior - bravo!

 

[Zing]

@Zing, is the colour natural or have you added colour to get that yellow ? Do you know if the wax colour has anything to do with the surrounding vegetation near the hive ?I have beeswax direct from the hive and it's an off white colour with a blue-ish tinge, I asked Dh to ask his friend is this the normal colour, still waiting on an answer from him.

Edited - answered my own question with Google.
It said it can be white to brownish in colour depending on the flowers they have been feeding on. That might explain the blue-is tinge, if his hives are around gum trees. It also said it depends on how filtered it is.

The beeswax is slightly off-white/yellowish but only 3%. The color of the soap is mainly due to using red palm oil. Not sure if you all had Dial soap down under but red palm oil soap always reminds me of old school Dial soap.

 

[Shelley D]

That looks lovely I know he's excited and you are are proud! Well done to you both!

 

[KDP]

Congrats "Sting"! Wonderful job!

 

[Christa10]

That's so great to pass your knowledge down to your son! Proud papa!

 

[Prysm]

Those look so good and they must smell fantastic.

 

[Marie_with_an_e]

Congratulations to Junior aka Sting!! Love those hexagonal ones.

 

[VikingChick]

Those look amazing! And what a perfect natural color for bee-themed soap. My husband loves orange & patchouli soap - it’s all he’ll use. Smells so good!

 

[Relle]

The beeswax is slightly off-white/yellowish but only 3%. The color of the soap is mainly due to using red palm oil. Not sure if you all had Dial soap down under but red palm oil soap always reminds me of old school Dial soap.

Thanks for the info, no dial soap here. I've used red palm before and got that yellow colour, it fades a bit.

 

[Bubz]

Beautiful color