Ferguson K
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Um. I need to borrow your soap making skills.
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samssimonsays
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Agreed!
babsbag
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Thanks everyone for the compliments but you can all do this too. I have basically one recipe that I use all of the time. The thing with using colors is to know how fast your recipe will go to trace because with colors you have to work fast. Fragrances can make it trace faster too so sometimes I have to just barely mix the soap, add the color, mix, and THEN add the fragrance. I have some soaps the have layers and different fragrances in the layers. Good soap supply companies will tell you if a fragrance will accelerate trace so I always read the notes. Also, make your own notes; if you use one that doesn't work, write it down so you don't do it again or so you can do it differently. Have the colors and fragrances ready to mix in before you start mixing the oils and lye.
My latest project to conquer is this. You make a super thin layer of soap with all the colored swirls in it and then after 24 hours you line the inside of the cylinder with the thin sheet of soap and then pour a solid colored batch in the middle. I can't get my soap thin enough to line the cylinder without breaking so I took the pieces and lined my loaf mold. This is what I made.
THIS is what I want to make. I am in love with her soap designs.
My latest project to conquer is this. You make a super thin layer of soap with all the colored swirls in it and then after 24 hours you line the inside of the cylinder with the thin sheet of soap and then pour a solid colored batch in the middle. I can't get my soap thin enough to line the cylinder without breaking so I took the pieces and lined my loaf mold. This is what I made.
THIS is what I want to make. I am in love with her soap designs.
samssimonsays
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Thanks everyone for the compliments but you can all do this too. I have basically one recipe that I use all of the time. The thing with using colors is to know how fast your recipe will go to trace because with colors you have to work fast. Fragrances can make it trace faster too so sometimes I have to just barely mix the soap, add the color, mix, and THEN add the fragrance. I have some soaps the have layers and different fragrances in the layers. Good soap supply companies will tell you if a fragrance will accelerate trace so I always read the notes. Also, make your own notes; if you use one that doesn't work, write it down so you don't do it again or so you can do it differently. Have the colors and fragrances ready to mix in before you start mixing the oils and lye.
My latest project to conquer is this. You make a super thin layer of soap with all the colored swirls in it and then after 24 hours you line the inside of the cylinder with the thin sheet of soap and then pour a solid colored batch in the middle. I can't get my soap thin enough to line the cylinder without breaking so I took the pieces and lined my loaf mold. This is what I made.View attachment 18899
THIS is what I want to make. I am in love with her soap designs.
Ferguson K
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It looks edible
Hens and Roos
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Is there an emulsifying wax brand that works better then others when making hand lotion- figured those of you who make soap might have some suggestions!
babsbag
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I bought my last batch from Brambleberry. But I have also used the cheapest stuff I can find off of eBay and I haven't noticed a difference.
Hens and Roos
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thanks, this is good to know, we were looking on amazon and wasn't sure. Have you worked with optiphen or germaben II?
babsbag
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I didn't see this until now...
I use Germall Plus or Germaben II
Today I was going to make soap, haven't done any in almost a year. I wanted to make this pretty layerd Cranberry Fig with Patchouli oil so I had it already to go. The first step of just adding the lye solution to the oils made it trace is about 30 seconds, way too fast to add any color or fragrances. Good thing that I also needed to make unscented as well. Not sure what happened but even the experienced soapers have a day of "oh, oh...whoops". I used shea in my soap which I don't normally do and the lye solution was fairly cool so perhaps it made the shea solid again when I combined them. Tomorrow is another day and I will go back to Olive oil, palm, and coconut oil only.
I use Germall Plus or Germaben II
Today I was going to make soap, haven't done any in almost a year. I wanted to make this pretty layerd Cranberry Fig with Patchouli oil so I had it already to go. The first step of just adding the lye solution to the oils made it trace is about 30 seconds, way too fast to add any color or fragrances. Good thing that I also needed to make unscented as well. Not sure what happened but even the experienced soapers have a day of "oh, oh...whoops". I used shea in my soap which I don't normally do and the lye solution was fairly cool so perhaps it made the shea solid again when I combined them. Tomorrow is another day and I will go back to Olive oil, palm, and coconut oil only.
Hens and Roos
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no worries @babsbag, I kind of forgot that I had asked about this! Keep us posted as to how the soap turns out!
