Solanacae
Crowing
Remember you need to insulate the soap after getting it to trace and poured in the mold. When my mom made her first forays into soaping, my dad made her a simple wooden mold, which you line with freezer paper. It is perfect to keep things from cooling too fast. I’ll have to get a picture of it. We’ve gotten a few fun molds since then, and have started using Sodium Lactate (it helps to speed the process up and makes for a harder, longer lasting bar with better lathering). When we make a big batch to mill, it doesn’t matter if it turns out pretty, so we just pour it in a big gallon-ish size Rubbermaid container. The fancy molds and Rubbermaid containers we have to insulate with towels, which isn’t that big a deal, but it’s nice to use the wood mold because you don’t have to worry about insulating.