Soap Makers Help!

[chiknwhisperer]

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Thanks

I do like it, like you said it is a very soft color. It goes very well with the scent.

I'm still

over your almond joy soap.

And chiknwhisperer I just love the layered soap you did. I'm going to try layering with the coconut lime verbena. I just hope that it turns out as well as your did.

All y'all here inspire me!

Blushing...... thank you.

 

[Backyard Buddies]

I made another batch today - Yuzu Japanese Grapefruit. Smells YUMMY! If all goes as planned, I'll do the Vanilla on Friday. I'm on a roll!

Thanks for the compliments, Morgaine! It's so fun to see what everyone is doing.

chiknwhisperer - How DO you do your layers? They look so cool! I haven't attempted that yet (gotta perfect the whole color thing first, ya know!) but hope to do one of these days.

 

[ninjapoodles]

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Great idea! I think in that case, I'd skip the cream or use a minimal amount of it so that I don't darken the white portion of the soap. Hey, I even have a vanilla bean hanging around here. I could even use the teeniest amount of it to make it REALLY vanilla bean.

Ah, go on and use your cream in the larger portion...it's gonna turn DARK brown anyway!

 

[Backyard Buddies]

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Great idea! I think in that case, I'd skip the cream or use a minimal amount of it so that I don't darken the white portion of the soap. Hey, I even have a vanilla bean hanging around here. I could even use the teeniest amount of it to make it REALLY vanilla bean.

Ah, go on and use your cream in the larger portion...it's gonna turn DARK brown anyway!

'cept that the plan was to mix it all up, pull out the portion to remain white, add the fragrance to the part that's still in the pot, then do the whole swirl thing. I have usually added the cream/milk to the lye mixture in the beginning which means it'd be in the portion that I want to stay white. No matter how much I've frozen it and how slow I've gone, I've never gotten it to stay white when milk was added. I've gotten *better* but I'm still not there yet. Any ideas?

 

[chiknwhisperer]

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I made one soap first and let that sit for an hour and half or so. Then I made a different kind and poured that over the first one very carefully since this was my first attempt. That second recipe was rose water that didn't turn the color I wanted but it worked out anyway. Both layers are two different scents as well. Smells so good I could eat it lol. I used one of the bars today. It works great and my hands feel so soft. That one is a keeper I think.

 

[Backyard Buddies]

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OK, that's the thing I wondered - the hour and a half. OK, that's doable. I've got to try it one of these days when I've gotten the whole color thing down. I've seen some cool ideas, like where you do the first layer on an angle, then lower it and add the second layer. So, rather than having a half & half color going, you have cross colors going. Hard to explain - think angles.

 

[chiknwhisperer]

I've seen that to. I want to try it but I will do that after I get layering evenly down pat. It does look really cool doesn't? That would look great having it at angls.

 

[Backyard Buddies]

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It would, especially if the colors used were fun. Of course, you end the last layer flat so that the soap itself isn't angled.

 

[chiknwhisperer]

I got sad news today. My neighbour and friend that I got to church with is moving to South Dakota. I've known her for 2 1/2 years and she is the only woman around here that I can relate to. I don't get out much and she was the only one I could talk to about all kinds of things. I was thinking about making her a going away gift of one bar of each kind of soap I have.
What do you think?

 

[Backyard Buddies]

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I'm sorry, Chiknwhisperer!

I think that your soap would be a lovely going away gift.