Soap Makers Help!

[Morgaine]

I GOT MY MOLDS!!!!!!!!

I'll post pictures later of the molds, I'll be soaping them both tonight. AJP and Lemon Verbena.

To infuse the oils, I put the herbs in my crock pot and cover with olive oil. Cook on low for 4 hours. I then let them keep infusing in jars. I use the infused oil at 10-25% of my oils. For lighter colors like the comfrey I used 25% and for the Witches brew one (yellow dock) I used 12 %.

The dragon's blood should give me a mauve color. I also have some sandalwood chips going.

 

[dun chick]

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SO glad for you! I can't wait to see your pics. Tonight made a beautiful lemon cream soap made with bw lemon tart. It smells like a lemon pie is cooking in my kitchen, just wonderful. The fo turned it a beautiful lemon color. I was all set with my calendula powder but never needed it.

 

[cheeptrick]

Lookin' forward to mold pics!!

DUN Chick...your description made me crave lemon pie and NOW I'm up at 11pm raiding my pantry to make lemon meringue pie!! I actually have all the ingredients!!

 

[dun chick]

Go for it!

 

[Morgaine]

Dun chick, i can't wait to see pictures, that sounds so yummy! Is it a tart lemon scent or sweet?

Whew! I finally have some time to sit and relax! I got so much to say not sure where to begin.

market report: was a slow day, hot and humid. I did $76, not horrible, but of course I would have liked to done better. I pretty much sold only soap today and 3 roll on perfumes, no lotions or herbal body sprays.

Mold report: OMG, I am seriously in love with these molds. they did not stick at all and my sides are as smooth as glass! I'll have to post pictures tomorrow, I forgot to take some after the I poured the soap, so when I soap again tonight I snap some then. there was no leakage at all, but i did pour at a medium/thick trace. The only down side is I totally miscalcualted how much oils to use and it was filled all the way to the top! I have about of cup of soap that didn't get added that I was going to swirl with but just didn't have the room. I'll cut back for my next batch. But let me tell you, if anyone is looking for a new mold, check them out. Logan bear candal molds. Oh, I only soaped the AJP, ran out of time last night.

Truck update: The truck is back and running fine, except I must have ran over a nail and now I need to get my tire fixed. But hubby and I went gambling in La before we went to get the truck and we won $2980.00!!!! Dh got a $2400 jackpot on one of the slot machines. And we lucked out and it was only $380 to get the truck fixed so we can out way ahead. how cool is that!

I now have a soap shop of my very own! one of our neighboors has these portable buildings and long story short, sold two of them to us for just a little bit over cost. I now have a 10x14 that's going to get a little work done to it and then when we move it will be my soap shop. It has a door big enough to get drums though and a window that I can put a window unit ac in. It's already set for electricity we jsut have to put the light and power outlet in and insulate it. the other will be for Dh, it's a 10x10 with no window.

 

[dun chick]

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How lucky you and your dh are! So glad to hear of your windfall. The bw lemon tart is tart and sweet at the same time, exactly like a lemon pie would be. I forgot to insulate my mold and got a partial gel. It was late and I was really loving the lemon ice color I had, but the soap smells awesome and already the color is coming together so I think it will be okay. I'm relatively new at this but every batch I do I am learning. I really love all the scents I have gotten from bw so I highly reccomend. I plan on ordering more this weekend. I will post pics, gotta find that camera! I was thinking I need a little workshop if just to hold all my soaps.
That mold sounds great I need to order another mold because I'm just able to do a batch every couple of days.

 

[Morgaine]

I can't remember off the top of my head, who is Bw?

If you got a partial gel it should fade some over time so that it is a more uniform color.

I'm relatively new at this but every batch I do I am learning.

That's great, it so much fun huh!

You might want to check out the silicone molds on wholesale supplies plus.​

 

[dun chick]

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That's great, it so much fun huh!

You might want to check out the silicone molds on wholesale supplies plus.

www.backwoodsfragrancesupply.com
This is so much fun! As soon as I get one in the mold I'm thinking which one I'm gonna do next!

 

[aussieheelr]

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am i missing something? I don't see the water in the recipe? How much water do you use?

 

[dun chick]

Your gm takes the place of your water.