I didn't "add" the food to the soap so to speak, I used it as the water portion of the soap. Pumpkin and blueberries both add wonderful properties to the lather because of the sugars. I didn't cook the blueberries though I just pureed them. Blueberries will make your soap turn brown though...
Yes lots of people love straight Lavender which is not at all creative for us making the soap, although I must admit sometimes I love making those plain batches that take no thinking. lol
I love making my own pumpkin puree, I just use the stick blender to mash it all up after it's cooked as it's going in the soap anyway :) And I have also used cucumber and blueberries too. It's so much fun to experiment with food. If the food you are using has a high sugar content just make...
The outside of the soap may not have gelled but the inside certainly has... I have had this happen to me too. The colour will darken slightly as it cures but you will still be left with the different shades. :)
Yep any lotion that contains water will need a preservative... there are natural ones out that there that are good.
I don't put my lotions into jars as I don't like to keep sticking my fingers in it as I know that adds bacteria into the lotion whether it is preserved or not so I use tubes or...
This is one of the reasons I stopped using coconut oil and shea butter in lip balms. I would rather they bit a little harder with just the beeswax and oil than feel like I have been eating toast after putting on lip balm.... it's what it feels like to me when a lip balm goes grainy. :wink:
Thank you Hazel, I am hoping someone may have an answer as I had asked my supplier before but they had no idea you even made soap from oils. :shock: Not sure what they thought I did with all the oil I bought. lol
Hubby made me a bunch too and I even have a couple of stainless steel ones I use in the oven but none of them come apart and I have never had an issue as all you have to do is line the mold and the soap slides out easy. :)
Glad everything turned out ok!
I bought some washing up gloves from a discount store, they have fancy ends which means they go up your arm a little further as you always get a splash of raw soap where ever the glove isn't and haven't had an issue since.
I'm proud to say I am actually prepared and have actually started on Christmas for this year... just waiting on my latest order of supplies to arrive and I should actually be all done by the end of October... this is so unlike me! :D
When soap gels it looks kind of see through instead of being opaque... if its in the oven it will definitely gel though as the heat helps accelerate the process.