Recent content by thefarmerdaughter

The white portion is uncolored goat milk soap. :)

Bendel Bean dupe, I really love it. Colored with yellow oxide and cocoa powder. Has a late summer/early fall look to me. Done subconsciously, wasn't my intention, lol.

I've seen it. My initial thought was, I hope the average person watching doesn't think this is how ALL handmade soap is made! Upon further reflection, It seems she's been making soap this way for a very long time. She sounds knowledgeable enough, and is only advocating it for personal use. So I...

I didn't take any steps to prevent it. Just left it sitting out @ room temp.

I caught my soap going through gel. I'm sharing this pic for the curious, since gel vs non gel is discussed often on here. This soap is 100% coconut, unscented uncolored laundry bars. my soaping temp was around 120. The pic was taken about 10 after the pour.

I love, love salt bars. If your worried you wont like the scrubbiness use a fine grain. Like table salt. You don't have to use the full amt. I think I used salt at 50% of total weight of oil. http://thesoapbar.blogspot.com/2008/07/salt-soap-tutorial-by-ladybug-soapworks.html

Narrow it down to three! aye aye ye! My acne bar, a bastille, a salt bar. btw collectivepix.com. beautiful site!

Awesome!

Super adorable!

I ran it through soap calc, and it gives your recipe a 29 for hardness. Which is within range. the lye and liquid amounts are ok. Could you o into more detail about this. It had over heated and separated so I had to rebatch it almost immediately

Very nice!

Beautiful, colorful yet "earthy"

your lather looks great! does it last long enough for your liking?

What were your other oils? Could you post your recipe?

Thank you! I had intended a zebra swirl. I personally like to do those at a very thin trace. I realize my trace was just a bit too thick for that, at a medium. But I went ahead a poured in that style any way. Down the length of the mold in alternating colors, at a height of 8-10 inches above...