hey I have like 8 batches of soap under my belt but i am still a little confused about the temperature of the oils and lye when you mix them. i am impatient and dont like to wait till the oils cool down and heating them up to melt the solids.
i mix the oils when they are hot (140 degrees...
hey guys, i said i would post pics so here they are, my chamomile and linden leave herb soap with holly berry cybillia fragrance from Brambleberry. i love holly berry's earthy herbal fragrance, it goes really well with the herbs.
Also a picture of me in the snowstorm (on the right)
And my...
if you made the soap only yesterday is it possible that the bottom layer hasnt had time to fully cool/set? being that it is on the bottom and more insulated , just a thought
Do any of you have experience putting crushed or blended herbs in your soap?
My grandmother collects chamomile and linden tree leaves for tea and I cant help but think about how good they smell and how nice they might be in soap.
Is there usually discoloration and spoilage when you put...
looks great!
I recommend that you might use photoshop to make the colors a little more vibrant but otherwise your soap looks great and I really like how they are stacked
chemists exclusively use glassware for their reactions and they get extremely high temperature for prolonged periods of time. they also use chemicals like NaOH all the time.
Perhaps chemistry grade glassware would be ideal for mixing lye?
i made my own wooden molds and i dont even need tape. first off its exactly 13 inches wide (a 4lb mold) which the exact size of the width of the parchment paper which makes it super convienent. secondly, the sides screw on and off with wingnuts so you can just stick a piece of small paper on...