Since I picked up a watermelon fragrance oil and used it in shaving soap, my 11 year old has been asking me to make bath soap with it.
My standard bath soap is lard, olive oil and coconut in decreasing order of weight. I also add some glycerin for moisture and a bit of sodium lactate.
I was feeling creative, so I decided to try to get fancy. My plan was to have two green colors that I would pour in the bottom for the "rind." Then I would have red, pink and white swirled together for the "flesh," and layer it on top.
Things started off well:
Unfortunately, at this point I realized I'd been so fixated on the colors that I forgot to add the scent! I left the rind alone and added it to the flesh. Soap saved, but cute marbling lost.
Also, my greens weren't really set enough before I poured them, so I ended up not getting the bottom layer quite like I wanted.
Once it came out of the mold, I was very happy with how the "rind" had come out.
The cut soap looks pretty good, too. Next time will be even better!
This was also my first time trying a fairly large water discount. My last batch of this soap, with full water, stuck in the mold pretty badly and was quite sticky once I did get it out. This time I went with 40% lye concentration and it worked great.
My standard bath soap is lard, olive oil and coconut in decreasing order of weight. I also add some glycerin for moisture and a bit of sodium lactate.
I was feeling creative, so I decided to try to get fancy. My plan was to have two green colors that I would pour in the bottom for the "rind." Then I would have red, pink and white swirled together for the "flesh," and layer it on top.
Things started off well:
Unfortunately, at this point I realized I'd been so fixated on the colors that I forgot to add the scent! I left the rind alone and added it to the flesh. Soap saved, but cute marbling lost.
Also, my greens weren't really set enough before I poured them, so I ended up not getting the bottom layer quite like I wanted.
Once it came out of the mold, I was very happy with how the "rind" had come out.
The cut soap looks pretty good, too. Next time will be even better!
This was also my first time trying a fairly large water discount. My last batch of this soap, with full water, stuck in the mold pretty badly and was quite sticky once I did get it out. This time I went with 40% lye concentration and it worked great.
