LJA
Well-Known Member
I swear I have a brain. Sometimes, it even WORKS! Clearly, not this particular time. :wink:
Okay so, inspired by our lovely Surf Girl, I tried out some new things. Cocoa line, yellow dock powder etc. Needless to say again, I jacked it up.
Lessons learned:
1.) I need a whiter base recipe. My top layer is the color of expired sour cream. I could use TD, but...ehhh...I really just would like a nice white (non animal fats) base. Any takers?
2.) The line of cocoa KINDA worked, but I ended up with sprinkled cocoa down the sides of the soap that seeped along the sides of the mold. Do ya'll trim your sides when you do lines? It's not very neat. I have to rethink this one. I used one of those tiny butter dishes with pantyhose over the top to sprinkle it. Maybe a skinnier shaker?
3.) Because "Brain Fart" should be my given name, I made a 4 pound batch of soap and measured out 4 tsp. of yellow dock powder to color it with. Sounds good, right?
Ummmm no.
I SPLIT the batch to make separate LAYERS and only put the YDP in HALF of the batch but used the whole 4 tsp. in that half. DUH. Twice the amount I should've used. So realizing this, right after I dumped it in there, I panicked and thought "Titanium dioxide!" ...thinking maybe it'll lighten it up back to pink instead of the dark color that was swirling around my stick blender.
4.) I didn't mix the TD with anything before I dumped it in. So now I have white powdery dots all through the soap. Ugh.
5.) Oh, the TD lightened it up alright. If you like knockwurst as a color. :shock: :shock: :shock:
So here it is. Mock me. G'head. :wink:
I'm trying this puppy again. I didn't get the speckles in the yellow dock half either, Surf Girl. Why is that? Did you stick blend yours in? Did you use powder or chop up actual root?
Okay so, inspired by our lovely Surf Girl, I tried out some new things. Cocoa line, yellow dock powder etc. Needless to say again, I jacked it up.
Lessons learned:
1.) I need a whiter base recipe. My top layer is the color of expired sour cream. I could use TD, but...ehhh...I really just would like a nice white (non animal fats) base. Any takers?
2.) The line of cocoa KINDA worked, but I ended up with sprinkled cocoa down the sides of the soap that seeped along the sides of the mold. Do ya'll trim your sides when you do lines? It's not very neat. I have to rethink this one. I used one of those tiny butter dishes with pantyhose over the top to sprinkle it. Maybe a skinnier shaker?
3.) Because "Brain Fart" should be my given name, I made a 4 pound batch of soap and measured out 4 tsp. of yellow dock powder to color it with. Sounds good, right?
Ummmm no.
I SPLIT the batch to make separate LAYERS and only put the YDP in HALF of the batch but used the whole 4 tsp. in that half. DUH. Twice the amount I should've used. So realizing this, right after I dumped it in there, I panicked and thought "Titanium dioxide!" ...thinking maybe it'll lighten it up back to pink instead of the dark color that was swirling around my stick blender.
4.) I didn't mix the TD with anything before I dumped it in. So now I have white powdery dots all through the soap. Ugh.
5.) Oh, the TD lightened it up alright. If you like knockwurst as a color. :shock: :shock: :shock:
So here it is. Mock me. G'head. :wink:
I'm trying this puppy again. I didn't get the speckles in the yellow dock half either, Surf Girl. Why is that? Did you stick blend yours in? Did you use powder or chop up actual root?
