Hi everyone,
I have a question about this soap I made. The color is very dark and I want to know if this is normal for a honey oatmeal soap. When I poured it into the mold it looked basically the same color as the pic of the Lavender I show here. Any ideas why it turned out so dark? Could putting it in an oven at 170 for 2 hours have done that? When i checked the temps it would get to 160 then down to 140 during the cycle on/off I have an electric oven. I am afraid to do any others this way until I know if it is normal for honey/oatmeal to be this dark ....don't want my others to be dark like that. LOL
recipe used is :
Soybean oil 16 oz
Olive Oil 8 oz
Lard 8 oz
Castor Oil 2 oz
Water 13 oz
Lye 4.3 oz
Val
[img=http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9565/honeyoatmeal.th.jpg]
[img=http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8056/lavendermold.th.jpg]
I have a question about this soap I made. The color is very dark and I want to know if this is normal for a honey oatmeal soap. When I poured it into the mold it looked basically the same color as the pic of the Lavender I show here. Any ideas why it turned out so dark? Could putting it in an oven at 170 for 2 hours have done that? When i checked the temps it would get to 160 then down to 140 during the cycle on/off I have an electric oven. I am afraid to do any others this way until I know if it is normal for honey/oatmeal to be this dark ....don't want my others to be dark like that. LOL
recipe used is :
Soybean oil 16 oz
Olive Oil 8 oz
Lard 8 oz
Castor Oil 2 oz
Water 13 oz
Lye 4.3 oz
Val
[img=http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9565/honeyoatmeal.th.jpg]
[img=http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8056/lavendermold.th.jpg]