Couldn't wait. I'm sitting here thinking, why not just make a mini batch of 100% olive oil?
So I did. But being me, I had to mess around with it and added honey and oatmeal, with no ill effects. Seemed to trace ok, took 25 minutes and never got super thick (is castile soap supposed to?) and I think that's because I added the honey to the lye water but didn't take away an equal amount of water? My new SB was getting so hot lol.
I took a pic on my cell but I'm beat, I'll try to get it uploaded tomorrow. It doesn't look like anything special, just a pretty pale yellow/light tan color but I'm happy. Hopefully in a few days I'll be able to cut it into bars! I used the bottom couple of inches of a cereal box, lined it with freezer paper, added the soap, then placed the top half of a slightly bigger cereal box over it, closed the lid and taped it all up. This seems to have kept the sides from bowing out. Double happy.
So I did. But being me, I had to mess around with it and added honey and oatmeal, with no ill effects. Seemed to trace ok, took 25 minutes and never got super thick (is castile soap supposed to?) and I think that's because I added the honey to the lye water but didn't take away an equal amount of water? My new SB was getting so hot lol.
I took a pic on my cell but I'm beat, I'll try to get it uploaded tomorrow. It doesn't look like anything special, just a pretty pale yellow/light tan color but I'm happy. Hopefully in a few days I'll be able to cut it into bars! I used the bottom couple of inches of a cereal box, lined it with freezer paper, added the soap, then placed the top half of a slightly bigger cereal box over it, closed the lid and taped it all up. This seems to have kept the sides from bowing out. Double happy.