Recent content by AMyers

Not exactly sure where to put this, but since it's probably something people more experienced with goat milk would know, I'll put it in beginners. I have been using goat milk provided by a friend for my goat milk soaps. She freezes it immediately, so I get it frozen, chisel off what I need...

OK, so I've searched this forum, and even attempted Google, my I am search impaired. I'd like to make soaps for my daughter's swimming coaches, and wonder if there is something specific that would be useful for swimmers? A formula, or an EO that helps with chlorine damaged skin? Or if I just...

I made some basic M&P soaps for my daughter's class and here's what I learned (I'm by no means an expert!) 1. Your micas need to either be in a block which you can melt into your melted soap base, or, if you have powders, you need to make them into a solution using a few spritzes of rubbing...

I just mentioned this in another thread, but I recently bought a cheese cutter to slice my soap. It's so much nicer than the previous method I was using. And it was like $16-ish. I put a piece of painter's tape on the board, so my bars are pretty uniform when I line them up with the edge of...

I have received the old lady comments about my knitting, for sure! And don't get me started about what I hear when I mention that I spin my own yarn!! (Yes, I have stopped saying spinning, because they just get confused about the exercise thing) Around here, where I have often commented that I...

I recently purchased a wire "cheese cutter" that looks SO much better than my previous cutting implement (pastry scraper in a guide). My cheese cutter was about double the cost of that wire cutter. I say you should give it a try.

Rowan, cut pics are in the blog post linked in post #6 of this thread :) And I was just happy the soap "did what I told it to!" It was a fun experiment. But I am not sure I will be doing more landscape soaps, unless specifically requested by someone!

Yes, the soap in the pink mold is just what wouldn't fit into the big mold. So, it's the exact same, poured within seconds (maybe minutes) of each other. You can see how the soap came out in my blog post here. Hazel, the cut pics are there too! The ungelled is pretty much the same as in...

Snappy, you're not alone! I use frozen milk, because that's the method that works best for me. And has, since my second batch of soap! I measure my lye and get started with the frozen milk first. Then I measure out my other oils, get my colorants, molds, and fragrance ready, while slowly...

This soap heated up so fast! I thought I'd get a quick comparison of the soap as it's gelling along side the same soap (leftovers) poured into an individual mold, not gelling. Fun, hey? It's supposed to be a 5 lb mold, but the lid won't fit with 5 lb in the mold! Oops on that one, I'll...

lillybella, I got some plastic paint containers from the hardware store for portioning of soap for color. They work great! Also, my Chinese take-out restaurant gives us our soup in containers that are nearly identical!! They both have a 5 in the arrows. The dollar store as well as the thrift...

I saw a video recently where the soap maker made 2 batches, one where they added the infused oil, the other they added an equal amount of the same oil (with nothing infused). Seemed like a simple way to do it, as long as you know how much you'll need to add!

This would be great in the winter months, but around here, my CO melts at "room temp" during summer! We tend to keep the house around 78-80 F, because the cooling costs are so awful! If it were in a little foil or paper wrapper (like we get our butter), it would be quite the mess!! I'm happy...

So why is it so important to have pH 7 soap? In general, the higher pH soaps we make (properly) don't burn us, and often can be good for our skin, so what's the reasoning for this? Just to say they can?

I have made several (maybe 10) batches with goat milk. I typically freeze it, and mix the lye in over time. I generally add my lye in small amounts over about an hour, while I'm measuring out other oils, preparing molds, etc. I tried adding it faster one time, and ended up with a weird crust...