Good point! Darn it I should have strained it...I will just toss this one. It's no big deal. I will just mix from now on in the thick pool containers....its thick plastic...
Glad it wasn't worse...omg I can not imagine a lye spill!
Maybe I will think up a safety gear thing if this very thing...
The soap has turned a icky green sage color....lol
Smells okayish...I can smell the orange EO I put in. I only paid 3 bucks for the EO...lol
I frequent a local wholesale grocery resale store....its where things go after they leave a grocery store
Ehhh it's my 4th batch.
Decided to see what happens if you use pomegranate juice instead of water?
I mixed things up last night.
Added the lye to the juice...I made a tiny booboo.....I used a Mason jar as my lye mixing jar....
It cracked shortly after...just a hairline crack....I put the...
I'm a newbie here.....
But would infusing say ginger in oil first....the ginger would need to be dried before infusing in ginger....but infusing dried ginger, or turmeric in the oil first? Would the smell survive the soapafication process.
Oils with dried herbs and such usually have to sit in...
Hi me again!
I am down the soap making hole...
I found a nice charity to gift my soap to.....I do want to label it up....I am researching labels.
I am interested in soaps for people like me. I have metastatic breast cancer. Our skin can be dry....I did a super fat of 5% on my 2nd and 3rd...
My soap smells so good!!
Can one also grate extra soap up and try it in washing machine?? Its a newer HE model... Moving my EO s to fridge now.
I have a big aloe vera plant now inside due to winter coming. going to freeze some of its pulp for soap. I saw a youtube on that.
Youll would...
I made my 3rd batch of soap today! I am hooked. Made my first batch in August after I read a great book from library...ordered the lye from amazon. found palm oil at my local krogers....Its red though... so soap has a orange color. We have a closeout grocery store where I find oils much...