Recent content by leniwie

be careful with lye The first picture shows something that happened to me as well - those little grains on the top. That's lye particles not melted properly - I had the same, the soap itself checked fot PH was fine, but as I checked the place with the small grain - very high! So watch out -...

As to the crumbles - my first honey soap was crumbly too - next time I used a little less honey, the texture is just fine now. If the soap is well calculated it is probably too much honey or other additives, once I spoiled a kilo of soap with some fragrance oil that I used for the first time...

try this: lemon cut into chunks, also any "used" lemon you have, squeezed, sliced... put in a jar, add some white vinegar (so that they are covered), let it stay in the fridge for a week or so, then strain, add 50% of water, put into some spray bottle (I kept one from some hair conditioner) -...

I have used coconut milk as substitute for part of the water, added at trace (room temp), no discoloration. And no special overheating. Though - I used about 1/3 part of the liquid as coconut milk.

Careful with the temperature - it might crack in the middle - check it ocassionally!

My bars are about 100 grams of weight, and the size is approx 7cm x 6cm, thickness about 1,5 cm or 2 cm. Too thin a bar is not welcome. Question: what do you do with the scraps? I tried remelting - don't like it much. I used to use an organza bag to keep all the scraps and use to the end