My unbelievably happy
I just started a new job and I have to get through until the end of the month on zero money then I get paid a couple of weeks and I won't see a full months wages until the end of next month
A friend who said she could lend me a bit next month then had to let me down so...
Boring but I did some melt and pour last night.
Shea butter base, I was trying for red and yellow swirls with bronze mica but the swirls didn't work
But when I took it out the mould it was an amazing burnished copper colour. Little heavy on the mica but also as I used a cinnamon FO smells divine
Let's see
Well,
And yes I've made all of these
Be mean when adding colours and fragrances. A little really does go a long way
When microwaving base, don't set it for a minute on high power unless you like scraping burnt plastic and soap off your kitchen worktips
Make sure you've got enough...
Sitting in the local pub with a cold beer, writing my diary and reading this. Toying with trying the goats milk base I got with Dragons blood . If I am doing soap for xmas presents I need to start soon, got a lot of people to make it for and I need a bar for myself
Messing about last night I melted base and it didn't seem to be melting so being a genuis (HA!) I put it on longer..
When the timer went off I looked and oh yes its melted. Got my oven gloves on.
Took the container out and the bottom stayed behind! I'd melted a hole in the base.
So then I...
Just before I started making my own soap I got some white soap from the shop- nothing special just cheap soap for washing hands etc. always left my skin feeling dry as most shop brought soaps do and since I started making my own soap it's just sitting there and I am wondering if I could use it...
Not today but last night. I made a batch last week and when I put it in the moulds I realised I hadn't quite melted enough base so I added some tapwater.
Too much as it turned out the soap stayed gel like and wouldn't set enough to lift it out the mould so last night I scraped it all out and...
I'm now making soap with more confidence
Did one for a friend. Didn't add colour to the melted base apart from a swirl of copper mica.
Bit of a disaster when I realized I'd get two thin soaps from the base but wanted a big one.
Ended up remelting half of it then adding it to the mould so the...
I made some quick MP soap for a male friend and as most of my current stock of FO's are a bit feminine I used patchouli and gingerbread FO's and he loved them