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  1. fredntan

    Used pomegranate juice instead of water?

    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...
  2. fredntan

    Used pomegranate juice instead of water?

    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
  3. fredntan

    Used pomegranate juice instead of water?

    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...
  4. fredntan

    Zingiberaceae

    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...
  5. fredntan

    greetings from Texas

    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...
  6. fredntan

    greetings from Texas

    It's decided! I certainly don't want to be in the soap selling biz ..... Just want to enjoy my new hobby.. I do have a dog to raise
  7. fredntan

    greetings from Texas

    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...
  8. fredntan

    greetings from Texas

    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...
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