1st batch!

[toan]

Hello everyone!
I just wanted to share my first bacth ever! i did a small batch and something simple just to start getting used to, the recipe was:
85% olive oil
10% coconuit oil
5% castor oil
33% LC
Bergamot EO

I'm looking forward to continue practicing and discovering new recipes and methods!

 

[Jersey Girl]

Looks beautiful!

 

[toan]

Looks beautiful!

Thank you!! : )

 

[Iseleigh]

I really like the color!! So light and pretty.
how quickly were you able to cut the soap after pouring? I made a high OO soap some months ago and it has yet to harden to the point you would consider it soap. Lathers like a champ though. Took me over a month to get it out of the mold it was so soft.

 

[GemstonePony]

Those look wonderful, Toan!

 

[tommysgirl]

Beautiful

 

[toan]

I really like the color!! So light and pretty.
how quickly were you able to cut the soap after pouring? I made a high OO soap some months ago and it has yet to harden to the point you would consider it soap. Lathers like a champ though. Took me over a month to get it out of the mold it was so soft.

Thank you Iseleigh!! Yes i like its natural color too.

I was able to get it ou of the mold and cut it more or less 16h after pouring. Currently, room temperature in my town is around 30 °C, i don't know if that could help to "harden" a bit faster

Those look wonderful, Toan!

Thank you GemstonePony!!

Beautiful

Thank you tommysgirl, now i'm very impatient to start using it lol

 

[Zing]

This looks so nice, well done. And bergamot is on my top favorite scents.

The strategy with impatience is to soap regularly and eventually you'll always have something cured!

 

[toan]

This looks so nice, well done. And bergamot is on my top favorite scents.

The strategy with impatience is to soap regularly and eventually you'll always have something cured!

You're right, i'm going to follow your advice

 

[lenarenee]

Congratulations on your first soap!!

 

[Dawni]

Congratulations! They look so smooth

 

[Zany_in_CO]

how quickly were you able to cut the soap after pouring? I made a high OO soap some months ago and it has yet to harden to the point you would consider it soap.

For quicker unmolding and cutting, as well as reducing the "Slime" that is typical of Olive Oil Castile soaps, you may want to try Zany's No Slime Castile -- a tried & true formula for your soaping pleasure. The formula @toan posted above is my favorite way to make it.

 

[toan]

Congratulations on your first soap!!

Thank you @lenarenee i'm so happy with the result : )

Congratulations! They look so smooth

Thank you @Dawni now i just need to wait to try it

 

[KimW]

Fantastic! That is beautiful soap there. Welcome to my addiction.

 

[toan]

Fantastic! That is beautiful soap there. Welcome to my addiction.

Thanks @KimW i think it's going to become my addiction very quickly too lol

 

[Dawni]

Thank you @Dawni now i just need to wait to try it

That's the worst part lol
Keep testing one bar at one week intervals until you find out where it is that you love it. My tendency is to cure for a longer my high olive soaps - whether it's the traditional way or Zanys - coz my skin n olive oil don't really jive. Good luck and can't wait to see what you do next

 

[toan]

That's the worst part lol
Keep testing one bar at one week intervals until you find out where it is that you love it. My tendency is to cure for a longer my high olive soaps - whether it's the traditional way or Zanys - coz my skin n olive oil don't really jive. Good luck and can't wait to see what you do next

Yeah i was already planing to do that, i'm going to try different recipes and see which one i like most and of course i'll be updating here!

Thanks again @Dawni : )