allinalather
Well-Known Member
Has anyone else tried this?
I made a couple of bars, no fragrance or colour, just to see what it was like.
This is made with just 5% African Black, I have a bar of the real stuff on order to compare. The soap base is brown and translucent but after use the edges look grey and not terribly pleasant. The lather is nice enough, it is just the appearance.
I think I will remelt the unused bars and add a bit of colour and fragrance and see if it improves.
I am new to soap making, if anything looks odd, I assume it is me!
When I was heating the base (double boiler), I had what I thought was an awful lot of bubbles on the surface. They would not go away and I used a spatula to move them from the surface of the base. It seems that they were a paler wax, I put them in a small mould with the left over soap base.
I made a couple of bars, no fragrance or colour, just to see what it was like.
This is made with just 5% African Black, I have a bar of the real stuff on order to compare. The soap base is brown and translucent but after use the edges look grey and not terribly pleasant. The lather is nice enough, it is just the appearance.
I think I will remelt the unused bars and add a bit of colour and fragrance and see if it improves.
I am new to soap making, if anything looks odd, I assume it is me!
When I was heating the base (double boiler), I had what I thought was an awful lot of bubbles on the surface. They would not go away and I used a spatula to move them from the surface of the base. It seems that they were a paler wax, I put them in a small mould with the left over soap base.