Dirtmonkey
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The soap I just made after a hiatus. Being on the dole right now gives me lots of time for it, but unfortunately not the cash to get all the best oils I want 
...colored with parsley, coffee and cocoa powder to give a sort of camo coloring swirl. I used my homemade mosquito repellent EO mix for scent (lemon eucalyptus, cedar, and rosemary mostly, with some vetiver, pine and lemongrass). Hopefully it'll bring back summer camping trips and fight the Winter BLAH I've got...
Thw green is bright and the brown is pretty rich, I expect the parsley to mellow and turn more khaki green and the brown to darken with curing. Not so good pic from the phone, sorry.
It's not my normal vegan OO and CO recipe ("Bastile" is a new word to me LOL!)- it's oils I mostly had around already that needed to get used; EVO, CO, some lard, some palm Crisco, and 5% castor. I normally don't use lard so I don't have to worry about who gets which soap- I'm bad about keeping recipe notes with every batch- I'll have to remember this time. I used 40% lye (my usual since I'm impatient with long cure times). 6% SF. It traced quick, gelled thoroughly, and cut very nice! It's already bubbly and relatively mild (for being only a few hours old)
Swirled a little in the mixing bowl and poured in the mold already mixed.
I cut a lot of the batch into little 1/4 size camping & travel bars.
The only problem with the batch is that there are some little cocoa clumps, I should have blended that a little longer, but they're not too bad.
I'm making a mint green tea batch today that friends have been bugging me for.
...colored with parsley, coffee and cocoa powder to give a sort of camo coloring swirl. I used my homemade mosquito repellent EO mix for scent (lemon eucalyptus, cedar, and rosemary mostly, with some vetiver, pine and lemongrass). Hopefully it'll bring back summer camping trips and fight the Winter BLAH I've got...
Thw green is bright and the brown is pretty rich, I expect the parsley to mellow and turn more khaki green and the brown to darken with curing. Not so good pic from the phone, sorry.
It's not my normal vegan OO and CO recipe ("Bastile" is a new word to me LOL!)- it's oils I mostly had around already that needed to get used; EVO, CO, some lard, some palm Crisco, and 5% castor. I normally don't use lard so I don't have to worry about who gets which soap- I'm bad about keeping recipe notes with every batch- I'll have to remember this time. I used 40% lye (my usual since I'm impatient with long cure times). 6% SF. It traced quick, gelled thoroughly, and cut very nice! It's already bubbly and relatively mild (for being only a few hours old)
Swirled a little in the mixing bowl and poured in the mold already mixed.
I cut a lot of the batch into little 1/4 size camping & travel bars.
The only problem with the batch is that there are some little cocoa clumps, I should have blended that a little longer, but they're not too bad.
I'm making a mint green tea batch today that friends have been bugging me for.
