I love making recipes developed by Marci Tsohonis, who writes for The Essential Herbal magazine. The scent used here is something I came up with and am happy to share. I'm including the recipe if you want to try it. I have people who really love this one, the first batch sold quickly!!
Here it is in the slab mold. Didn't have quite enough batter, but that's ok, I ended up cutting it into blocks that weigh about 6-7 ounces each. Nice handful of soap!
Because of the honey and other sugars from the figs, etc, this one gets hot. I watched it carefully, and when the edges reached full gel I put it out into the snow to cool overnight.
Like I said, I cut this into blocks because it wasn't quite thick enough. I could have gone 1.5" but the full 2" cut gives you a nice sized bar. Usually out of this slab I get 30 soaps, this time I got 15.
I'll pop the recipe into a new post since the software says I'm trying to post five pictures but I'm only posting four....Technology is great when it works!!
As promised, here is the recipe. Figs add a humectant quality and the enzymes in the fruit are supposed to be good for aged skin - something I'm very familiar with!
It smells heavenly but don't eat it!
Here it is in the slab mold. Didn't have quite enough batter, but that's ok, I ended up cutting it into blocks that weigh about 6-7 ounces each. Nice handful of soap!
Because of the honey and other sugars from the figs, etc, this one gets hot. I watched it carefully, and when the edges reached full gel I put it out into the snow to cool overnight.
Like I said, I cut this into blocks because it wasn't quite thick enough. I could have gone 1.5" but the full 2" cut gives you a nice sized bar. Usually out of this slab I get 30 soaps, this time I got 15.
I'll pop the recipe into a new post since the software says I'm trying to post five pictures but I'm only posting four....Technology is great when it works!!
As promised, here is the recipe. Figs add a humectant quality and the enzymes in the fruit are supposed to be good for aged skin - something I'm very familiar with!
It smells heavenly but don't eat it!
