Hi everyone -
So happy to have found this forum. Have been lurking for about a month.
Through a year-long, ferocious self-study of classical perfumery, I was led, unexpectedly, perhaps inevitably...? But most happily, to SOAP.
As of today, I've made, according to my little notebook, 32 questionable loaves of CP soap. The process has so far introduced me to a field of knowledge I'd never imagined could be so enriching. Carrier oils, fatty acids profiles, kitchen chemistry, cardboard box molds...SoapCalc! Have just started to explore soap design techniques and am wrestling with THE TRACE. My current soaping tendencies lean toward so-called "natural": essential oils, natural colorants, rough edges, but have interest exploring/exploiting so-called "synthetic" approaches as well (everything is natural, everything is synthetic).
Alchemy, all of it. Of the best kind.
While lurking, the collective wisdom expressed by this forum excited me, and I look forward to participating.
Jessica
So happy to have found this forum. Have been lurking for about a month.
Through a year-long, ferocious self-study of classical perfumery, I was led, unexpectedly, perhaps inevitably...? But most happily, to SOAP.
As of today, I've made, according to my little notebook, 32 questionable loaves of CP soap. The process has so far introduced me to a field of knowledge I'd never imagined could be so enriching. Carrier oils, fatty acids profiles, kitchen chemistry, cardboard box molds...SoapCalc! Have just started to explore soap design techniques and am wrestling with THE TRACE. My current soaping tendencies lean toward so-called "natural": essential oils, natural colorants, rough edges, but have interest exploring/exploiting so-called "synthetic" approaches as well (everything is natural, everything is synthetic).
Alchemy, all of it. Of the best kind.
While lurking, the collective wisdom expressed by this forum excited me, and I look forward to participating.
Jessica