Laurie Gator
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- Mar 13, 2011
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Hi everyone...
I have been playing around with this hobby for a few months. I am still working on reading all of the different threads in the CP forum to try to answer some of my basic questions.
Someday (yeah, that will be a long time off) I am hoping to be able to sell some soaps. I figured that first, I needed a few recipes of my own that I had tested and developed and that work for the climate I live in and the climate of some of my family members. After I got a few recipes that I liked then I could start experimenting with scents - do they change soap color, how well do they keep the scent and any weird possible side reactions that might affect the soap. Last, I figured I would start playing with color and figure out what type of color I would want to use in the soap.
Once I have nailed down most of these variables, I should be ready to start selling soap around the year 2050
Wow, there are so many different variables and so many cool things that you can do to make soap. I am actually trying to find a soap that doesn't dry out my skin in an environment where our humidity is around 12%. When it gets too dry I also start breaking out with patches of eczema on my legs which is really yucky! I experimented with my first "milk soap" yesterday and I am really happy with it so far.
So far, the most fun soap was the "amazing changing egg yolk soap" that turned a really bizarre shade of green then back to a beautiful yellow while it was aging.
I just want to thank everyone in the forum. There have been some excellent information here and I am learning a bunch! Too many fun things to play with and not enough time (or space) to play with them
I have been playing around with this hobby for a few months. I am still working on reading all of the different threads in the CP forum to try to answer some of my basic questions.
Someday (yeah, that will be a long time off) I am hoping to be able to sell some soaps. I figured that first, I needed a few recipes of my own that I had tested and developed and that work for the climate I live in and the climate of some of my family members. After I got a few recipes that I liked then I could start experimenting with scents - do they change soap color, how well do they keep the scent and any weird possible side reactions that might affect the soap. Last, I figured I would start playing with color and figure out what type of color I would want to use in the soap.
Once I have nailed down most of these variables, I should be ready to start selling soap around the year 2050
Wow, there are so many different variables and so many cool things that you can do to make soap. I am actually trying to find a soap that doesn't dry out my skin in an environment where our humidity is around 12%. When it gets too dry I also start breaking out with patches of eczema on my legs which is really yucky! I experimented with my first "milk soap" yesterday and I am really happy with it so far.
So far, the most fun soap was the "amazing changing egg yolk soap" that turned a really bizarre shade of green then back to a beautiful yellow while it was aging.
I just want to thank everyone in the forum. There have been some excellent information here and I am learning a bunch! Too many fun things to play with and not enough time (or space) to play with them
