My first attempt at soap

[cgirard4]

Well after a month of research and being a big chicken I finally did it! It's a simple olive oil soap. 80% olive oil and 20% coconut oil. The bottom is the natural color and I mixed the top half with brown mica and sprinkled white mica on top.https://threecutechicks.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/wpid-wp-1428872473834.jpeg

 

[snappyllama]

Congratulations!

With that much OO, you might need to leave to in the mold for a few days, don't rush it out. You might end up losing most of that white mica on top. If you want to color with it and have it stick as a top decoration, next time you might want to add the white mica to a little oil and then use a skewer to swirl it around.

 

[cgirard4]

Thank you for the advice it is much appreciated!

 

[snappyllama]

I think you'll love it. Soap making is so rewarding!

 

[regansoap]

Nice soap well done

 

[Confused_Penguin]

That looks so good! Please update us when you cut it I really want to see what the inside looks like

 

[SplendorSoaps]

Great work! I'd love to see pics once you cut into it. Welcome to the soap making addiction.

 

[cgirard4]

Here she is. This was my first ever batch so it's just a plain olive oil. I experimented with mica for the first layer and sprinkle some on top. I am already planning my next soap, a strawberry champagne.
Thank you for everyone's feedback.

 

[not_ally]

Those are beautiful, good for you! It is kind of frustrating that you have to wait for so long for the cure w/that much OO. Come on over to the lard side, you can test a skinny sample cut off the end in a week or so, not perfect but good for us impatient newbie-ish types.

 

[cgirard4]

I am working my way up to that determined to take it slow and not get ahead of myself

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

Making castiles and bastiles is indeed taking it slow - many people consider a Castile unusable before it has cured for a year. 6 months might do it, but it'll likely still not be the best.

A soap with 50% lard, 30% oo and 20% co is really not that hard to make but is ready to use much quicker than soaps with high oo

 

[regansoap]

Flipping heck my first soap was just plain unscented and round - you obvs have a natural affiliation for this keep doing. I'm going in stages what I hate and love in equal measures is nothing is predictable.