My First Soap, what do you see?

[Booker]

So this is my first CP soap I've ever made. I got a kit from Brambleberry. I think it looks really nice for my first try, but I'm no expert. I'd like to know if there is anything I'm missing. I see ash and partial gel phase (I think). I hope the photos are ok, the lighting is not the best. Thanks for your time!

 

[KiwiMoose]

I see beautiful white soap
Congratulations on your first soap-baby!

 

[Booker]

Thanks @KiwiMoose

 

[Obsidian]

I don't see ash, just some partial gel. Soap looks great, I love uncolored

 

[Mobjack Bay]

I see very nice, white soap. It’s much nicer than my first batch.

 

[Booker]

Thanks everyone! I appreciate the wealth of knowledge that is here on this forum!

 

[bwtapestry]

Gorgeous soap. A creamy neutral color is always very elegant. It owns the space against that wood. Also the cuts look very even. Congratulations.

 

[Zing]

I see wonderful soap!! You shoulda seen my first, okay 10, batches! It's partially gelled but you can tell folks that you totally designed that circle in the middle.

Did you want to gell? It's a personal choice. I gel because I think the colors are more vibrant. I cover my loaf with cardboard and then a pile of towels. In the winter, I frequently will put a heating pad underneath first.

 

[dmcgee5034]

Beautiful! Congratulations on a lovely first batch! My first batch had that ring, too, even though I popped it in the freezer to avoid gelling but it was only superficial. Can’t wait to see what else you create.

 

[Cindy D.]

Your first soap came out beautiful! What will you try next? It's fun to play with the soap calculators and see what they say the properties of the soap will be, that way you don't have to make the soap and you can keep changing things till you get one that looks good to you.

 

[Booker]

Thanks for all the words of encouragement!

@Zing It was not my intention to gel the soap. I came very close to not even putting in the fragrance oil!

@Cindy D. I plan on using the leftover oils from my kit, just making simple soaps until I am ready to branch out with color and designs.

I'm sure I'll be back here plenty with more questions!

 

[WildHareCraftSoap]

Beautiful! Don’t be so hard on yourself, they came out stunning.

 

[TheGecko]

I made my first soap with their kit and can say that it turned out just like it was supposed to. I did cover and wrap my soap like I had seen in some videos so I get a better 'gel' but it all works out in the wash.

Well done and congratuations!

 

[VikingChick]

Great job!

 

[dibbles]

I see beautiful soap - congratulations on your first batch!

 

[Booker]

Thanks everyone for your kind words!

For soaps with no color, does gel phase matter?

 

[Dala3en]

So this is my first CP soap I've ever made. I got a kit from Brambleberry. I think it looks really nice for my first try, but I'm no expert. I'd like to know if there is anything I'm missing. I see ash and partial gel phase (I think). I hope the photos are ok, the lighting is not the best. Thanks for your time!
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Nice !
For me I used only 100 g coconut oil to test the water.
I liked the out come so much so that I did my second batch the very next day with 100g coconut oil and 50g olive oil.
The reason I used coconut oil, was that when I did my research on soap making, coconut oil was known to have high lathering and have a fast trace.
Using olive oil was not in my mind since it needs more time to trace and much more time to cure.

I use soapee. com calculator, it is beginner friendly and very easy to use, it also have the lye percentage modification which is perfect for me since I use NAOH lye with 99.5% purity.

I attached my coconut +olive oil soap

 

[VikingChick]

@Dala3en Those are really nice - congratulations on your first batch! There’s something pretty and classic about a purely white bar of soap.

 

[Dala3en]

@Dala3en Those are really nice - congratulations on your first batch! There’s something pretty and classic about a purely white bar of soap.

Thanks

 

[Paulie]

So this is my first CP soap I've ever made. I got a kit from Brambleberry. I think it looks really nice for my first try, but I'm no expert. I'd like to know if there is anything I'm missing. I see ash and partial gel phase (I think). I hope the photos are ok, the lighting is not the best. Thanks for your time!
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Love them, beautiful first time soap.