Newbie my 1st CP SOAP

niclycha · Mar 16, 2016

Hi all, OK this is my 1st Cold Process Loaf....eeee, I have been reading some forums and probably watched 1000 hours of YouTube videos and THOUGHT I felt like I knew kinda what I was doing.
Aghhhh...
I ordered a bunch of stuff from Nature's Garden to make the basic
BASTILLE OLIVE OIL SOAP
2 LB BATCH
but I watched so many videos of swirls and techniques and decided to try. ..I used
Bonfire Bliss from Rustic Escentuals
Da Bomb Soap Dye
Vanillin Stabilizer
I am from Louisiana, close to LSU
so I made my dividers with an old political sign to do the Taiwan Swirl
My batter THICKENED FAST. ..LOL
My (supposed to be purple came out pink) I don't know how because I used like 6 drops of BLUE and only 2 drops of red. ..
So it came out Pink and Yellow and Batter. ..here it is. ..
And my leftovers after scraping all the mush off of everything
Whew! I need much more practice lol
Here it is waiting to mold
My leftovers
My dividers, I had to plop it into those little bitty skinny dividers and scrape it down the walls lol.

The Efficacious Gentleman · Mar 16, 2016

That is still a nice pink, especially for an accident! What was your recipe? Did you soap at a warm temperature? Just wondering why it moved fast for you

Looks good though.

Ps, please don't post multiple posts separately. Make one big post

niclycha · Mar 16, 2016

I will post pics tomorrow after I unmold and cut it....eeee I'm scared it's going to look ugly but soap is soap right, I can always rebatch it if it comes out looking bad

Relle · Mar 16, 2016

niclycha, can you please put your pics in the Photo Gallery when it is cut.

cmzaha · Mar 16, 2016

Your soaps look really nice in the mold, waiting to see it cut. Just a little hint. Save your money on Stabilizer, it will not help in the long run. Stabilizer may or may not help for a short while, but with discoloring fo's it will still turn and you are adding in a chemical. Most like to avoid chemicals in their soaps.

niclycha · Mar 16, 2016

Yay it's turning purple
OK efficacious gentleman, it was only showing 1 pic, I was thinking the forum wouldn't let me post more than one at a time, sry about that yall, this was my first time posting here
I used the Bastille olive oil recipe from nature's garden, my lye water was 105 and oils were 100. I think maybe I stick blended too long idk lol.
Relle yep surely will post after I cut tomorrow. I'm looking for one of the wire cutters 2nd hand. I have a cheese slicer, do you think that'll work for now, I quickly learned it doesn't work with MP LOL
OK cmzaha that's good to know glad I bought a small bottle