So, I watched a video on how to do a "Tall & Skinny Shimmy", by "I Dream In Soap".
I can tell you it did not go as planned. First off, I did not use a T/S mold. Also, Her soap batters were very thin and just emulsified. My batter was, again, thick by the time I got all my colors mixed, etc. The infused annato oil took forever to come to trace! I think I'm scared to not get them mixed enough. I even did most by hand mixing with minimal stick blending. I know how to tell emulsion, but I don't think I trust myself yet.
Anyways, I was supposed to take turns raising each side of the mold and to put my different colors, one at a time, down the sides. I was not using a tall and skinny mold.
The batter being thick, didn't really want to run down the sides of the wall like hers. Nor did it spread out as much aa I poured it either. And, of course, it got thicker as time went on.
This was good practice either way. It took me forever to break apart the recipe and I literally wrote down all the steps I needed to do.
I'll post pics of the cut but do not expect it to look anything close to the soap in the video! Will be interesting to see what shade of blue the gray turns. And what shade of orange/yellow the annato turns.
Recipe: Vegan, Palm-Free
Colors:
37% Plain batter
24% Orange/yellow (37% Annato oil infusion)
24% Blue (10% indigo oil infusion)
15% Brown (Cocoa powder mixed with a bit of water, then mixed into batter)
Essential Oils:
Eucalyptus
Spearmint
Cedarwood
Lime
I can tell you it did not go as planned. First off, I did not use a T/S mold. Also, Her soap batters were very thin and just emulsified. My batter was, again, thick by the time I got all my colors mixed, etc. The infused annato oil took forever to come to trace! I think I'm scared to not get them mixed enough. I even did most by hand mixing with minimal stick blending. I know how to tell emulsion, but I don't think I trust myself yet.
Anyways, I was supposed to take turns raising each side of the mold and to put my different colors, one at a time, down the sides. I was not using a tall and skinny mold.
The batter being thick, didn't really want to run down the sides of the wall like hers. Nor did it spread out as much aa I poured it either. And, of course, it got thicker as time went on.
This was good practice either way. It took me forever to break apart the recipe and I literally wrote down all the steps I needed to do.
I'll post pics of the cut but do not expect it to look anything close to the soap in the video! Will be interesting to see what shade of blue the gray turns. And what shade of orange/yellow the annato turns.
Recipe: Vegan, Palm-Free
Colors:
37% Plain batter
24% Orange/yellow (37% Annato oil infusion)
24% Blue (10% indigo oil infusion)
15% Brown (Cocoa powder mixed with a bit of water, then mixed into batter)
Essential Oils:
Eucalyptus
Spearmint
Cedarwood
Lime
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