That moment when..

[hmlove1218]

You realize you've made the perfect bar of soap...and cannot recreate it.

I just used one of my old soaps to wash my dog (who had gone and rolled in poop but that's another story). I usually use a shampoo bar on them, but decided to use the last little scraps of this soap instead and it lathered beautifully! I'm talking about abundant foam just like a syndet dog shampoo!!

Back story to this soap is it was extremely soft upon unmolding and was rebatched to try to firm it up. That didn't do much. I finally concluded that I must have added too much oil and probably added one twice. I may know which one, but the chances of me actually reproducing this soap are slim to none.. not to mention the still pretty soft even after 6+ month cure..

 

[Jstar]

Notes, notes, and more notes

 

[Susie]

^What Jstar said!

I think every last one of us have at least one batch we would love to recreate, but have no recipe for. This is why every recipe gets printed out and put into my notebook now.

 

[navigator9]

I think we've all been there at one time or another. We know notes are important, but we're human and we forget. And when we do, fate steps in and makes sure we do it with that really amazing recipe that we'll never be able to reproduce. Fate doesn't play nice.

 

[hmlove1218]

I have the recipe and all my notes about the batch, but I'm just not sure what error I made to make this soap. And this is my last bar :/

 

[pamielynn]

I think we've all been there at one time or another. We know notes are important, but we're human and we forget. And when we do, fate steps in and makes sure we do it with that really amazing recipe that we'll never be able to reproduce. Fate doesn't play nice.

In the throes of formulating passion: "I'll just do this one, little tweak."
Then, 6 weeks later - perfection! Notes? What notes? What channel was my brain on that day?

 

[Jstar]

*hangs head* I too have that 'one' amazing soap I made couple yrs ago..it was mulberry FO and I didn't write anything down...I'm using the last bar now..soon it will be gone foreva :cry: