I don't mind at all! This was titanium dioxide for the white ofc, Mad Micas's King Tut, and Bramble Berry's Stormy Blue, which looks more gray-blue in the loaf.
Thank you so much!Isn’t that a great feeling?It looks great!
What soapy thing have you done today?
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Totally jelly and happy for you!My indirectly soapy thing is happening at home as I speak (I’m at work) - we’re having a water filtration & softening system installed! I’m sooo excited. We’ve been living with hard water since we moved into this house 2.5 years ago, along with the itchy skin, dry hair, and pipe residue that comes with it. I’m so looking forward to better lather and not having to futz with adding EDTA in my soap!
Although, with better water I won’t have as much justification for needing to make lotion as often. I guess I’ll just have to use it for the smells.
We are using a shower filter to help with the itchy after-shower effect of hard water (which bothers me more than the hubby). It's ok ~ but it's the best we can do in the apartment 
Sometimes you just gotta do what you can!Totally jelly and happy for you!
For soapy things today, I made my first ever visit to a LUSH store. OMG, it was so much fun and I felt right at home. I’m happy to say that I think that most of the Lush FO dupes I have smell pretty close to the real deal. I bought a Buffy Bar, a shampoo bar and a little tub of purple potato conditioner. I’m calling it market research.
Even on vacation, I can’t seem to catch up on this thread, so here’s a very belated happy b’day to dear @Zing
Even on vacation, I can’t seem to catch up on this thread, so here’s a very belated happy b’day to dear @Zing
I have walked by the local one but am afraid to go in in case I get a headache because it smells so strong from the door. That does sound incredibly fun, though. I think I would have had to buy a bunch of stuff to see what the hullaballoo is about as well. You have to let us know how the Lush versions compare to yours.
I was just telling my DIL today that my aversion to many types of scents has dissipated with time over the 5 years since I started making soap. And, I am not nearly as scent-si-tive as I once was.
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I used to be a huge Lushie back in the day. I used to spend a lot of money there. I slowly weaned myself off the addiction.
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I made my first attempt at a mini drop swirl. The errors were plentiful: ran out of two oils so I was substituting as I went; used yellow instead of gold mica; and the loaf is full of bubbles again, I'm going to have to get that under control. But I learned some stuff too. And however the pattern looks when it's unmolded, I did manage to use four colors!
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Such a pretty top!! Did you spray the top with alcohol? Usually the alcohol pops the bubbles on top.
Ah! Nope. I didn't. I thought alcohol only controlled a particular kind of soda ash. Didn't realize it would help with bubbles. Thank you!
I didn't actually make soap today, or do anything soap related except for build more raised garden beds for the flowers I am growing this year which will be used in my soaps, but did get an amazing compliment on my soaps.
A few months back, I shared some of my coffee pull-through / kaleidoscope soaps with a friend who had really wanted some when she saw the photos. These were from my first successful batch of pull-throughs, which came after several design failures. She ended up gifting a couple of them to a person in my area who I have never met, but who is also a soapmaker.
I spoke with my friend today, who said this woman told her that my soaps were the nicest she has ever used....not *some of the nicest* but *the nicest*....coming from another soapmaker, that's huge praise
My friend is going to set up a coffee or lunch date or something so we can meet.
It's almost time to kick things into full gear again....gotta give @glendam's pull-through screens which she made for my 8LB Custom Craft Tool loaf molds a try very shortly
A few months back, I shared some of my coffee pull-through / kaleidoscope soaps with a friend who had really wanted some when she saw the photos. These were from my first successful batch of pull-throughs, which came after several design failures. She ended up gifting a couple of them to a person in my area who I have never met, but who is also a soapmaker.
I spoke with my friend today, who said this woman told her that my soaps were the nicest she has ever used....not *some of the nicest* but *the nicest*....coming from another soapmaker, that's huge praise
My friend is going to set up a coffee or lunch date or something so we can meet.It's almost time to kick things into full gear again....gotta give @glendam's pull-through screens which she made for my 8LB Custom Craft Tool loaf molds a try very shortly
Lessons learned from batch #5:
I can do a mini drop swirl!
The problem with batch #3 was the water content, not the recipe. This one was nearly the same recipe (same hard:soft ratio anyway) and it set up fine.
Too much mica, I suspect. I'm anticipating some gross lather.
A color combo that sounds fancy and royal in the planning may end up looking like a preschool play area in the execution.
Gray isn't a great addition to a preschool play area.
And the crinkle cutter works just fine, I don't need to be soaping up my kitchen knives to show off patterns.
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Those colors look great to me! Great job on the swirl, too.
If you were to change anything, using black instead of blue would make an excellent fire-themed soap.
If you were to change anything, using black instead of blue would make an excellent fire-themed soap.
Very pretty! Great job, @GuacamoleSalad
Now that my g'daughter has taken over my soaping room (sort of), it's a little more difficult to get my soap making in. However, I need to make a few things. Today, I'm in the process of making a batch of DIY B&B's Meltaway Cleansing Balm, to be used as a base for another product) and a batch of Zany's No-Slime Castile. It feels good to be making but it's awkward trying to work around all of Trin's stuff in my soap room.
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This gives me an idea.
Yay! Very nice job on the mini drops
Did you use squeeze bottles?
Thank you! No, I poured from pitchers.Yay! Very nice job on the mini drops
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Popsicle soaps! I will never forget to use mineral oil to line my silicone molds. I couldn’t get those dang things out the mold for 7. Popped them in the freezer and they finally came out. I scented them with WSP Summer Citrus. It’s an herbal citrus scent that smells nice.
My WSP peach, grapefruit and thyme produced a textured top. I’m happy with the colors.
Took this weekend off from making soap. can’t wait to start soaping next weekend.
My WSP peach, grapefruit and thyme produced a textured top. I’m happy with the colors.
Took this weekend off from making soap. can’t wait to start soaping next weekend.
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Today I watched a you-tube documentary about Lebanese olive oil soap making. They have only three factory's that make soap. It was so interesting the way they make soap. It was like watching them pouring concrete and making a foundation of soap on the ground then they level it and make a whole flooring of soap making thousands of soap at a time. Then they stamp and cut it and make towers of soap blocks to let it dry. So interesting I always use olive oil in my recipes so I really liked this documentary. If you have time you should watch it just punch in Lebanese olive oil soap making its so cool and the tools they use are very old and they have been making soap like this for thousands of years I think they said. I also watched a video on how to make lye with ash from hardwood I might try this in the future making soap like this with ash. Looks fun! Has anyone tried this!
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