whats cooking this weekend?

[honor435]

I made lavender(cp) with an attempt at black swirls, turned out gray. Then i made hp 1/2 "drakkar, other 1/2 batch "butt naked" which i call bare naked! the drakkar i made green, bare naked added white tit., so we'll see.

 

[LJA]

I'm doin' the Salt Bar Redux and some lip balms.

 

[AshleyR]

Well, today has not been very successful for me! Made some salt bars with coarse salt for the first time (usually do them with fine salt) and they were a bust - separated and just looked ugly. I threw them in the garbage.

Then I made a batch of CP with a new "non-discolouring" vanilla FO that turned my soap BRIGHT GREEN. Sure, it doesn't discolour brown, but it turns freaking GREEN!! Even worse! Argh!

So, I am feeling pretty defeated and giving up for the weekend I think. I may do an unscented/uncoloured soap tomorrow... that should be safe!

 

[honor435]

ashley, im sorry but thats funny, green soap??? vanilla, what is up with that?

 

[LJA]

Well, today has not been very successful for me! Made some salt bars with coarse salt for the first time (usually do them with fine salt) and they were a bust - separated and just looked ugly. I threw them in the garbage.

Then I made a batch of CP with a new "non-discolouring" vanilla FO that turned my soap BRIGHT GREEN. Sure, it doesn't discolour brown, but it turns freaking GREEN!! Even worse! Argh!

So, I am feeling pretty defeated and giving up for the weekend I think. I may do an unscented/uncoloured soap tomorrow... that should be safe!

LOL!! GREEN?? I just bought the vanilla stabilizer from BCN. If it works okay, I'll let ya know. Sorry about your salt bars.

 

[Guest]

Well, today has not been very successful for me! Made some salt bars with coarse salt for the first time (usually do them with fine salt) and they were a bust - separated and just looked ugly. I threw them in the garbage.

Then I made a batch of CP with a new "non-discolouring" vanilla FO that turned my soap BRIGHT GREEN. Sure, it doesn't discolour brown, but it turns freaking GREEN!! Even worse! Argh!

So, I am feeling pretty defeated and giving up for the weekend I think. I may do an unscented/uncoloured soap tomorrow... that should be safe!

Ashley ,I am sorry your soap didn't turn out ,I hate it when that happens.
Green ? can you keep us posted , if it changes ,that is very strange.

Kitn

 

[Tabitha]

Lipbalms & deodorants here...

 

[Guest]

My mam and grandma came round yesterday and we made coffee soap with a funnel swirl. They had never seen me make soap before. I'll post pics when It's cut later today.

 

[elizabetty]

I made lavender(cp) with an attempt at black swirls, turned out gray. Then i made hp 1/2 "drakkar, other 1/2 batch "butt naked" which i call bare naked! the drakkar i made green, bare naked added white tit., so we'll see.

I'm sitting here giggling my head off your making bare naked soap that your adding white tit too - LOL

Sorry its a real teenage boy thing to notice only problem is I'm a 33 year old female with 2 kids.

I realise white tit is white titanium but its still funny.

How on earth did a non discolouring vanilla turn your soap bright green - that sucks.

 

[Guest]

Made more Fresh Linen w/ crushed lemongrass soap Friday night, came out great, one of my favorite soaps.

Yesterday made another Kentish Rain with a green top layer. Requires a rebatch (see this post: http://soapmakingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10053).

Will also be taking some lavender castile w/ shea butter soap over to my Mom's for Mother's Day. I gave her some soap about a month ago for her to try out.... the skin on her arms is so sensitive, she hasn't been able to use any kind of soap on them for years -- even cetaphil -- without it burning and stinging. She has always just washed them with water. Yesterday she told me that the soap I gave her doesn't irritate her arms at all and she's been using it everyday. It felt pretty awesome to hear that.

 

[Tootie_Smiles]

Happy Mothers Day!!

I made a coffee soap using SS Cuban Coffee Bean, coffee bean butter and fine ground coffee from my nephew's coffee shop. It smells ok but I think next time I am going to add a sweet smell to it like vanilla or a touch of cinnamon, just to cut the harsh smell a little.

Any suggestions?

Pauline

 

[eucalypta]

Well, today has not been very successful for me! Made some salt bars with coarse salt for the first time (usually do them with fine salt) and they were a bust - separated and just looked ugly. I threw them in the garbage.

Then I made a batch of CP with a new "non-discolouring" vanilla FO that turned my soap BRIGHT GREEN. Sure, it doesn't discolour brown, but it turns freaking GREEN!! Even worse! Argh!

So, I am feeling pretty defeated and giving up for the weekend I think. I may do an unscented/uncoloured soap tomorrow... that should be safe!

Sorry that you had a bad soapmaking day
Could you place a pic of the green soap please?

Perhaps it might morph back again?

Thanks and better luck next time

 

[Tabitha]

I realise white tit is white titanium but its still funny.

I was snickering too.

 

[Sibi]

Will also be taking some lavender castile w/ shea butter soap over to my Mom's for Mother's Day. I gave her some soap about a month ago for her to try out.... the skin on her arms is so sensitive, she hasn't been able to use any kind of soap on them for years -- even cetaphil -- without it burning and stinging. She has always just washed them with water. Yesterday she told me that the soap I gave her doesn't irritate her arms at all and she's been using it everyday. It felt pretty awesome to hear that.

Daniel,

Wow, that is the ULTIMATE compliment, I bet you were grinning from ear to ear!!! That is awesome, you should be so proud of yourself. That is something we all strive to hear!

Sibi

 

[xraygrl]

I made a small batch of blackberry sage HP