Well I just made my first soap batch in a few years. As it has been quite a while since I last made soap, I made a very simple batch with full water etc etc, no shortcuts or fancy footwork :)
So the recipe I made up was:
250gm olive oil
250gm lard
250gm coconut oil (Copha)
250 gm rice bran oil
138gm caustic soda (lye)
365ml water
25ml Brambleberry Ginger Orange
This traced quicker than I expected so it was a thick pour, in fact the last few moulds were glopped in rather than poured. Made 14 full bars. Will add photo when the soaps are unmoulded.
Edited to include a link to the fragrance description.
15 comments:
I bet that Brambleberry Ginger Orange smells heavenly :)
Oh it does - mum selected this one scent ....
Pity we can't do smellovision :)
It's a good sign for your overall condition if you're back into soap making, Mel!
Sounds like fun.
This sounds great, OH wants to get into soap making (starting with making his own lye!!), well done you, it is fantastic to see the old Mel back and DOING!
Sounds great - anxious to see the pictures!
Mark might find it easier to make soap using commercial lye first so he can get an understanding of the process before he adds the added layer of complexity of creating his own lye.
That sounds wonderful!
That sounds like a great fragrance.. glad you're feeling up to doing this again!
That's what I thought - but you try telling a Dr of Chemical Engineering that! I think the whole reason he wants to make soap is so that he can make lye first *sigh*
That sounds great. Wish I could smell from here. Welcome bck to the land of the living. Its great to see you on form
So soap made from tallow is a no-no? What am I going to do with all these corpses I've been saving for it :-)
Oh tallow makes great candles and can be used in soap - however lard was all I had on hand at the time :) :) :)
When I move home, we'll open a soap and candle making business for your corpses .... {whistling the tune to Sweeney Todd}
Candles & soaps - much better than meat pies :)
And less suspicious. I'll visit pack-n-send tomorrow & get quote to ship the bodies over to you Mel. :) ...Lordy, I'm soooo broken.
Sounds like a wonderful fragrance! I love warm, spicy smells, mmmmm. Yeah, I agree. We need Smell-o-Vision. :)
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