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I tried to make my first milk soap, and everything that could possibly go wrong, does. My milk and lye mixture separates. I get DOS (dreaded orange spots). And I even start to suspect I have lye pockets in some of my earlier soaps! Even though these are all some pretty big failures, I am…
I can’t believe how great this soap turned out! It looks better than I could have hoped. And it has me really excited for what I could do with the next couple batches of soap, as I work my way through more complicated soap recipes. I was pretty confident while making this bastile cold process…
I’m out of the basics, and on to more complicated soaping decorating techniques. I do an “‘in the pot” swirl with limited success, but overall I am happy with the looks of this soap. I also learn that castile cold process soap is a pain in the butt when you already struggle with soft soap.…
For my 3rd soap, I was supposed to make a simple recipe and learn the skill of embossing. But instead I got excited and made some soap embeds, added activated charcoal and essential oils, and made pink moon and stars soap, that I stamped extra stars into. So much for taking this learning thing slowly.…
As I learn to make homemade cold process soap, my second lesson is to add color and scent to the soap batter. And it was a lot more simple than I guessed. DIY soap is so much fun. The recipes and directions to learn soap making are all in this book which I highly reccomend:…
I think I capture the first time soapmaking experience pretty well with all my confusion over what light trace is, and making big messes. I take you through all my steps, all my confusion, and complain about washing the dishes, lol. Want to soap along with me? I’m making the super simple first recipe in:…
In an attempt to have a clear course for learning soapmaking, I bought this book to be my textbook and to follow along with her recipes and lessons. I really liked the book for its clear instructions, and great looks and layout. Get the book here: http://amzn.to/2mesWFw this is an affiliate link, shopping with it…
Wondering what going crazy ordering supplies for natural cold process soap making looks like? Well, here it is, as I unbox some of the materials that have ordered from Voyaguer Soap and Candle Co. I was surprised at how much the raw materials for making a batch of natural cost, but can see the savings…
