It worked!!

Remember a month or so ago I made soap for the first time... 

It's soap...

It suds...

It cleans...

All that's left to do is some 

pretty packaging.

Good clean fun

I successfully made soap!! 

I've been nervous to try it on my own but figured with the month of cure time for this cold process soap that I better get over it and do it.

This is a coconut oil and olive oil soap with no added fragrance or color. Figured I better start with the basics and work my way up. 

I have to tell you that I was super worried yesterday.

I never got a good "trace" before pouring it into the mold. 

So maybe I shouldn't say that it's a success yet....

I'll let you know in a month.

 

Soap results

Patty was kind enough to take photos of the freshly unmolded soap we made.  

Here's much anticipated blue marbled soap brick. 

Isn't it pretty!?!?

Next out of the mold was the Oatmeal Shea...

I thought this was a cool photo showing how they slipped it out from the mold.

And now being cut into bars....

Nice of her hubby to lend a hand with the cutting. I'm sure it's not that easy to slice through.

Fun stuff!

Definitely want to try it again soon.

Soap Making

So I took a drive today out to my friend Patty's house so she could show me how to make soap. 

I've admired and used her awesome soap for quite a while, 

so when she said she'd show me...

I knew I had to find a time to do it. 

That day was today... 

As I found out later what we made today was cold process soap. It used lye but wasn't cooked on the stove as I thought it would be.

 

She explained that this soap has a "curing time" of about a month which if I'm understanding correctly, hot process soap is ready pretty much

right away.

This photo is showing the mixing process after 

the lye dissolved in water has been added to the oils.  

She is using a deep pot and a stick blender. 

I was really shocked how quickly the saponification

happened.

This was actually the second batch we made but I had forgotten that I had my little pocket camera with me. I was too busy learning.

For this batch, Patty wanted to try out some new pigments she had purchased. We decided on ultramarine blue and titanium white going for a marbled effect. The scent we used was called "rise and shine". It smelled divine!!

Her hubby stepped in to lend an extra hand while filling the mold.

Now I have to wait for a month until I see the finished product!! AHH!! I'm not known for my patience. If it didn't take the better part of an hour to drive to her house, I'd be there on Tuesday when she un-molds it. I'm pretty sure she cuts it at that time as well. Yet another question I'll have to ask.