Latest ITP Swirl soap (26Oct12)

Salam,

I've managed to make at least 8 bars of soap last Friday!!

Yea!!

It's been awhile, really!!

i was so so so hoping for it ..

and alhamdulillah, I managed to make some!!

The only available colours i have was 

the carbon (black-grey colour) and turmeric (yellow-orange).

no time to blend the pandan leaves that day for the colour green.

made do with whatever i have in hand!

tore off some dried roselle leaves.

if only i had immerse them in the distilled water earlier, 

i would have had a reddish purplish water. 

but i doubt that colour would stay after i've mixed lye into it 

(thats another adventure-haha)

feel free to feast your eyes!!

it was a last minute decision to do the ITP swirl

here's the soap, wet

Look at the picture above and tell me what you see  =)

i like the effect the flash made to the soap pic, all shiny!!

chao chao!!

p.s I've decided, for this post, that i put the date next to the post title

 so that I know when i made the soap.

i know, i should take notes but it is derived from the same recipe as before.

except for the EO's!

this time I managed to actually put almost the correct amount. 

i did say almost!

Patchouli, lavender, and lime..

i think!

oops!

Heart-shaped Soap & Black+Green Swirl

Assalamualaikum..

ni sabun yang m nak bagi wedding gift tu, tapi smpi skarang tak bagi bagi lagi.

lum siap lagi..

lum lagi minimum 4 weeks..

2 hati close up!

close up ramai-ramai!

close up single heart with unique swirls! 

the cut and the crumble!!

single hearts and hearts embedded!!

the heart lot!

yang semuanya senget-benget

hahaha

Enjoy lah ye!!

chao chao!!

Update for soap.

Assalamualaikum,

haritu m dah tulis post baru. 
tapi bila tengok preview, beberapa ayat jadi bentuk kotak2 warna putih, 
ayat tak nampak langsung!
m cuba copy paste pun tak jalan.
jadi lahirlah sebuah post baru!!

hehehe

i wanted to tell you about my red bean soaps, 
my pandan+carbon soap with the heart red bean soap embedded on top, 
but since it couldnt come out nice, 
i'm going to add another story, 
my swirly carbon soap that didnt make it because the lye did not mix thoroughly with water.

i made some red bean soaps right, 
i made 2 batches, the first batch, the red bean paste wasnt that fine 
so i'm guessing there is a possibility that it might be rotten
but not yet so far..

the second batch, i made the red bean paste finer.

but for both, i cut them too late resulting in a crumbly bottom upon cutting..

part of the 2nd batch, i poured into this heart shaped moulds.

in the 3rd batch, i poured into heart mold as well..

wait a minute, now i'm not sure if i had a 3rd batch... 

well, for all the red beans soaps i've made, 
i have yet to use them on me.. 
=)

i wanted to make a wedding gift for  a friend 
i think her them was dirty rose + moss green

that was why i used red beans for the dirty rose colour.

then, after about a month break of no soaping, i made pandan soap, 
the idea was to place the red bean hearts on top of the green one 
this was the plan lah!!

i made the pandan one but instead of 2, i made 3 colours. 
Pandan and carbon bottom base plus the embedded rose hearts.

it was wowwwiiieeeee!

bukan nak angkat bakul sendiri but its an achievement and i love it

its not that often kan tengok hasil kerja tangan sendiri yang menarik nih..

nanti m post gambar ek =)

unfortunately for me, when i added the hearts i didnt adjust the position properly.

want to know why?
gonna tell you anyway pun kan...

because i was in a hurry to watch Game of Thrones!! 
it was the 2nd last episode (i thought it was the last episode okay) 
i did miss about 5-10 minutes worth of story okay. 
NOT good.

So, my hearts were almost all over the place and when i cut, it was even worse.
m talking about my red bean soap hearts okay..
it wont make sense if i was talking about my own heart 
coz it'd be heart iso heart(s).

i made it in a slab mould 

i did not use the dividers because if i did, it wont be straight. 
i think because the dividers are too long..

so, i cut it! i cut the soap with a parang!

it was sooooooo uneven! not good!

then just a few days ago, i tried making my carbon soap, 
i was running out of it so i had to make new ones.

ingatkan boleh la jual (angan2 yang tak menjadi) bila dah siap tapi lain pula ceritanya.

the lye didnt dissolve in water, resulting in lye spots all over my soap.

i've cut it into cubes, (instead of grating), lazy i know!!
i put them in the oven just last night, but nothing happened. 
maybe the temperature was too low..

so now m in the process of rebatching.. will update!

Chao chao

7th CP, another carbon but now with EO's!!

Assalamualaikum..

yes, this is the 7th CP soap made..!

my charcoal soap is finishing so I made one more, 

this time with nice EO's. 

Patchouli, Tea Tree and Lavender..

Patchouli and Tea Tree is said to be good on the skin.

i added lavender because i like lavender..

=)

i actually had to rebatch this because i had lye pockets..

can you see the white spots? 

when i cut it, there were holes with liquid coming out of it, 

i tested for lye and i got zapped!!

yup, i did the tongue-test

something i dont want to feel ever again if i can help it!

i actually burnt my tongue!

panicked!

gargled with water and it didnt feel better, 

put vinegar on the sore part of the tongue but it didnt work either.. 

it stung!!

i gargled with balsamic vinegar a few times and swallowed it 

and my whole mouth was numb

so, final try, i gargled minyak gamat and it was just slightly better.

my tongue (right at the very tip) was sore for a few days.. 

ouch!!

 ....

so i grated it (pic not included. i forgot to take a picute of the hard work i did, i shouldve) 

and grated some coconut milk on it, mixed it all up.

left it overnight or was it 2 nights.. 1 night i think 

then double boiled it, 

added some more oil in it since i had excess lye with the lye pockets and all 

and mixed it all.

i didnt know what a gelling looks like but i think i had it gelled..

so this is the rebatched soap , cut.

texture not bad..

the cut bars are definitely not of equal length or size..

 

whats the word to use..?

rustic..

=)

i didnt bang the mold hard enough.

it was coming out of the sides each time i banged it..

so theres holes in it.

it wasnt pourable..

i had to scoop it out of the pan.

still, a good size

but nice texture haa  ;)

 

 

 hehehe

chao chao!!

5th CP!!

Assalamualaikum,

please feast your eyes on my 5th CP soap.

i wanted it to look different from the previous soaps so its stripey!!

this one is Canola Oil, Olive Oil, Palm Oil, Sunflower Oil, Coconut Oil, Coconut Milk, NaOH, Grounded Almonds, Turmeric Powder, Activated Carbon Powder, Patchouli Essential Oil, Black Pepper Essential Oil & Sweet Orange Essential Oil..

top pix: this was after the pour..

this was when i tried to do some pattern on top!

this is a very nice view from the side.. 

well, i loike!!

this is, obviously, the top view..

boleh laa..

cut bars..

as you can see the farthest one on the left is the biggest size.. 

i wanted to have 8 bars but somehow i ended with 6+ 1 giant!!

you can see the grounded almonds, not so grounded actually.. 

did end up with some slightly chunky pieces.. but this chunky is still not that chunky but still chunky, get me?

different design on each bar ... =)

not so bad size too  =)

had some problem 

see the colour..

got white stuff on it.

maybe ash..

because I didnt cover it? maybe?

my standard way of arranging soap (blurry pic)

top view..

stacked view

more stacked view..

serious white problem

very serious..

sigh..

chao chao!!