Lavender & Orange CP Soap

Assalamualaikum..

made soap on Sunday, 6th January 2013.

Olive, Palm, Canola, Coconut, Castor and Sweet Almond Oil.

Tried kaolin clay for the first time.

Added full strength (what i mean here is the correct amount needed) of Lavender and Orange EO's.

sprinkled some coloured sugar on top.

top is flat. no design. soap wasnt thick enough 

and i was rushing for my first ever Indian wedding that evening. 

yea yea excuses excuses..

i couldnt do it in the morning because i forgot to buy myself some coconut milk.

more excuses

asked my mom to buy for me while she was out 

and she bought the freshly desiccated coconut. 

that means m kena perahlah! 

padan muka kan..

tried to be more organised.

susun barang yang perlu atas meja dan sediakan satu-satu. 

minyak, clay, EO, gula.

tapi masa buat tu, tak ada beza, masih kelam kabut seperti biasa.

padahal kebanyakan barang dah sedia depan mata. 

kira dekat sangat-sangatlah tu.

m salah guna bekas untuk campurkan clay with light traced oils, jadinya lambat.

m guna bekas yang bersegi-padahal patut guna mangkuk, yang bulat!

by the time i mixed the clay mixture in, 

my lightly traced soap dah nak mengeras.

campurlah clay mixture kat dalam main mix, 

tapi sabun tak jadi warna putih, 

tetap warna creamish.

tuang dalam bekas. 

masa dah nak penuh tu, tabur kulit manggis yang dah dijadikan serbuk. 

finished off balance of soap and sprinkled top with coloured sugar..

memang tak buat design langsung atas tu.

nama pun kelam kabut.

dengan tak mandi lagi, nak pergi kenduri lagi..

left it on its own for the evening.

next day, masa m nak keluarkan dari mold, it didnt want to budge.

my mold was a recycled cardboard box. 

when i took it out, it looked wet/oily.

definitely got zapped when i did the tongue test.

so i cut

in my head saying"oh, i cant salvage this!, need to rebatch!"

and so i cut

cut it into 9 bars iso normal 8 bars

and tongue tested the insides.

NO ZAP!!

weird ha

and so, i panicked.

!!!!!

it might be because of improper mixing...

this is from Miller's Homemade Soap Pages

When is "oozing" a concern? ;-)

Sounds like the chicken pox, but we're talking soap here! Sometimes you'll have some oozing on the outside of your unmolded soap. If this is minimal and only makes a film on the sides and bottom, or some fine beads over the top, you can just blot it off with paper towels and proceed with cutting. I think some fragrances might be the culprit in causing this to happen but I'm not sure. I don't usually notice it in soaps that are scented with essential oils. If you have oozing on the INSIDE of the soap at cutting time, or pockets of oil... then you might need to remelt the batch if they are very frequent or large.

didnt blot

i cut!

:'(

untuk menyedapkan hati m, i couldnt blot off the top because of the sugar. 

so i had to cut it anyway..

Remilled (Grated) - 1st CP soap

Salam,

i grated my 1st CP soap. 

you know.. the one that curdled.

the grating was difficult because the soap was soft.

i cut my fingers :(

 its finally healing today 

(when the skin closes and you dont see a cut much anymore)

so all is well..

i placed the grated soap into a zipped plastic bag and double bagged it 

and put it in a pan of boiling water.

it got soft after a long while of kneading and boiling repeatedly 

and i made 2 shapes out of it..

not forgetting the extra extra lavender EO i added 

and m rasa m letak banyak sangat sebab bau dia kurang menarik..

yup, it doesnt smell so good

 :(

this soap had butter in it. 

you know, the butter we eat with bread. 

yes, that butter.

i had trouble finding a soap calculator that has the SAP for butter..

after browsing only 3 or 4 websites..

palm, olive, castor. 

i think thats the whole lot of it.. 

no fragrance in the first try and it smelled kinda like baby's puke

gross? 

not really... 

haha

baby only takes milk and when they burp, 

sometimes the half-processed milk comes out with the air so it smells a bit weird.

(yes, this info is for those who does not know that baby's vomit too haha)

so my soap smelled like that, 

only stronger, 

thus the reason i added lavender into it.

but it stills smell weird after, so what to do..

maybe it was the coconut milk that i used instead of water.. hmm..

i'm still going to use it in 2 weeks time and i hope it will harden by then 

as it is very very soft now.

i did a 36% water (coconut milk) with the soap calculator at soapcalc

i did add maybe 2 tbsp of water when i grated it 

so maybe it got softer because of that?

(well, it was heavy droplets of water hehehe) 

i made 2 balls with a roselle stuck on top.

i tore some dried roselles and mixed it in the grated soap, 

you might see some peeking out of the soap. 

i pressed some torn roselles on top and some at the bottom of the soap.

this one looks like a mud-bowl with some visible garnishes in it.. hehehe

the roselle tastes better in a glass of water with sugar, of course..

like ribena 

=)

i got this from google, a roselle flower

never heard of a roselle soap yet..

(i spoke too soon!! did a google search.. it exists!!)

perhaps get the infused roselle tea (water+roselle) 

and use that instead of plain water..

yes, i think that's how they do it...

the smell of dried roselle?

i dont think you'd be interested..

nope, not nice. 

oh! dont forget that the soap smells like 

baby-after-burp-milk + lavender EO 

and add dried roselle into it..?

not a good combination

a definite no-no.

dont ever, ever ever, try to duplicate this smell at home..

seriously, dont.

(m saying this with eyes really wide open) 

so imagine my face with eyes like that 

coz the smell is a no-no

chao chao