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..

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!!