oatmeal milk & honey soap
It seems like I haven't made soap in a long time! Surprisingly I haven't gone through soaping withdrawal. But today I had the urge and wanted to make an oatmeal, milk and honey soap.
I have to admit I'm not very good with milk soaps, honey soaps, or soaps with oatmeal in them. So I decided to make a soap with all three ingredients! I also wanted to give my homemade mold one more chance. I modified it a bit to glue in some foam, lined with freezer paper, and then sprayed some silicone mold release spray on one part of exposed foam. I'm wondering if I will still get that weird pattern on my soap.
For the oatmeal part I ground up some oatmeal in my coffee bean grinder and added 2 tsp of that per pound of oils. Then I added 1 tsp colloidal oatmeal. I'm hoping this won't be scratchy. I'm kind of sensitive to scratchy soap. Some people know just the perfect amount to put in, but I don't!
I also had some canned goat milk on hand so I added some of that at trace to equal half of my water value. Since it's concentrated I added an ounce at trace and used 3 ounces of water for my 1 lb batch. This was my first time trying that and it was easy! I normally make goat milk ice cubes.
The first photo is prior to gelling, the second one is during gel phase, and the third one is after gelling. I almost overheated it, but I think I saved it. It might've lost a bit of fluffiness on top however. I usually gel my soaps, even ones with milk and honey. I like the darker look. It should lighten up after it cools down. It's amazing what a big difference gelling makes.
Stayed tuned for cut photos in a day or two!
I have to admit I'm not very good with milk soaps, honey soaps, or soaps with oatmeal in them. So I decided to make a soap with all three ingredients! I also wanted to give my homemade mold one more chance. I modified it a bit to glue in some foam, lined with freezer paper, and then sprayed some silicone mold release spray on one part of exposed foam. I'm wondering if I will still get that weird pattern on my soap.
For the oatmeal part I ground up some oatmeal in my coffee bean grinder and added 2 tsp of that per pound of oils. Then I added 1 tsp colloidal oatmeal. I'm hoping this won't be scratchy. I'm kind of sensitive to scratchy soap. Some people know just the perfect amount to put in, but I don't!
I also had some canned goat milk on hand so I added some of that at trace to equal half of my water value. Since it's concentrated I added an ounce at trace and used 3 ounces of water for my 1 lb batch. This was my first time trying that and it was easy! I normally make goat milk ice cubes.
The first photo is prior to gelling, the second one is during gel phase, and the third one is after gelling. I almost overheated it, but I think I saved it. It might've lost a bit of fluffiness on top however. I usually gel my soaps, even ones with milk and honey. I like the darker look. It should lighten up after it cools down. It's amazing what a big difference gelling makes.
Stayed tuned for cut photos in a day or two!
My favorite kind of soap! And beautiful photography as well!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous in the mould ~ looks good enough to eat! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tanya! The smell is very yummy!
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