After some
research and supply gathering, I decided to jump into soaping. I won't
lie, but working with lye scared me a little bit at first. I had a lye
burn when I was a small child & the feeling stuck with me! But, I'm
a homeschool mom of THREE boys, so I figured with the right safety
equipment I could probably handle it!!
I
decided to make hot process soap to start with. This process cooks the
soap making it ready to use immediately! Since I'm not particularly
gifted in the area of patience, I chose hot process over cold process
because cp soap requires you to wait SIX weeks for the soap to cure!!!
To this day, I've only made one batch of cp soap! While hp soap is fast,
cp in my opinion, is prettier! The texture is smoother because the
soap sits quietly curing. Then, a couple of weeks ago I discovered cold
process/ oven process soap making! This process offers a more smoother
texture with the speedier curing of hot process! The best of both
worlds! YAY!
Today the pictures On My Kitchen
Counter I have my latest batch of homemade soap. This batch was made
with chilled red wine as my liquid in my lye solution instead of
distilled water. I was planning to add fragrance oils, but I like the
way it smelled with the wine & cocoa butter that it was made with
that I didn't add anything!!
Soap ready for the oven.
Finished soap!
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