It has been a long 4 months!! High school graduation, college tours, packing, etc. I have not been soaping like I normally would. To be honest, I have Soaper's Block. It is a real thing. I have the time but not the inclination. I do however have pictures from the last two months of what I have been up to. I am just going to post for your perusal. I have to admit that I am a night time soaper. I usually get the motivation at 9 or 10 o'clock PM. But the natural light is normally gone by then. I have pictures that show you how I went about making my soda soap.
I normally weigh my containers just in case the scale times out on me while I am working.
I boiled the soda for a little over an hour. I wasn't worried about the syrup aspect because I knew that I was going to be using canned coconut milk to help with any possible Acceleration issues.
Much like with the Rosemary Tea the lye turned the liquid a rusty brown.
Once the oils were added the batter turned a beautiful orange color. I wish that it could have stayed this way.
Barbershop 1920 is a masculine FO from Rustic Escentuals. It didn't Accelerate at all. The fragrance is strong but not overpowering. It is more like a clean light aftershave.
Fresh Bamboo from Nature's Garden is a definite keeper. It is a clean green scent that could be considered Unisex.
I didn't take any pictures of the 2 pound loaf that I used Cypress Bamboo as the fragrance. Pure oversight on my part. It smells like the blue hair pomade that men use(d). Hopefully, the scent will mellow out and return to the OOB fragrance. If not, then that one will just have to go on the Do Not Purchase list.
Be sure to leave me comments below if you have a particular fragrance or method you want me to try out.
