traceyy

That looks SO GOOD! Cant wait to see the cut pics!

lol My 4 year old son just critiqued my soap lol His opinion- "Mommy, the soap you made with the crayons, smells bad but the color is really good!"

They look great! Although bugs totally freak me out lol My sons however would LOVE them!! Nice job!

This time worked out much better. I used a purple crayon for coloring-disclaimer-THESE ARE NOT BEING SOLD OBVIOUSLY STILL IN THE SELF TESTING PHASE-However I really like my recipe, used stearic this time and it totally made a difference. However I am not sure if I burned the scent off, or if its the Pam spray stinking up my soap or what, but my soap kinda smells, not like black raspbrery vanilla but like something, probably soap lol Maybe my coconut oil isnt very good who knows. ANyway heres my 2nd batch <br> http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o108/traceysdrunk/Picture113.jpg

It is solid as soon as I put it on my finger it melts. It really is the weirdest thing it is in a blue squeeze tube lol I cant break the top off so I am going to have to squeeze it all out s l o w l y So I am figuring if I start soapingnow I should be done getting the coconut oil out by Saturday, Sunday the latest.

How do I tell if the coconut oil is 76 or 96 or fractionated? I bought coconut oil from the store and it says 100% coconut oil but doesnt say anything about that? How do I tell? Its made by Parachute in a blue bottle 100% coconut oil from India? Any experience with this?

Yep can't even find a pm option lol you can email me at traceysdrunk@sbcglobal.net if you would like =o)

I think they look great! I wish I had 6 weeks off work, with a nanny and a maid.......dreaming

I may just let it sit here for a while and look at it. It's still a proud moment. It's like I gave birth to 8 little 4 ounce babies lolAs far as pms I dont know how to turn them on or off lol Great another new thing to learn!I just went to the health store and got some more coconut oil, grapeseed oil, lard, avocado oil, castor oil hmm anything that basically said oil I bought. Spent way too much, feel like an idiot nadnow have to make myself better by making more soap!!

Thanks for being kind lol the problem is that I used too much or didnt blend well enough with the tumeric. So after you use it and put it down it turns whatever you put it on red. Which wasn't exactly what I was looking for in soap lol I washed my hands with it and liked it but the lather is yellowish orange lol . It may have been a little more drying than I would have liked but other than that I like it. Now I have to tweak a little to try for a harder bar with more conditioning maybe. The kids and I are going to Whole foods to get more coconut oil So I will be trying again, this time maybe not colored lol

Thanks everyone for all your help with this. I can sometimes ask waaaay too many questions and analize everything. THANK YOU! I am now going to figure out what gel phase looks like. Hopefully there is a picture somewhere lol

Here is my first attempt which will be going in the garbage lol too much tumeric. http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o108/traceysdrunk/Picture.jpg and a picture of my dog so you can at least say awww that looks good to something in this thread rofl http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o108/traceysdrunk/kansas.jpg

I did the sugar with the water, took your advice I am going to have to figure out exactly what it looks like at the geling stage so I can do that next time. Still I love it. I am super proud of myself. Luckily I have 2 days off of work so I am going to find a health food store and pick up some more coconut oil, I will master this by the time I go back to work rofl

TO answer my own question-definately too much tumeric, I washed my hands..again lol... placed the soap on a paper towel and the paper towel is red. I think I am going to have to toss this. I am sure my family doesnt want to be red when showering =o(

One more thing.....could the yellowish color in the bubbles being coming from the pam that I sprayed my mold in? I am cleaning my soap, getting the oil off and the paper towel is yellow. I used waaaayyy too much pam so I am thinking maybe its the pam and not the tumeric? Have to clean these things which I at first I was not thrilled at how the looked, texturewise, now I am kind of liking it. They are like my children lol

Thanks for the dancing baby.....if the baby saw my soap he would stop dancing immediately lol I used it thismorning and there was bubbles my skin feels clean and not totally dry and the scent totally stayed on my hands. Now the negative, I used way too much tumeric and the lather turns yellow, its a bit clumpy looking, and a tac soft but its only been 9 hours so I am sure it will harden a little.Here are my questions- I waited until it got mashed potato looking and plopped, literally plopped by the spoonful no pouring involved, into my mold. Maybe I waited too long, when is the earliest you can mold in cphp?Other question is I love oven process-can I still use the mini loaf molds (9 lofas to a pan) and cook it in the oven? I am figuring the mold can obviously hold hte heat because of it being cookware, but are using them safe? I will post a pic of my ugly soap soon lol

Made cphp today! Scented it with .5 oz banana .5oz mango papaya and .7 coconut. Needed to use up some oils nad didnt want to waste any really good ones. lol Not sure if it worked well or not. I think my soap went past a few steps lol I am really confused as to wether I had a mashed potato consitancy or not. I think I did but we will see. Used tameric to color, think I used and stirred to much hopefully it will fade. Tried the zap test I think? and there wasnt a zap however it took me about 25 minutes to finally do it. I kept coming close to my tongue than chickening out. I cant wait to wake up tomorrow and unmold and show you my gross pictures lol One question before i head to bed.............At Michaels craft store today I picked up some "Natural Soap Colorizing Powder" the ingredients is mica, titanium oxide and camine. Can I use this for hp?

They look SO good! I bet they smell fantastic!

I host mine through wahmshoppes.com If someone you know knows a bit about html they can create exactly what you want. I just got my website redone by www.sheandidesigns.com I bought a web template for $50 (the pastel delights) they were super super fast and I feel so much better not having to deal with any of it. I just want to add products and that is it. As far as web design you could also look at www.wahmpro.com I hear they are good too! Good luck

OK read some more. I played around with sooz some more and this will be my soap lol Castor-10% Coconut-25% Lard-25% Olive Oil-30% Mango butter-10% Hardness 40 Clean 17 Cond. 55 Bubbly 26 Creamy 32 Iodine 55 Ins 156 I went through all the sooz tips and this one seems to be right in between. I am now going to clean my kitchen and print out what I need. Than I should be off to cphp!

Ok I have read and read and read lol only problem now is I think I read too much! So I think I figured my first soap recipe. Any comments appreciated Olive 30% Castor 10% Coconut 15% Lard 25% Almond 10% Mango 5% Shea 5% Hardness 32 Cleansing 10 Condition 63 Bubbly lath. 19 Creamy lath. 31 Iodine 64 INS 138 If anything doesnt look right PLEASE let me know! I am going to make CPHP hopefully tomorrow or Wednesday. I bought Tumeric sp? to color and now have to figure the scent. With HP how much scent do you use? I know I read that it is half the amount as cp but I dont know how much the rule was with cp? I also couldnt find the mini loaf molds I wanted so I picked up a cake pan and some parchment paper-can that be used with hp? I am guessing yes. Again any help appreciated. Sorry if i am a pita!

I just got back from an all day adventure-went 40 minutes away with 2 toddlers in tow, to Lowes to get lye, went to Walmart to get a crock pot and castor, they had avocado oil there too btw, than went to a different Walmart for a mini loaf pan that I KNOW i saw there before but they didnt have one, neither did the 2nd walmart ughhhhhh. Which is ok because I still have my 2lb mold from when I cp'ed a few times. Just got home and NOW!!!! I have to go to work =o(Maybe tomorrow................

i didnt have any problems putting it in jars. I just used a spatula and it worked out pretty well.

One more thing, can any cp recipe be used even if you are doing crock pot hp? I saaw the recipe you posted and wanted to know if I can hp that? I am really really really impatient lol

Yes it is KY's soy whip base.I LOVE it!