bravo5 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 After months of researching, reading everthing I can get my hands on, reading through lots of threads on here, and a very patient Carmen (ebcandles) letting me watch her and ask a gazillion questions- I finally did it! I made my first CP by myself this weekend. It was SOOO fun, and now I just want to make more!It wasn't so scary, either!!! I did just fine with the lye, and the worst complication I had to deal with was wearing safety glasses when mixing the lye, and having them completely fog up on me. (OH NO!! I'm going blind from lye!! Oh wait, that's just the glasses....) LOLI used a really basic recipe- Olive, Coconut and Palm oils, and scented it with BCN's Cucumber Melon. No color yet- wanted to see it natural.So I now have a big block o' yummy smelling soap on my kitchen counter, and I couldn't be prouder! It's like I gave birth to it or something! I don't have a cutter yet but figured I'd cut a few bars with a regular knife- that was a disaster, so I'm off to the hardware store tonight to see what I can find.I did take pictures, but it's just a big ol' off-white block- not too exciting to show off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I'm soooooo proud and happy for you! You sure have been researching a quite a while, and glad you've now got the payout! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo5 Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 Yeah, I tend to "reseach" the heck out of something before I get brave enough to actually DO it! (aka- I am a big chicken!!) I saw a demo at the Chicago conference last year- so it's almost been a year of "research". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinInOR Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 That's wonderful! So great that you got to see it in person before you tried it yourself, makes it so much easier. Bet it smells wonderful too. Isn't it cool how something as simple as oils turns into a hunk of stuff that lathers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Congrats! Doesn't if feel great to get that first one under your belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutterbugg Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Woohoo another soaper in the making!!! Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildangel112 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Congrats on your first batch! Welcome to the addiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Aren't you that tall guy that sat at the table with us at the Chicago Conference??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravo5 Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 Aren't you that tall guy that sat at the table with us at the Chicago Conference???ROFL!!! Nope, I'm a girl. (Bravo5 is the first female fighter pilot in the Rebel Alliance- from Star Wars!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 AHHHH!! I'm so sorry! (Ok.. who are ya then.. This whole time with you posting I thought you were him!! LOL!! Bad Bunny.. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smart tart Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Somebody get that dancin baby out! Congratulations on your 1st batch! Great that you were able to watch Carmen do a batch - I got to watch Bunny do a batch before I did my 1st....and it really does help! But I gotta admit, Robin's tutorial was awesome as well! If I didn't get to watch Bunny, it really is just like Robin's tutorial! I kept that tutorial with me for the first 10 batches or so....just like a warm fuzzy!Congrats!Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Woohoo! Congrats! Nothing like slicing into that first batch. And nothing beats lathering up with your first bar. Whoot! Happy for ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Fantastic! Another soaper takes the plunge. Congratulations on your first of many, many success stories with soap. I feel the joy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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