This is one of my favourite soaps to make. Just a small amount of honey makes such a difference to the finished bars. The batch I made here was fairly small -- about 1.5kg, and I added 2T of dark blossom honey to my oils before adding the caustic soda solution. The result is a beautiful natural colourant and a soap containing the wonderful humectant properties of honey.
The 'honeycomb' effect is super easy to achieve. Just cut a bit of bubble wrap and press it into the soap as soon as it's poured into the mould. Once the soap has hardened, carefully peel it away.
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I'll have some exciting news to report, hopefully on Friday. I've been working behind the scenes with another soapmaker on a new project that's nearly ready for launch!
5 comments:
Another creation!
Bubble wrap turns out to be great for many things...
It would be really interesting to find out about that mysterious project behind the scenes :). Good luck!
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You are sooo talented.
Good luck with the project.
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Hopefully everything will be ready to go by Friday. And thank you!
Watch this space. :)
Good luck with your project! I wish you best of luck.
Also the bubble wrap is perfect idea!
PS I did not forget about the photo of my fisrt attemp in hot process, but it was a disaster :(, so I think it is better to avoid it.
Oh no! Sorry you didn't have a successful first go. My first batch looked okay, but my second looked like the dog's breakfast. I'm sure you'll have better luck next time.
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