Well, if you ate it, you would have a very clean mouth.
I made hand milled soap. I got a book out from the library a looonnngggg time ago, when a friend and I decided to try our hand at it for a church craft show. I don't remember quite how it turned out, but we didn't try it again.
I had copied some of the recipes down ,and have been wanting to give it another go for probably the last year, but seemed to remember it being long and tedious. Its not. I made up each one in about 15 minutes. Now though, they have to cure for a good 3 weeks, and I have to remember to turn them every day. I can't wait to see how they finally turn out!
Peppermint
Oatmeal Chamomile
Rose Spice
Banana Rum. The banana scent (from actual banana mash) wasn't to strong, so I added a tiny bit of rum extract to the mix. I kinda want to eat this one.Hand milled soap, is shredding regular *real* soap, and melting it down with water and oil (coconut and palm were the ones required here), then once its the right consistency, adding the other herbs, scented oils. etc. pouring into a mold, and letting it set up.
It is lots of fun, and if these turn out well, I'll be making more.
EDITED TO ADD: The name of the book is Natural Soapmaking by Marie Browning.
Be prepared to want to make everything!
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The soaps look so pretty and fun. Do you happen to remember the name of the book? It looks like it would be something fun to try.
ooooohhhh-beautiful homemade soap! I wanna learn how to do this SO badly. I was just talking to Matt about how in olden days they didn't have rubber gloves and goggles like everyone says you need nowadays (which has scared me out of making it) and how it didn't make any sense.
Maybe this is a good way for me to dunk my big toes into the whole soapmaking bit without fear of burning myself or my children to death in the process! You'll have to let us know how you like them. They are all SO pretty and they sound like such good scents! Banana rum?! I have never heard of that-but sounds divine. I'm surprised it wouldn't brown the soap.
Good job!
these look delicious!
SOAP! I'm excited to see how they turn out! The oatmeal one looks nice and rustic. I'll bet it will be good for your skin, too!
Still have the sick bug around here, yuck.
What did you use for molds?
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