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Leonie2 · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:28 pm Post subject: Summer garden soap

Jesse
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Posted: 26 May 2006 09:12 pm Post subject: Summer garden soap

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This is the soap that I'll be using in the summer soap swap (unless it turns out to be a complete disaster!). So far it's looking good, I've unmoulded it and now must wait for it to cure.

Ingredients:
454g Olive oil
225g Coconut oil (the hard kind)
140g Palm oil
90g Sweet almond oil
135g Caustic soda
330g Water

optional: autumn red wax colouring

Follow the normal soapmaking procedure. But, if you're using wax colouring you must melt the wax with the oils before adding the caustic soda. The wax will not mix into cooled oils/caustic mixture, it just solidifies into lumps, don't ask me how I know! Embarassed

I used 24g Inpex Dye in Autumn Red.

Summer garden essential oil blend:
6.5g Rosewood EO
6.5g Rose geranium EO
1g Bergamot EO
1g Petitgrain EO
2g Grapefruit EO
3g Palmarosa EO

Add the essential oil blend at trace. This took a long time to trace - about 3 hours!

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GREENWIZARD
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Posted: 30 May 2006 06:41 am Post subject:

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bet it smells heavenly
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Lottie
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Posted: 30 May 2006 08:07 am Post subject:

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Certainly looks heavenly too
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Jesse
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Posted: 30 May 2006 10:05 am Post subject:

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thanks both, yes it smells lovely and has hardened well.

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Kathy
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Posted: 30 May 2006 11:46 am Post subject:

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It looks great Jesse, hope mine turns out as well!
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Jesse
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Posted: 30 May 2006 11:49 am Post subject:

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Thanks Kathy, I'm thinking of making another batch (without colouring) as a backup, I'm worried the colouring might stop the soap from being "bubbly", I like a bubbly soap.

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Greenlady
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Posted: 31 May 2006 08:09 am Post subject:

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I love the colour of the soup Jesse! Hope its as bubbly as you want it!
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Jesse
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Posted: 31 May 2006 08:15 am Post subject:

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thanks greenlady, soap you mean

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Kathy
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Posted: 31 May 2006 09:25 am Post subject:

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She likes her food Jesse!!
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Jesse
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Posted: 31 May 2006 09:41 am Post subject:

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are you starving her kathy?! poor thing has food on her brain

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