Well, I hope next months soap will end up being done sooner in the month, during the day with lots of nice lighting to take photos on, and I am going to recommend a few really good basic books on soaping, I thought about this long and hard, and while I have NO issue giving my recipes, without video and lots of explaining the small details, I am not sure I can do a basic soap making on the blog in the detail I would be comfortable with.
But lets get back to Jan’s Soap, this month has been a little on the crazy side, its been so cold and the cold has brought a number of issues with it that have needed to be dealt with, and so I just didn’t get to the planned soap on a timely plan..
I finally made the pretty heart soaps for my Valentine Bags, but I still needed to get a kick in the pants on making either hair or baby soap..
Finally I said, just make any soap, what do you want to make or do, the answer came back quickly to me, BRRRRRRrrrrr, its cold out there!
So that’s just what I did, I pushed the edge of cold temp soaping, I am doing my best to slow all heating on the soap down, and I am working hard to not gel this soap.
The oils were just melted enough for me to blend it into a whipped oil, I used a icy slush of water and cooled my lye right down, and I had a thick trace to the point, I wondered if it was a false trace.. (and then everything started really moving along) I was working with two colors, and a layered/marbled/swirl effect in my typical two pound loaf in spiced pumpkin scented.
I got it in and finished but it was touch and go to get it done as fast as it was happening, I banged it good, I hope I got it to settle well, IF? it turns out correct, it will be a soft marbled effect with each bar looking different from the next one.
And here is the finished soap, its quite pretty, its a very hard soap with a good lather, it does have a very nice marble effect but I should have cut it sooner, it was just a touch to ready by the morning, I think this one was ready to be cut by the time I went to bed. Middle a full size bar at 6.5 oz, side to the left a nice 3.5 hand size bar, and to the right the back side of the bar
Just another Day on the Farm 
These soaps are beautiful! I would love the heart-shaped ones as a Valentine’s gift for the missus!
Thank you, the heart shaped are being given as gifts to family and dear friends, in fact when I did the math, I don’t have a single one left for dh or myself 🙂
Looks good enough to eat. Can’t wait until I receive mine!
:), I will remember that you want one, I will put its cure date on it, or another words use after this date.
they really are gorgeous, I must pick your brains about colours one day.. you are very clever!.. c
Thank you, it was very tricky, I think if I wanted to play with color like this, ideally, I would like more time, it was a mad rush to get it ready in time, it was on its way to seizing, I it was interesting, if I was wanting a two tone or a three tone soap, I can see this working very well at the cooler temps as it would give very clean layers, but for the marble effect, I think I will soap a little hotter and have a little more play time on it, but talking about colors is a good idea, I am starting to use more clays and even some mica’s
Have you made a pumpkin soap? My sister in law buys a pumpkin soap that keeps her eczema away, she gets it from rocky mountain soap company(I think that’s the name).
yes, I have made soap with pumpkin in it, it turn out nice enough