Fun Science!
Soapmaking Day
With recipe and knowledge
and all the necessary equipment
Scale, ingredients, hand blender...
goggles and vinegar!
This is serious stuff...
A wee bit blurry...
Mixing the oils and the lye solution to "trace"
Saponification
to turn into soap
the reaction between the alkali and acid
Fresh out of the mold
Loving that "pound cake" color
Cut into bars and set out to cure
I tweaked a basic recipe
adding buttermilk and honey
for their moisturizing benefits.
The Bar O Milk and Honey!
With a few finishing touches...
A Lesson in Patience
Waiting one full month
Allowing the bar to neutralize before use.
Singing Carly Simon
Anticip-a-tion is makin me wait...
What a Joyful Shower That Will Be!
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