Soap Making: Geeky Mouse

I've made this next soap for hubby to say thanks for all his help and support:

Made on 12th September 2010

Ingredients:

35g Water

13.5g Lye

50g Vegetable Fat

30g Coconut Oil

15g Olive Oil

5g Beeswax

1.5g Christmas Cookie F/O

1.5g Fudge F/O

We bought a new mouse a while ago and kept the plastic packaging as it's a perfect mould.

Soap Making: Cinnamon Cake

No calories in this cake:

Made on 12th September 2010

Ingredients:

105g Water

40.5 g Lye

150g Vegetable Fat (Trex)

90g Coconut Oil

45g Olive Oil

15g Beeswax

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp honey powder

10g  Christmas Cookie F/O

Soap Making: Experimenting with Colour

Over the next few weeks I'm planning to experiment a bit with soap colouring. I will make small batches of soap, each a different colour and without scent. Here's my base recipe:

Ingredients:

35g Water
13.5g Lye

50g Vegetable Fat (Trex)

30g Coconut Oil

15g Olive Oil

5g Natural Beeswax*

* I buy my beeswax from a local shop, it hasn't been bleached and smells absolutely divine:

Soap Making: Cherry Chunks

Hubby designed this soap - and as usual he has great taste!

Made on 2nd September 2010

Ingredients:

320g Water

122g Lye

710g Olive Oil

230g Palm Oil

60g Beeswax

5g Titanium White Powder

20g Cherry F/O (Soap Kitchen)

Red Soap Chunks (from a previous batch)

Soap Making: Rosy Cheek

I've made some gorgeous looking soap this week! I'm really pleased with how it looks and can't wait to try it out once it has cured.

Made on 1st September 2010

Ingredients:

350g water

130g lye

500g Vegetable Fat (Trex)

190g Coconut Oil

190g Olive Oil

60g Almond Oil

60g Beeswax

10g Rose Geranium E/O

5g Lavender E/O

10g Blue Liquid Soap Colouring (from Justasoap)

Purple Soap Chunks (from a previous batch)

Household Recipes: Soap Base for Laundry Liquid

I haven't used shop bought laundry detergent for the last year and love making my own. I'm very proud that I don't buy products from companies that spend more time on making up fancy words for ridiculous advertising campaigns and fake science rather than care for their consumers!

Here's the recipe for the cold process soap which I dilute into laundry liquid once it has cured for a while:

1000g vegetable shortening (Trex)

350g water

135g lye

More on how to dilute the soap base in time...

Soap Making: Illustration Explaining Saponification

I stumbled across this quite a while ago, but go back every now and then to re-read it:

http://www.canis-art.com/soaping.htm

It's very cute and informative!

Cosmetic Recipes: Facial Cleanser

I've made a very mild facial cleanser and I'm well pleased with the result.

Ingredients:

63g water

20g Plantapon LGC (anionic; The Soap Kitchen)

10g Disodium Cocoampho-Diacetate (ampotheric, OASN)

1g aloe vera concentrate

2g hydrolised oat protein

2g panthenol

2g glycerine

1 eighth tsp guar gum