OK, I haven't posted photos lately, so here goes.
Here's what my liquid soap looks like:
So 1.5 lbs of oil made about 3/4 of a gallon of liquid soap. It's a really liquidy soap. I didn't use anything to thicken it up so it's pretty runny. But look how clear it is! Yay!
And in case you ever wondered where I put all this soap:
Most of it is in the garage. All the fragrances combined can be quite heady so they live mostly in the garage. I have a small metal mesh drawer unit which holds most of the soap that have cured and many are packaged. The green baskets on top which are re-purposed flower baskets used at flower markets I use to cure the soaps. I do have a smaller stash in the house which are unfragranced or naturally fragranced with oatmeal milk and honey.
Bottom, middle, and top drawers
Here's a peek into the curing baskets. The soaps are all cut up and resting. Before I use the soaps I give them at least 4 weeks of curing time to evaporate moisture and get harder and longer lasting.
The plastic baggies contain trimmings from various soaps. I can reuse these trimmings and shreds for confetti soaps.
Here's what my liquid soap looks like:
So 1.5 lbs of oil made about 3/4 of a gallon of liquid soap. It's a really liquidy soap. I didn't use anything to thicken it up so it's pretty runny. But look how clear it is! Yay!
And in case you ever wondered where I put all this soap:
Most of it is in the garage. All the fragrances combined can be quite heady so they live mostly in the garage. I have a small metal mesh drawer unit which holds most of the soap that have cured and many are packaged. The green baskets on top which are re-purposed flower baskets used at flower markets I use to cure the soaps. I do have a smaller stash in the house which are unfragranced or naturally fragranced with oatmeal milk and honey.
Bottom, middle, and top drawers
Here's a peek into the curing baskets. The soaps are all cut up and resting. Before I use the soaps I give them at least 4 weeks of curing time to evaporate moisture and get harder and longer lasting.
The plastic baggies contain trimmings from various soaps. I can reuse these trimmings and shreds for confetti soaps.
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