I bought at JoAnns. I used one of my clear glycerine soaps when I showered and was not too thrilled with the feel it left on my skin. I am hoping the soap I ordered from Bramble Berry is nicer.
. Glycerine soap can do that but some suppliers have much better glycerine soap bases than others. The one thing I ALWAYS do if I am using a melt and pour opaque melt and pour soap base (not the clear glycerine one) is I add to it because I don't like the feel of the pre-made glycerine soap bases on my sking either, that is why I prefer the cold process soap making and that is why I do that mostly now because there is a HUGE difference. Now you can add to your pre-made soap base some coconut oil (that will help give you more lather and bubbles to your soap) and add either grapeseed oil (which is an oil used in massage preparation oils or you can use a bit of sweet almond oil. Now the coconut oil I understand you can buy at Walmart for those of you in the U.S. and you can also buy the grapeseed oil. If you can't find those there you can find them at ethnic/international food stores for sure. The coconut oil is solid at room temperature and off white in color. By adding these two oils to your melt and pour you will cut down on that glycerine feel of your soaps, you will add moisture properties with the grapeseed oil and you will add lather and bubbles with the coconut oil.
Okay, now for the directions on how I made those fruit slices. First - the mold - DON'T DO WHAT I DID LAST NIGHT
: . I thought I was being so clever in using an empty and washed and disinfected can, not a soup can, that is too small, but a food tin/can. WRONG!!!! I even oiled the inside of it before attempting this. I left the bottom intact and placed my lofha in the middle, prepared my clear glycerine, colored it, scented it and poured. I had to anchor the lofha down because it kept wanting to come "up" off the bottom of the tin can. I then placed the poured soap in it's container in the fridge to speed the process of getting hard and cooling off - that worked well (be careful, put oven mitts on when you do this, the container is HOT. It took about 45 to 60 minutes to harden totally. Now was the time to "unmold" and....
: No way was that sucker coming out. So I used the can opener and open the other end of the tin/can thinking I can push it right out, WRONG!!! It was stuck but good. After about 10 minutes of trying everything I could think of I found my husband's tin snips and cut the darn can/tin away, lol. So now you know, DON'T USE A CAN/TIN. What you can use is a plastic cup (fairly tall one and that will work or a piece of pvc pipe, use plastic. Now you could use the tin/can but only if you place some parchment paper all around inside, then it wouldn't stick.
My daughter sent me an email at work today saying she is going out tonight SOOO grandma is babysitting AGAIN. Makayla and I are debating on what to make tonight. I won't do cold process soaps till tomorrow as Makayla can't be part of that, too dangerous with the lye solution. So I think tonight we are going to attempt bath bombs in the shape of a heart with embedded rose buds and a few other things. Will post when we get them done. Wish me luck, lol. Always more difficult when little hands are getting into eveything,
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Yvonne, welcome to the "soaping club" :aktion033: . I see you are in Ontario, are you on the other side of Toronto going toward Kitchner? or are you on this side, going toward Ottawa? Just wondering because if you get to like doing this and want to learn how to do cold process soap, since we both live in Ontario, I might be able to come and help you get started on your first cold process batches or soaps from scratch.
God knows I have wayyy too much of my own BUT...when they are ready for sales I hope folks will remember me. 123 days til Christmas ya know.
