I’ve never wanted to make soap, but Charlene and her sister’s were scheduled make some during their “Sister Weekend.” Unfortunately, Covid happened and sister weekends were canceled for the foreseeable future. So Charlene decided she wanted to experiment with it since she had purchased all of the materials (listed below).
Charlene Makes Soap
Charlene is an extremely private person. She rarely posts pictures of herself on social media unless I take a selfie of us on a trip. And I get that. I rarely posts pictures of myself as well. So doing lives on Facebook has always been a challenge for me. In fact, one unhappy person decided to make a comment on YouTube about how horrible my voice was and why did I even bother doing lives. I’m a fairly confident person and I’ve learned over the years to be happy with who I am, both how I look and how I sound. Needless to say, a comment like that can destroy the most confident person. I could have gotten into a heated argument with the person, but after setting it aside for a couple of days and discussing it with Charlene (my rock), I knew the right thing to do was simply delete the rude comment and go on about my business. But I won’t say it doesn’t sneak into my brain nearly every time I do a live.
All of that to say that I was really surprised Charlene was willing and even a bit excited to do this live for me. Making the soap was funner then I expected it to be. And I can tell you that we’ve already used what we made here and Charlene is excited to make us some more. She even bought some Cedar Wood oil recently and making soap with that will help with easing the itching of bug bites. Can’t wait to try that one out, as bugs generally like me . . . A LOT.
The Process
The process was fairly easy. The soap dissolves well in a glass microwave measuring cup and then the measuring cup wipes out easily. Then into the dishwasher it went. Be sure to have a really fine misting bottle that you can put some Isopropyl Alcohol (at least 70%) in to. Spritzing this onto the soap will bring the air bubbles to the top and as you spritz, they will pop. This just ensures you have a solid bar without a lot of air pockets. Charlene intends on making some more soaps, and maybe even buying some different molds that will make really nice gifts for Christmas. I’ve decided that going with homemade is the way to go this year.
Wish I Had Pictures
Unfortunately, I didn’t think to get pictures of the final project. That’s on me. The bars had a hint of orange from the coloring we put in. Charlene could’ve made them much more orange, but pastel seemed right for soap. Below is about the best picture I could clip from the video. Hopefully you can see the color of the bars.
Please let us know in the comments if you have any questions, or if you have ideas you’d like to see us tackle. When it comes to making, I’m willing to try about anything as long as it’s legal.
The Materials
2LB Goat’s Milk Melt and Pour Soap Base–I really, really like goat’s milk soap. It leaves the skin feeling smooth and soft.
Powder Pigment Cosmetic Grade Colorant for Soap Making–You certainly do NOT need this. You can leave your soap the pure color of the original goat’s milk soap
Soap Molds–These are very plain molds. No design, just square bars. I would to get some with designs and maybe some rounder ones.
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