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Sep. 28th, 2014 08:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynFirst batch of honey-beeswax soap is currently wrapped in towels and cooling off in the microwave. Not because of anything special about the microwave- I just need to keep this stuff away from the cats and they haven't learned to work the latch yet. Had 8.5 ounces of coconut oil on hand instead of the 10 I thought; added a little more palm to compensate. End result may be slightly softer/milder than expected. Used two ounces of sweet orange essential oil and .25 ounce cedar oil as I could not find the clove when I did mise en place and didn't feel like waiting another day to go buy a bottle. The tablespoon of honey in the recipe is buckwheat honey.
I should be able to cut the bars tomorrow evening and set them up for curing in the closet. They should be safe to ship after a week or so. Ideally, soap should be allowed to cure for 4-6 weeks before using, but for the most part the soaps I've made have been A-OK for initial use after a week.
I'm gonna need addresses for people who want to test a bar of this stuff. Or a place to meet up with you if you wanna get dinner in the Boston area or something and have me hand over the soap on the spot.
I should be able to cut the bars tomorrow evening and set them up for curing in the closet. They should be safe to ship after a week or so. Ideally, soap should be allowed to cure for 4-6 weeks before using, but for the most part the soaps I've made have been A-OK for initial use after a week.
I'm gonna need addresses for people who want to test a bar of this stuff. Or a place to meet up with you if you wanna get dinner in the Boston area or something and have me hand over the soap on the spot.
