A Day In The Life: Live & Learn
Newest Essential Oils
I found these over the weekend at a great price so I scooped them up. Not sure what I will be using them for YET... but I am sure I will find a good project.
EPIC HOMEMADE SOAP FAIL
I basically used this recipe with a few new tweaks.
My tweaks were as follows:
I used 30-ounces of coconut oil, 2-ounces of sweet almond oil and one-ounce of tea tree oil.
One tablespoon of crushed (dehydrated) sage
About 20 drops of lavender essential oil
All was going great until... yeah, there was an until...
...my immersible blender DIED!
So the initial mixing at the beginning to completely merge the oils and the lye mixture wasn't complete. I did attempt to use my hand mixer (now I have to replace this too due to the lye), but I am hesitant to believe the soap with cure properly.
I did try to cook it longer. I did the ph test and it came out ok. But it looks... it looks different.
I have decided to leave the soap in the molds for a few days and see what happens. Worst case scenario? I will put all the soap into a jar and use it as a liquid shower gel instead of bar soap.
I was SO excited to try this recipe with the sage and tea tree oil... sigh... maybe next batch.
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