rose petal soap

I have roses in my garden

it was a last minute idea to throw

a scoop of collected petals

into the soap mix before pouring

into the mould

now let it cure for 6 weeks!

little specks of rose petals in the made bars 

how is your summer?

soap is a homemade staple

This morning I cut my soap

mould open to slice the new bars to store in a

box for a few weeks.

I have been making soap for 2 years

and hubby and I really love it.

We both are very sensitive with

lotions and soaps from retail providers.

This recipe I use consists of

olive oil, coconut oil, almond milk;

I put in a few sprinkles of

YL essential oil Northern Lights

Black Spruce in the mixture. This oil is
a smell I love and great for the skin.

It is science though.

Making soap requires Lye.

Also making glycerin to use for

making soap requires Lye.  

After 6 weeks of

storing the new made soap

the Lye saponifies which means it is no

longer in your soap.  Even though you don't like
the idea of it Lye is what makes soap.

you need some equipment:

food weigh scale

food thermometer

soap mould

soap cutter

hand held immersion blender (or smart stick)

a big pot set aside for just

mixing your soap oils and liquids and lye

this is the best part of making your own soap

you can choose your own moulds.  I choose the

long wooden mould I ordered on line as

it makes one big long log and I can cut my own

size of bar.

I have flopped one new recipe I tried as
the oil I used was sunflower and canola oil
it never took the canola oil.  That was my error
in not checking the oil before using.

I now have a good almost never fail recipe!

part-time hobbies

starting a new part-time job

July 6

 and will be

working with my high-school buddy to boot!

She gave me the heads-up on this job

at a local hearing centre

I will be contacting people about future

hearing clinics and booking appointments

I did not enjoy the flower shop, I did not make a connection
with any of the staff so "..no fun no workee".. (that's my rule) and

no more cleaning flowers, filling pails of water and hauling dirty vases

around and washing them

The experience is always good and i got something from

my short flower shop career - I now know  that flowers are delicate

and alot of work  and expensive!  

It was a soap making morning for me today.  I make soap every 3 months.  It's bright yellow color
comes from the Almond Milk I use instead of water along with Coconut Oil and Olive Oil
We love this soap a Kirkville!

the canoe has been used once so far
we have a lake across the highway from our
place called "Leech Lake" (not for swimming in!).  Brian and I felt  God's presence that
Sunday morning as we we glided on the water, enjoying the scenery and surrounding

countryside.

What to do with pictures sitting in a box?  I had an old lampshade that is now

displaying some older photos.  I bought a new lamp stand at Value Village and put on

some trim of Washi tape around the shade.  This was fun and every time I turn on this lamp

in our guest bedroom it takes me back to younger days!

soap = chemistry

i made some soap,

well the soap lady worked with me to

make the soap

and I supplied the main ingredients

and she supplied the equipment

ingredients:

lye

almond milk

olive oil

valor essential oil

coconut oil

the dangerous process of Lye into the milk/water is what

I needed to learn

this is the soap bar (pretty)

 this is my instructor Catherine (thank you)

 I needed an expert to help with the chemistry process using Lye

 we layered it with a colourant and the YL essential oil

the wooden mold we poured the soap solution into made a long

loaf and we sliced it into bars after about 10 hours of sitting in the mold

I am needing some equipment to make soap myself

like a kitchen digital weigh scale, and a handheld stick blender, soap moulds,

2 meat thermometers, ice cube trays to freeze the liquid before Lye is added to it, etc

It now will take 2 months before we can use or sell these bars so the Lye is no longer in the

soap

back to Chemistry class!