Teach Soap

[quote="Midnightstorm"]

I usually make CP soap but I just poured my first batch of MP soaps into a mold. I embedded little pink CP soap hearts into the clear MP soap and it looks pretty cute. I do have a few questions though:




Hi Linda,

We'd love to see photos of the pink hearts and the clear MandP soap. We are picture driver here!! Eye candy!

Thanks.

Mella

I will definitely post some pics of these tonight although they aren't really much to brag about. I forgot to spritz with alcohol so there are bubbles in the soap. The first layers are also separating from the rest of the soap for the same reason - I forgot to spritz between layers. I guess I didn't pour fast enough either because the soap doesn't look very smooth - it's kind of lumpy and clumped in some places. But I learned enough from this failure to see that these could be very cute if they are done correctly next time.

I do my MP soaps in a 4 cup plastic measuring cup to make it easy to pour into the molds. I do a pound at a time & microwave it for a minute at a time at 50% power, stirring between each time, until it is melted. Then I stir in my color/fragrance and then if its getting too thick, I heat it for about 10-30 seconds more and immediately pour it into the molds. if it starts to get thick or clumpy while pouring, just heat it for about 10 seconds or so. I've done lots of it this way and never had a problem. You just really need to keep an eye on the soap while its melting.

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Linda
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but they sure have some great ideas!

Excellent details! I will print them out to follow. Thank you for being so helpful. I am really glad to have found this forum.

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