All the Things I Love Version 2

These recipes that Roberta helped me with are going to be the ones that I use when I made rice bran oil and tallow soaps.  I have four recipes that I normally use for the soaps I make: tallow, rice bran oil, sunflower oil and a recipe that I use for my beer soaps. 

I probably would like one basic recipe but since there are different things that different recipes bring to your soap I doubt that I will ever have less than these 4.  I'm sure along the line they will be tweaked as I learn more of what does what but for now I'm happy.  And, thank you, Roberta.

Tallow

 

Rice Bran



All New Recipes

These are all new recipes that Roberta and I have been working on.  She does beautiful designs and I just do regular swirls. 

Roberta's Lady Lace

I've met a wonderful new soaper on YouTube.  She has been soaping about the same amount of time as I have and we are sharing recipes and ideas and having a wonderful time.  She makes beautiful designs with her soaps and yesterday I tried another one of them.  Mine look no where as beautiful as hers or even resemble hers but I'm enjoying myself and that's what hobbies are all about.  Lovin' it!  Thanks, Roberta, for the inspiration.

I fragrance this with Lavender and Peppermint and will use this in my Father's Day soap boxes.  This will be ready just in time. I want to send both my brothers soaps then.

Shea Butter Soap from The Chef Soap Book

I recalculated the recipe so I would have enough to fill a 32 oz mold since this recipe only made about 29 ozs of soap.  I used the purple lab color I got and it morphed in the soap.  I've never used it before and I guess I won't be using it again.  That makes me so mad when you pay good money and order stuff and you know the people you are getting it from knows if it works in cold process soap or not.  The world turns on a dollar bill.  There isn't such a thing anymore as trusting a company.  Those days are gone.

Soap Balls Left From Tiger Stripe

I made some soap balls left from the batter when I made my second tiger stripe soap.  They were too pretty to waste so I made another soap using the balls as imbeds. I scented it with lavender fragrance oil, rosemary e.o., ginger and palmarosa.  I really like the crispness of these essential oils.  I used original tallow recipe with added clay, cocoa butter, beeswax, goat milk powder, and collodial oatmeal.  I really like it.

Tiger Swirl

I made two attempts at doing a Tiger Swirl.  The first one was ok but the stripes were thick.  The second time I was able to keep my batter a little more fluid but because I was in such a hurry I didn't get my t.d. mixed well and I got little white spots that totally drives me nuts.  I hate that stuff and I don't know why we all don't refuse to use it so they would come up with something else.  

On both recipes I used Catherine's original tallow recipe. with added clay, cocoa butter, beeswax goat milk powder and collodial 
oatmeal.

This one was scented with Patchouli Rain.

This one I scented with essential oils of rosemary, clary sage, juniper berry, elang elang, and lavender frangrance oil.

Roberta's Ribbon Soap

Black, Pink, Green and White or a better name is Roberta's Ribbon Soap.  There is a person on YouTube who does her soaping in a little 1# mold and makes the prettiest swirls.  Right now I can't remember her screen name but I will look it up and fill this in later.  Anyway, I wanted to try making one of her soaps called Ribbon Soap.  Well, mine looks nothing like hers, at all.  I don't know what I did wrong unless I didn't turn my spatula as I made the swirls.  I'm thinking that is the answer.  Anyway, it is different and as they always say, "it smells good."  I scented it with Lavender, Apples & Oak from Rustic Escentuals. And I used the original tallow recipe.