Soap review

Remember a while back when I first used my new heart shaped moulds when making one of my favourite soaps Castile Bubbles. There was too much soap mixture for the six moulds so I used one of my older heart shaped silicone moulds as well and had the bright idea of embedding a little red heart shaped soap into the middle of three of them as an experiment. The lovely Suzie from The Curing Room had included the little red hearts in a parcel of Fragrance Oils she had sent me. 

Well, as you can tell from the photo below it didn't quite work out as I had hoped as, of course, some of the soap mixture flowed underneath the heart I had placed on the bottom of the mould BUT once the soap had been used a few times it revealed the heart as you can see above.

What a good idea this would be if making soap for children as you could make up some animal shaped soap or whatever would be appealing to a young person in your life, and then insert it into the individual moulds to be 'found' later on when they are having a bath. Of course, you would have to remember to make the embeds a day or so beforehand. I have seen other embeds made by The Soap Queen but they would be a lot more tricky to make.

Another thing about this soap is that during the humid week or so we had when Cyclone Debbie was working her way down the coast the soap was 'sweating' a lot.

I have had some soap get a little wet before during rain periods but nothing this bad so I was wondering if it was because of the castor oil in it although the last time I made it there was no problem but perhaps it was drier then and the weather does affect soap. The soap also became a little discoloured in places even though there was no Fragrance Oil in it and, at first, I thought the coating had come off the racks I place the soap on and it was caused by rust but the spots of discolouration were also on the sides so if anyone knows what would cause that could you let me know. The soap has now dried out and is still discoloured but it is fine to use and feels lovely on the skin. Just as well I didn't give any away.

My next soapmaking experiment will be the challenge on The Home Maker's Forum where we will be doing the 'hanger swirl'. I plan on using a few of the different coloured clays for that batch.

I did basketweave stitch for the first time for this dishcloth and it looked a bit wonky on the edges so I did a kind of crochet edge around which was a bit hit and miss but it doesn't really matter as it is only going to be used for washing dishes. I am trying to use up the 4ply cotton I have bought over the years from the $2 shops. It is very fine so I used two strands at a time. I think I need a bit more practice. LOL!

Have a great week everyone!