On friday I made soap. Surprise, surprise, surprise. I tried hot process in my slow cooker. It was interesting. I'd do it again. Although I can do only one batch at a time. The swirling is not as delicate and the soap sides and top came out more rustic. The sliced edges are clean and I trimmed some of the other edges to smooth out. I think the slow cooker gets a little too hot because the soap on the sides started to burn. So I had to pick out the brown bits when they got scraped off the sides. Although it could be because I made a small batch of 1lb of oils. Maybe it's better with larger batches. I fragranced this one with Lavender FO and Rosemary EO and colored with violet but it came out really pale purple, next time I'll add more colorant.
I also made CPOP Gingersnap soap in silicone cupcake molds. Oh my god, does it smell ever so good and tasty, makes me want to take a bite. I didn't add any color because I read that the FO discolors the soap to brown, but it's still a medium tan color. I don't know if it will darken any more.
I know I've mentioned the whipped soap, but I experimented with melt and pour (M&P) soap today. I took some white goats milk soap used a hand mixer and whipped the soap. I was hoping that I could pipe the soap onto my Gingersnap cupcake soaps as frosting, but it was much too firm. But it did look like cream cheese frosting so I frosted it on with a knife instead. Not too bad. I didn't fragrance the M&P frosting. They turned out cute.
I'm also in the process of experimenting with shot glass ice molds. I poured in some clear M&P soap and am not in the process of trying to pop the soap out of the molds. If I am successful then I'll make up more soap with colorant to fill the glass with a “drink”. It's a hard plastic mold so I'm having some difficulty unmolding.
I think I'll make some more soap tomorrow too.