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Missnatty
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Your first recipe?
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Join date : 2010-09-08
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shonamm- Posts : 15
Join date : 2010-09-10
the first recipe I made was from a book called "Basic Soap Making" it was:
1oz Castor oil
7oz coconut oil
6oz oliv oil
5oz distilled water
2oz lye.
I was too scared to try to convert it into grams! the soap turned out ok... nothing flash but it worked!
1oz Castor oil
7oz coconut oil
6oz oliv oil
5oz distilled water
2oz lye.
I was too scared to try to convert it into grams! the soap turned out ok... nothing flash but it worked!
Missnatty- Posts : 114
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Location : Queensland
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Ally- Admin
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lol Nat... you never know, if you dug it up it might actually be usable! 
Missnatty- Posts : 114
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Bubbles Galore- Posts : 52
Join date : 2010-10-08
Location : Melbourne
My first recipe was:
460g Olive
440g Coconut
300g Rice Bran
300g Grapeseed
Disgusting recipe and it went rancid eventually. Plus I forgot to grease the mould and had to dig and cut it out.
460g Olive
440g Coconut
300g Rice Bran
300g Grapeseed
Disgusting recipe and it went rancid eventually. Plus I forgot to grease the mould and had to dig and cut it out.
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I just realised I never came back and posted my own first recipe. it was:
10% Avocado Oil
30% Coconut Oil
40% Olive Oil
20% Rice Bran Oil
The Avocado Oil gave it a lovely green tint, but that seems to have mostly faded now (yep, still have a couple of bars of it). I hadn't bought a stick blender yet, and I remember standing there for about 35 minutes stirring with the spatula until I gave up and decided it wasn't going to get to a thicker trace any time soon and just chucked it in the mould.
10% Avocado Oil
30% Coconut Oil
40% Olive Oil
20% Rice Bran Oil
The Avocado Oil gave it a lovely green tint, but that seems to have mostly faded now (yep, still have a couple of bars of it). I hadn't bought a stick blender yet, and I remember standing there for about 35 minutes stirring with the spatula until I gave up and decided it wasn't going to get to a thicker trace any time soon and just chucked it in the mould.
coral- Posts : 15
Join date : 2010-10-10
Location : Melbourne
My first soap base was taken from a book I stumbled upon from a book store. Handmade Soap by Tatyana Hill.
I read this book about dozen times before I picked up the courage to start handling lye.
But it took me through the process and took the mystery out of it for me.
No stopping after that just wanted to keep experimenting.
I read this book about dozen times before I picked up the courage to start handling lye.
But it took me through the process and took the mystery out of it for me.
No stopping after that just wanted to keep experimenting.
ogilberry- Posts : 39
Join date : 2010-10-25
nat that made me laugh hehe
my first soap was the same it ate the coating off my blender and turned it black then it went to rice and well i put it in the mould to see what would happen and it just came out this oozing brown oily ricey mess...ok so i forgot what oils i put in when got all confused and then it lined mybin lol smelt nice just looked an awful site...
just did my second 2 x loafs and they turned out a tad nicer i put them through a soap calc first
my first soap was the same it ate the coating off my blender and turned it black then it went to rice and well i put it in the mould to see what would happen and it just came out this oozing brown oily ricey mess...ok so i forgot what oils i put in when got all confused and then it lined mybin lol smelt nice just looked an awful site...
just did my second 2 x loafs and they turned out a tad nicer i put them through a soap calc first
Ally- Admin
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ahhh.. soapcalc is such a great tool! I have to have a little chuckle at the story of your first batch, although I'm sure you weren't laughing at the time. You recovered well though, now that I've seen the photos of your second batch!
ngatipikiao76_au- Posts : 3
Join date : 2013-04-24
Age : 47
Location : Warnbro, WA
I remember my first batch was coconut oil and olive oil I paid and stupid amount for the coconut oil from the supermarket as I wasn't to sure where all the good suppliers were at here in Perth it went quite smoothly and I was hooked from then on I cant remember the fragrance I used lol and I didnt colour it lol
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