Made a batch at home tonight. I really like this recipe as it is gentle on the skin but is hard and doesn't melt away if left in the shower.
First time I've used tolu balsam. It's a fixative type agent that I suspect will smell very nice in the finished product.
And yes, I'll bring some to the next meet-up Steve.
Outstanding work, @khun_diddy. Did you consider coconut oil in the recipe?I put through a batch of 'shampoo' tonight. It took about 40 mins, go to whoa. It's the first batch of 'Castile' I've done in the PVC mould. The issue will be how easy it comes out of the tube as these olive rich soaps tend to be very soft in the first instance.
Should be ready to lather up come the new year.
You guys should sell this stuff.
BTW, what happened to @Anthony's body soaps?
I unmoulded and cut it tonight. It smells delicious. Each bar is chunkier than a bar of Imperial Leather and I got eight bars so I'm actually pretty happy with the batch size.
Clearly, the mould can be improved and I want to work out how to get the top flat. I'm thinking that it'd be better to make a mould similar to the shape of a 1 L milk carton instead of a square mould. Then I'd fill it higher and cut off some of the top. I'll keep playing with things but as a first effort I'm thrilled.
Now the waiting game.
Now that I have the APR Shave soap out of the way I turned my attention to bath soap. White Tea and Ginger out of the mould. I did this one hot process. It's pointless as far as I can tell so cold for the next one. 80% olive oil. Cold on this one and it still traced in a couple of minutes so into the mould. Eucalyptus scented.