When making cold process soaps, I always end with spraying 99.9% isopropyl alcohol on top of my batches before they sit for the night and I cut into them. Why??
All because of soda ash, which is just an ashy film that can occur over the tops of your soaps. 🙄 It is caused by the unsaponified lye in the soap reacting to the natural carbon dioxide in the air. It is strictly cosmetic, doesn’t affect your soap or the properties of the soap at all, but it certainly is annoying!😩 Spraying the alcohol on top of the soap creates a barrier between the unsaponified lye and the air. 😌 I found that sometimes the alcohol helps, and sometimes it doesn’t help as much depending on the recipe. However I do choose to always spray it just in case!🙏
2022-06-01 21:59:46 +0000 UTC
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2022-05-31 18:02:56 +0000 UTC
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Gathering inspiration from nature 💚
2022-05-29 19:56:22 +0000 UTC
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Have a magical Friday babes 😚🪄
2022-05-27 21:02:58 +0000 UTC
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Go nuts with me and learn how to make this exfoliating soap made out of walnut shells!😝
2022-05-26 18:30:09 +0000 UTC
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What types of soaps do you want to see next?😊
2022-05-25 17:49:56 +0000 UTC
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Take a little time for yourself today💛
2022-05-24 18:02:48 +0000 UTC
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I got some cute pink nitrile gloves for making soaps🥹💕
2022-05-23 18:45:33 +0000 UTC
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In the library today, brushing up on my chemistry😉📖⚛️
2022-05-21 19:20:58 +0000 UTC
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Notice how the center of this bar of soap looks a little darker than the outer edges😱
That is because this batch went through something called gel phase. Gel phase in soaping is when your batch of soap is going through the heating stage of saponification.🔥During this stage your soap can reach temperatures up to 180°F, causing the soap to heat up from the inside out. The center of your soap mold can begin to look gel like or translucent when it is heating up this much.🥵 It is not a bad thing for your soap to go through gel phase, in fact a lot of people prefer to force their soaps to go through gel phase! It can help make the colors of your soap be more vibrant as well as many other helpful things. A soap that has gone through gel phase does not affect the soaps properties whatsoever, it is purely cosmetic. 😊
2022-05-20 22:14:48 +0000 UTC
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This week I decided to do a little prepping for a future soap I am creating. Watch and learn how to make these adorable gummy bear embeds using melt and pour!✨
2022-05-19 19:50:40 +0000 UTC
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I’ve been spending so much time in the sun lately…but never forget to wear my sunscreen!!☀️
It took me many years to understand the importance of wearing sunscreen everyday but I am sooo happy that I finally started. Apart from protecting your skin from the suns harmful UV rays, sunscreen helps prevent your skin from aging, skin cancer and discoloration.🤩
Maybe one of these days I’ll try making my own sunscreen!🤔🧴
2022-05-17 19:20:57 +0000 UTC
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Remember guys, you must use sodium hydroxide (lye) to make bars of soap! If you are ever using a bar of soap, it was made with lye. Without it, the oils in your recipe would just continue to stay oils, if no lye is added there can be no chemical change to turn it into soap 🤓
2022-05-17 00:17:37 +0000 UTC
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Sunny Sundays☀️
2022-05-15 20:18:31 +0000 UTC
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Hope you’re having a lovely Saturday☺️💛
2022-05-15 01:00:51 +0000 UTC
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These lavender scented shower steamers are sure to help you relax after a long day🤤 just pop one in the shower with you and watch your bathroom turn into a giant essential oil diffuser!😍
2022-05-12 18:06:28 +0000 UTC
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Beautiful weather☀️ = happy Wren🥰
2022-05-11 17:02:30 +0000 UTC
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How cute are these pink boxes for my soaps?!🥹💕
2022-05-10 17:02:28 +0000 UTC
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“And that’s how you’ll know he’s the one”😉✨
2022-05-08 20:35:07 +0000 UTC
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I’m obsessed with the color pink💖
What’s your favorite color?🌈
2022-05-07 19:45:54 +0000 UTC
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I love making cold process soap recipes for y’all! But this time I thought it would be cool to do some melt and pour soaps.😊
These were so much fun and superrr fast/easy to make!🌸
2022-05-05 20:51:46 +0000 UTC
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One more month until summer☀️😍
I can’t wait to live in mini skirts and dresses again hehe☺️
What’s your favorite thing about the summer time?
2022-05-04 18:15:28 +0000 UTC
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Lavender is one of the most popular and well known essential oils for its wonderful benefits!💜It promotes relaxation, plus it can seriously help with anxiety. Lavender is so powerful, it can help with fungal infections, allergies, depression, insomnia, eczema, nausea, even cramps.🤯
I’ll be using Hungarian lavender in an upcoming video…can you guess what recipe I’ll be using it in?
2022-05-03 16:05:33 +0000 UTC
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Do you prefer bars of soap or liquid/gel?🤔
2022-05-01 18:59:22 +0000 UTC
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I’ve been working in the lab all day long👩🏻🔬
excited to share some fun new recipes with y’all!!😋
2022-04-30 23:11:25 +0000 UTC
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💕 Cheers to the Weekend! Out with my Lab partner @willowwhispers . Have you heard her sweet whispers? 😜 🍹
2022-04-29 22:03:57 +0000 UTC
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I just can't get enough of these lotion bars.🤤 So this week I
wanted to make some more, but this time with beeswax🐝
Tune into the video to see how I incorporated beeswax into
this weeks recipe!💛🖤
2022-04-29 13:50:59 +0000 UTC
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Sometimes I love to top my soaps with fresh flower pedals or botanicals, in this soap I’ve used calendula petals!🌼
Calendula has great antifungal and antimicrobial properties that help prevent infection and heal injuries to body tissues. It also has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant components. Using flower petals and botanicals on top of my soaps doesn’t just make them look beautiful, but also brings amazing properties to the soap itself! 😄
2022-04-27 19:59:57 +0000 UTC
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Once a month I’ve been making it a point to go and get a facial, and my skin has never looked better!🧖♀️✨ They are so relaxing and have so many benefits like circulating 🩸 flow to help with puffiness, and helping you get that deep cleanse to help clear out any impurities. I would highly recommend going in for a monthly facial, your skin will thank you🥹
2022-04-26 21:48:47 +0000 UTC
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This is your Monday morning reminder that you can handle
whatever this week throws at you. 💪🏼💛
2022-04-25 15:29:45 +0000 UTC
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