Comments on: A Little Bit of Soap http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/03/a-little-bit-of-soap/ Life In The Slow Lane Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Villager http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/03/a-little-bit-of-soap/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Villager Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:28:46 +0000 http://www.ourhappyacres.com/?p=2603#comment-530 We were definitely thinking of a soap to clean gritty and sometimes smelly hands when we came up with the last one. I've heard about the lick-test for soap. I'll see if my wife wants to give it a try! ;-) For anyone interested in making their own lye, Lynn over at Wood Ridge has a great tutorial on making your own lye: http://woodridge.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/making-lye/ Thanks for stopping by! We were definitely thinking of a soap to clean gritty and sometimes smelly hands when we came up with the last one. I’ve heard about the lick-test for soap. I’ll see if my wife wants to give it a try! ;-)

For anyone interested in making their own lye, Lynn over at Wood Ridge has a great tutorial on making your own lye:
http://woodridge.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/making-lye/

Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Karen http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/03/a-little-bit-of-soap/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Karen Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:34:30 +0000 http://www.ourhappyacres.com/?p=2603#comment-528 I'm a soap maker as well, and one of my first soaps was a tangerine fragrance with bits of coffee. It was my solution to hands that smelled of onion and garlic after handling them. A quick tip to speed up your process of soap making - give your soap a lick after a few days to 1 week. If it makes your tongue tingle, it needs to keep maturing and know that the saponification process is incomplete. If you don't get a tongue zap, you can start using it. I start using most of my cold process soap (superfat = 7%) within a week with no ill effects. I’m a soap maker as well, and one of my first soaps was a tangerine fragrance with bits of coffee. It was my solution to hands that smelled of onion and garlic after handling them. A quick tip to speed up your process of soap making – give your soap a lick after a few days to 1 week. If it makes your tongue tingle, it needs to keep maturing and know that the saponification process is incomplete. If you don’t get a tongue zap, you can start using it. I start using most of my cold process soap (superfat = 7%) within a week with no ill effects.

]]> By: Meredith http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/03/a-little-bit-of-soap/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Meredith Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:34:39 +0000 http://www.ourhappyacres.com/?p=2603#comment-520 That is so cool. I love the use of coffee grounds as an exfoliating texture within the bars. Brilliant. :) That is so cool. I love the use of coffee grounds as an exfoliating texture within the bars. Brilliant. :)

]]> By: Curbstone Valley Farm http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/03/a-little-bit-of-soap/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Curbstone Valley Farm Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:39:59 +0000 http://www.ourhappyacres.com/?p=2603#comment-519 How wonderful...you have suds! I'm really so impressed. If we didn't have so much to do outside this spring, I'd love to try making some soap of our own. Maybe a winter project after the harvest. Your coffee citrus soap sounds wonderful. Wouldn't have thought to use coffee grounds as an exfoliant, and I love soaps and candles that are citrus scented. The possibilities though are endless! How fun! How wonderful…you have suds! I’m really so impressed. If we didn’t have so much to do outside this spring, I’d love to try making some soap of our own. Maybe a winter project after the harvest. Your coffee citrus soap sounds wonderful. Wouldn’t have thought to use coffee grounds as an exfoliant, and I love soaps and candles that are citrus scented. The possibilities though are endless! How fun!

]]> By: Annie's Granny http://www.ourhappyacres.com/2010/03/a-little-bit-of-soap/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Annie's Granny Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:33:11 +0000 http://www.ourhappyacres.com/?p=2603#comment-516 You're going to be the cleanest family in town! Maybe the cleanest in Indiana ;-) You’re going to be the cleanest family in town! Maybe the cleanest in Indiana ;-)

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