I’ve always wanted to know the science behind soap. Weird, I know, but soap has been used to prevent and minimize all sorts of diseases. The black plague apparently could have been minimized if people used soap on a daily basis. Anyways it’s been on my bucketlist for some time now to make my own.
I’ve been getting “Make” Magazine for a year now and it pretty awesome. (think a modern day Popular Mechanics) This last issue had an article on making your own soap using oil, water, lye and a mixer. 60 minutes of mixing to be exact (the article said 15minutes, but my batch took longer) Here is a photo of my Soap Henge (the soap was hard enough for me to cut into pieces after 24 hours… in 3 weeks the caustic will have subsided and it will be ready for use.)
The mold was a quart-sized heavy cream container and I added “tea tree and lavender” essential oils for good smell-um’s.
Erin seems excited to try them too.
Prost!
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