bakery factory

it seems that it's more fun to me to decorate the soap than anything else.

the base of the soap this time are:

avocado oil, sweet almond oil,

olive oil, coconut oil,

palm oil and shea butter.

a very gentle recipe for the skin. but the texture is comparatively soft, and need to wait for 2 days to unmold.

i used the paper tart molds which gives the lovely shape of my soap :P

and it's so much fun to play with the icing topping.

they are like the 花占餅 (a kind of biscuit that we have when we are kids.)

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batch size: 300g

avocado oil 90g 30%
sweet almond oil 60g 20%
olive oil 60g 20%
coconut oil 30g 10%

palm oil 30g 10%
shea butter 30g 10%

water: 97ml + 8ml apple vinegar + 90 ml fresh ginger juice
NaOH : 42g

sorbet

st time to make the 2-layer one
i named this series "sorbet"; love the color combination.
(actually they are same as these).
the 2 color layers were made in 2 separate nights.

but i failed to cut them in perfect rectangular shape.....v. ugly @_@
& about half of them just broke when i cut them....
so, i now have many small soap bars in ivory/ pink single color !!!!...sigh....
i must experiment again to find the right time/condition to cut them.

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batch size: 300g
olive oil 72% 229g 250ml
palm oil 10% 32g 35ml
coconut oil 18% 56g 60ml

water: 107ml
NaOH: 46g

additives:
avocado oil 10ml 5%
rose fragrance 5ml
red reef clay

homemade dessert...not.... homemade soap

dun dun dun dunnnnnnnn~~~~~~
unmolded last night, and added some icing on them !!!
i really love these 2 ! they look delicious !

want to buy more cake molds and make some yummy dessert soaps :P

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(icing) batch size: 200g

olive oil 153g 72%
palm oil 21g 10%
coconut oil 37g 18%

water: 71g
NaOH: 30g

savon de marseilles

bought this v. good reference book last saturday.
it explains the most basic soap: marseilles soap (馬賽香皂) which composes of 72% of oliver oil; and it's variations....

have studied v. hard on it (almost 3 hrs !!!), and recorded down the details & formulation of my first batch.
i was sooooo worry that the formula was calculated wrong...
so checked and checked again... @_@

the color of savon of marseilles should be cream in color,
i added a little bit of red reef clay in it, so as to make it looks pink.
i further added about 30 drops of rose fragrance oil in it...hope the smell of rose is enough.

now wait for 2 days to unmold it..... nervous !
more pics later :P

soap making 101

brought them home the other night.
still soft, so i stamped on them !!!
the brown color was due to addition of rosehip powder, pretty!

have to wait for 1 month for full maturation;
otherwise they will be too alkaline to use.
wait wait wait...

i will homemade another batch this weekend,
all the equipments + material are ready !
getting excited !

i am using the gift "ginger soap" from Linda now.
i must tell all of you that it's really different from the commercial liquid detergent,
no more itchy skin, and the foam are very creamy.
loving it, loving it !