I purchased some Shea Butter final yr and I assumed I had higher use it up in case it ‘went off’ though I used to be preserving it within the fridge. As a good friend had given me a wire soap slicer final yr which value a small fortune I assumed I might make a batch of cleaning soap utilizing the Taiwan Swirl method. The cleaning soap slicer allows the cleaning soap to be minimize horizontally as an alternative of vertically. Sadly it did not end up prefer it did on the tutorial however it’ll do the identical job regardless.
As I actually need to write down down my cleaning soap recipes after I make the cleaning soap I’m making an attempt to recollect to place them on my weblog for future reference as usually somebody who has taken some from our Simple Living Toowoomba giveaway/swap desk will ask me which perfume I used and I can by no means keep in mind.
The recipe was primarily based on Jan Berry’s ‘Palm Free Cleaning soap with Butter’ in her e-book Simple and Natural Soapmaking
184g Coconut Oil
113g Shea Butter
30g Castor Oil
340g Olive Oil
100g Sunflower Oil
292g Water
106g Lye
24g Bohemian Dream Fragrance Oil
Blue and pink micas
Because it turned out I poured in an excessive amount of cleaning soap for the underside layer which resulted within the chopstick I used to be swirling with not with the ability to transfer the highest two colored layers down far sufficient. Nonetheless it was one more studying curve and, as I mentioned, the cleaning soap will nonetheless do its job no matter its look. LOL!
The climate is popping cool right here on high of the mountain which I actually like as I’m over summer time and the climate occasions it brings with it. Though this previous summer time wasn’t as sizzling because it often is, the fixed rain triggered quite a lot of heartbreak to hundreds of households right here in Queensland and New South Wales. Now I feel we’re due for some calm climate for just a few months so that folks can get better. One can solely hope I assume.
I pray that everybody is preserving effectively and pleased regardless of the goings on on this planet round us.
