Almost there, catching up on things that I have already made. The trouble is, I’m still making things as I write the blog so the finish line keeps on getting further and further away! But seeing as talking or writing about soap is very high on my list of pastimes, this is certainly no bad thing.
This soap was a collection of new things for me. As it was my fourth soap, that is not hard to imagine. But it was the first time using lard, the first time using oats and the first time using Hot Process. I will post about the different process (hot and cold) at a later point, but as a wee introduction it means that I heated the soap batter in a slow cooker until it was completely soap and then I put in the essential oils and moulded it all up. In Cold Process, the soap batter becomes soap in the mould and requires more time.
In the olden days, before vegetable based oils were widely available and affordable, people made soap with animal fats. Lard is from pig fat while Tallow comes Continue Reading…