Suu's Soap Making Adventure.

[Suu]

Lanolin is a good addition, it increases the viscosity. I should think about adding lanolin to mine.

It kinda smells like sheep, but I swear by it on my hands this time of year.

[Suu]

Bitches, I just made FUCKING SOAP.

Safety first!
This was by FAR the worst part, adding the lye to the water. Next time: This happens outside no matter how fucking cold it is.
The olive oil in the crockpot.
Mixing the lye solution with the oil to reach "trace."
Once trace was achieved, I added some dried lavender for pretties.
Heating in the crockpot to hurry saponification. I was talked into doing hot process instead of cold process, as hot process makes a bar of soap faster, AND it's arguably more medieval period, and definitely colonial (sans crockpot.) A consumer market can't wait for cold process. It takes months when this takes days. Plus it needs to be delivered to the recipient by May 1.

More pics as it saponifies and gets into the mold.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Lanolin is a good addition, it increases the viscosity. I should think about adding lanolin to mine.

It kinda smells like sheep, but I swear by it on my hands this time of year.

The denatured stuff is much less sheep-y. I like Lansinoh, but it's pretty expensive.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Wooooo soap!

[Suu]

At saponification point.

In the mold it goes.