Thank you, that’s so kind of you to say! Basically all I do for my colorants is disperse them in oil (I use sunflower) and I pour them in the soap batter. I know some people use their stick blender to do that but I worry it’ll thicken it too much so I do the oil method (1 tsp color to 1 tbsp oil per pound of soap, then I mix together with a milk frother). Then to get the swirls on top, I drizzle any remnants of that colored oil leftover onto the top and just swirl around with a skewer. No set pattern or technique, I just swirl around until I like what I see! Hope that helps (and makes sense lol)!

Wow, that's incredible looking. Is there a techniques I can to research or watch videos on for your color stirring and mixing technique? I've never had so fine swirls in my soaps.

Feel free to use it as such! This one is my personal favorite though 😁

That’s kind of a bitchin phone wallpaper

With gold swirls!

Lovely!

I haven't used sodium lactate in my bars so I can't really comment there, but I can suggest giving it more time to cure (say 6-10 weeks) before drawing any conclusions. I'd also suggest incorporating other oils to firm up your final product; coconut oil tends to set a bit firmer than olive oil alone. I recently tried a recipe with soy wax ($20/5 lbs) that set way firmer right off the bat than other OO/CO batches ive made in the past. I'll report back on the durability of that batch once its had time to cure.

Good luck! The goat's milk soaps were my absolute favorites of all!

I used homemade soap for the first time recently. People who haven’t tried it are missing out. My skin felt so good afterward. I needed to learn to make my own. There is a LOT that can go into it and after this batch I’m working on developing my own recipes that will achieve the features I want. My wife wants to try using goat milk and that has its own complications but still not too challenging.

Love looking at homemade soap! We use to go to Baltimore Sheep and Wool and my very favorite stall to visit was the handmade soapmakers!

I used green mica powder and charcoal powder.

what did you use as dye?

I see a Lyapunov fractal in your soap.

Thank you! I decided to try making it after I also stumbled upon a post about making soap elsewhere. It’s fun but can be complicated.

I know nothing about this and just stumbled here randomly but well done. They look cool.