I have been away for a while, but it is good to be back. About a week and a half ago, my father fell and broke some of the vertebrae in his back and I went down to my parents house to help them out while he is recovering. Luckily, there is no damage to the spinal cord, but some of the pieces of the vertebrae that have the nerves in it were damaged, so he has been in a lot of pain and is not very mobile.
But while I was there, I was helping my parents clean up some stuff, and my mom gave me a bunch of things to make some crafts. One of those thing is a bunch of soap molds, soap base and all the stuff needed to make them smell and look good. I was pretty excited to make some soaps with my daughter when I got home.
We used a goat milk soap base that has a really nice creamy texture to it. I had never made soap before, but it couldn't be too hard. We warmed up the soap base in the microwave and then mixed in some coloring and scent. My daughter used a vanilla pomegranate and some lemon scent and a tiny bit of red coloring to give the soap a pink color.
There are a bunch of really cool silicone soap molds. My daughter really liked the sheep one. After we mixed everything together, we poured some lavender in the soap and then poured it into the molds. It's been pretty cold, so I put the molds in the garage to cool them off.
The soap really turned out pretty cool and I think I am going to make some of my own tomorrow. I don't know what scent I am going to be using, but I want them to smell different than the ones my daughter made. We have a bunch of different flower petals and other plants to sprinkle in to give it a fancy texture and look, so I might put some rose petals in there. I will probably make some and bag them and pass them out to the neighbors that I don't hate.
Overall, it was pretty fun making soaps and we can't wait to try them out. When we were cleaning the bowls and utensils, there were a lot of bubbles, so at least we know that it seems to work like real soap.