A SOAP WITH NO NAME

I made a new soap this weekend.  I have enjoyed the teal green color lately, so I had to add 2 of those colors and some soap shred which is blue-green in color.  On the top I added a little oatmeal for decoration.

I also added a secret ingredient.  Can you name it?  Here is the hint:

The fragrance will probably make the soap a little darker after it cures.

The soap lightened after it was cut.  The one on the right was cut first.

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FOX NEWS FEATURE ABOUT SOAP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stf8QC4cE6c&feature=youtu.be


Do you give up yet???  Well here it is:

I have been making soap since the 1980's.  I haven't used colloidal oatmeal until now?  I hope it is a great addition to my soap.  I also used tallow, raw cow milk, coconut oil, sodium hydroxide, sunflower oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, glycerin, fragrance, soap shreds, titanium dioxide, coloring, and oatmeal.

So far, the soap has no name, but it has great texture!

The fragrance I used was oatmeal, milk, and honey.  The soap shreds contained another fragrance and the fragrances blended a little.  It still has a great smell.  

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Toilet Bomb Update

Findings and Updates:

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• I found that the toilet bombs turned a golden color so the ascorbic acid probably bleached the green mica to golden color.  I still like the toilet bombs in the new green Ball jars though. 
• The green Ball lids set off the green Ball Jars.  When I was canning more, I found that Ball jars seemed to be sturdier than Kerr jars but Kerr jars had more flat space to place labels on the jar outer walls.
•  I experimented with the color of the Drop A Bomb tags.  Originally they were brown with a little pink underlining.  Probably that color is appropriate.  LOL  I ran out of ink so I did not get the tags completed and laminated for the photo, but you can see the almost finished product.  
• The lemons fall apart much easier than the larger squares, but the squares do not fit into narrow mouth jars without some alterations.  
• I placed a paper doily in the bottom of the jar, but I think green paper shreds or left over Easter grass would work fine.  
• I was able to place 25 lemons into each jar and each lemon is approximately 1/2 ounce, so it equals out to be 12.5 ounces of product per jar.  
• The newer the product, the more fizz it made.  
• The fragrance is lovely.  The kids that can't smell body odor think this fragrance is strong.  LOL
• I would not mind having this in powdered form with a scoop for me.  Just a thought.....This way I can use more or less, depending on how bad the toilet is.  A few years ago, I saw a show about cheap people and a man used baking soda and vinegar to clean his toilets.  Think about this, most people have played with this when making a volcano experiment.  It works well....

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Hand Made Soaps and Baby Gifts

One of the perks of using my soap is in smelling the fragrance emitted from the soap during use.  I can change scents and have a new experience quite often.  I can use one fragrance in the shower and another fragrance when I wash my hands.  If you look in my shower, I have at least a half dozen different soaps at all times.  An old coffee ad told us to taste the difference.  Well, with my soap you can smell the difference, over and over.  If you haven't tried hand made soaps, you should see for yourself how your skin feels and how revived you feel when you smell the difference.  I do know that soap you buy at the store has lovely fragrance too; however, it seldom has the beauty and variety of fragrances used in hand made soaps.

I am making a baby blanket.  As of now, I do not know the sex of the baby the blanket is going to.  I hope this blanket with the pretty greens will work for a boy or a girl.  I do not usually work with bulky yarn.  I just loved the unique yarn and the bright colors.  It was also available in oranges, pinks, blues, yellows, and white.  It is a quick knit since I am using #15 needles.  This yarn is Bernat Tizzy in Sweet Green Pea.

I also noticed another unique yarn while I was shopping.  It was also by Bernat and called Dippity Dots.  The dots looked the same on all of the yarn, but the background colors changed.  I saw white, yellow, orange, pink, blue, and of course, I picked up green hoping it would work for either gender.  (gender neutral) 

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