Soap Misadventures and Quick Thinking

Here's my funny little story . . .

So, I was going to do a lavender (alkanet infusion in OO) with chrome green oxide swirl using the Teak and Frankincense FO I bought last year from my mentor for scent. Last time I soaped this FO, I do not recall, nor do my notes reflect any acceleration issues with the FO. But to be on the safe side, I did a standard 33% of oils water calculation for my solution - I wanted plenty of time to make my two colors, especially since I had to fragrance first then color each component separately. I even put my FO in the base oils first, cooled my lye solution way down, did not heat my oils at all! The one "mistake" I may have made is using 20% castor oil . . . :), but I never even pulled my SB out of the cabinet. I used my SS wire wisk, blended my FO into the base oils really well. Put my soap pot in the sink and poured my lye solution into the oils using my wisk to mix. I'm watching . . . less than a minute, I'm at light trace . . . oh shit, I guess I'm not going to swirl, huh? . . . I grab my six ounces of olive oil that I had earlier in the day hot infused with alkanet root and strained fairly well. Dump that into the pot, and stir . . . less than a minute . . . I'm at medium trace . . . crap . . . at least my color is fully incorporate . . . am I going to make it into the mold before I am at glop stage? . . . "Jerry . . . ! Hurry, pull that lid out of the mold (yes it is pre-lined). Thank you sweet-heart :), now get out of my way, lol". I'm pouring, I'm pouring, it's starting to glop, crap, I just missed the mold and spilled 1/4 cup on the table . . . I'm glopping . . . crap, I have more than will fit in the mold. Oh . . . but . . . the color is sort of cobalt blue . . . maybe it means when saponification and gel have done their thing, I will have lavender, or purple or royal blue . . . Those are Holiday colors, No? I'm doing this batch for a winter themed soap swap - I'm thinking religious symbolism with my colors and fragrance. The remaining gloppy mess in the pot went into two small round Glad containers and they and my 8lb lidded log mold sit in my oven (no added heat), to hopefully gel and turn a lovely lavender . . . :). That would be nice since that is what I was going for . . . lol.

So, that is my tale of my soap swap soap . . . lol. Was it as fun for you as it was for me? lol :).

Blessings,
Rebalspiritrobi
Thor's - Leader of the Pack Bath & Body