So, I have made two (yes, count them) failed batches. I followed a recipe on soaping101.com and recently made contact with soapmakingforum.com confirmed what I kind of knew from these, shall we call them, experiments. The glycerin element was too low. Now, if you are not into soap-making, I thought I’d found an easy-peasy way to make liquid soap akin to a famous doctor’s brand (Dr. Bronner). Dr Bronner’s soaps are lacking the normal shedload of chemical rubbish that most high street brands contain. BUT, and as you can see it’s a big one, it is expensive. So I set about making my own. These failures have set me back, as I hate waste but as you can see from my latest version is completely unusable.
My motivation is to make my own liquid soap for all household and personal hygiene purposes with as little unnecessary chemicals added to it, as possible. I will not need to use preservatives as I will be just mainly be producing for myself. But I’m also hoping to make it a little cottage industry, if I can get the hang of it, who knows?
I will carry on and when, I’m not going to say if, I do,
I will post my success story and recipe. Wish me luck.
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