Soapy!

[razil]

Hiked out to evilari's this week to get my soap fix. It was much fun, and as usual I brought the thunderstorms with me. (There is a trend now - the last three times we have gotten together, there has been big rain and thunderstorms

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[hawkegirl]

In my experience the only neg thing about post trace soaps is they don't fill out the mold well. Unless you go far enough past trace to hit jelling, and then I think you need to try and rebatch (though I don't honestly know what the effect is, it's just what I've been told).

Also, I find adding a bit of cassia to the arabian spice mix makes it more spicey then cake like. They use (I'm totally guessing but I feel very confident) sweet orange with the spices, and I think it's just a bit too sweet for a good arabian spice.

*small batches* /me shakes her head...

[razil]

Heehee. I know. I'm not sure if I can stick to the small batch thing. I mean, I had leftover molds. It was totally weird! ;)

The tea tree soap seemed to skip the gelling altogether. It probably doesn't help that I didn't have a good way to stack/keep warm... (The 2nd soap jelled, though.)

Agree with the sweetness of the Arabian Spice. I might have been a little light in the pour too...

[razil]

Thanks! I'm sure the pollution isn't helping, but maybe all this sweating is, in some weird way. I'll just keep drinking water and hope to flush the nasties out...