Un-Stamp-able (Layering Part II)

Soap making just keeps getting more fun each time, I look forward to making soap each week to try out all these different techniques. This time I tried another type of layering soap by mixing half of the solution with mung-bean powder to give it darker color, I also tried goat milk this time instead of milk/water. After several good luck of making soap successfully, bad luck finally got to me, I was trying to put stamp on the goat milk soap, for some reason, I cannot get the imprint to look right in the center because it's still very soft. Later on I found out from my friend that it could be caused by several reason:

1. Using castor oil will make the soap more sticky and harder to manage when it comes to stamping the soap
2. Too many powder material(such as mung-bean powder) will actually obsorb more moisture from air and soap itself therefore make it difficult to stamp in the center.

I learned from this mistake and will keep trying next time!

Name:

Grapeseed Eucalyptus Goat Milk Soap

葡萄籽藍膠由加利羊奶手工皂

Ingredients:

Extra Virgin Olive oil

Palms oil

Coconut oil

Grapeseed oil

Castor oil

NaOH

Goat Milk

Essential Oil:

100% Lavender Vanilla essential oil

Other:

Flaxseed

Mung-bean powder