My Soap Diary

04/09/11

You know when you have one of those weeks when everything comes at you from all directions…. Well that was last week, what with Doctors appt. packing down & setting up for events and making up 2 wholesale orders I don't think I stood or sat still for any period of time, how I used to cram in 3 days at Tavistock Market is beyond comprehension.  I feel absolutely shattered I am so glad its Sunday, I did some work this morning making up a few orders and returning a couple of calls to customers, then I sat down and I have only just woken up lol….. Well I obviously needed it. Now I have time to sort out my schedule for next weeks soap making.

05/09/11

Well if today is anything to go by, I think I'll scratch this week, go back to bed and start again next week lol….. No seriously it wasn't that bad, in fact I got quite a bit done today. I  finished off one of my wholesale order's and nearly completed the second I am just waiting on some ingredients and 3 x 1 litre bottles to turn up and then I am done. As for the soap making we'll get to that in a minute, I asked myself  today why am I writing this diary, well here was my answer:  I am writing this diary mainly because I can't make head nor tail of some the blogs out there (No offence) and if you ask a question it seems like it takes forever to get a reply that’s if you get one and forever isn't good enough when your in dire need of help, so I thought if I write a diary as I am going then I can find my own answers and if this diary help's someone else out, out there then bonus I have done my job, right I'll stop waffling now.

The one piece of advice I can give out today is: DO NOT under any circumstances buy a hand blender that has a plastic attachment on the Stainless steel whisk part, the reason for this is what I found out today while I was trying to Trace my Calendula & Sunflower Soap. The Caustic Solution eventually eats through the Glue that binds the Stainless Steel & Plastic Attachment to the Motor of the Hand Blender, hence while blending the metal piece kept coming away from the Plastic, so because of that I think I might have to write off Calendula & Sunflower Soap,(We've heard you say that before  I hear you say), I don't think I traced it properly, it seemed very sloppy when I poured it into the moulds. I will let you know. My other batch of soap (The Gardener's Soap) seemed to turn out ok,  mainly because I did the batch in half the amounts of what I wanted to do so there wasn't too much bulk in the pan while blending so no drag was created to pull the whisk out of the motor. I am going to leave the Calendula Soap until the end of the week to see how it turns out, but the Gardeners Soap I will check on tomorrow. So Until then Happy Soaping xxx