I am participating in the Soap Challenge on Great Cakes Soapworks blog (see previous post).
Soap Challenge Week 8 - Salt Bars
I missed posting this on Amy's blog in time, but I am finally completely up to date on her weekly challenges. This challenge was to create salt bars using some form of sea salts. I have never made salt bars. The ones I saw years ago on the Internet did not look nice and so I had no desire to make them. More recently I have seen some really pretty salt bars, so I actually became excited to make this type of soap. After some research I came up with these ingredients to try:
Coconut Oil
Shea Butter
Cocoa Butter
Coconut Milk
Lye
Pink Bolivian Salt (fine)
Pink Himalayan Salt (course)
Tahitian Black Sand (Volcanic)
Pink Kaolin Clay (for color)
Caribbean Coconut fragrance
I wanted to make something really different. I combined all the ingredients except the sand. Then I separated about 1/3 of the batch and added the sand. I layered the black sand soap on the bottom and the peachy pink soap on top. I added some texture to the top and sprinkled it with Himalayan salts. Then I placed it in the oven for 2 hours.
I was afraid the soap would harden too fast, so I didn't wait for it to cool enough and messed the top up a bit. When it was a little cooler, I sliced up the bars and allowed them to cool and solidify. I guess I expected them to be kind of hard, but mine are soft but firm and a little crumbly, or maybe that's just loose salt.
They smell good enough to eat.
You can see the other challenge participants' Salt Bars by clicking here.
Next challenge is Peaked Tops.
Bath Alchemy by The Bonnie Bath Co.
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Soap Challenge Week 8 - Salt Bars
I missed posting this on Amy's blog in time, but I am finally completely up to date on her weekly challenges. This challenge was to create salt bars using some form of sea salts. I have never made salt bars. The ones I saw years ago on the Internet did not look nice and so I had no desire to make them. More recently I have seen some really pretty salt bars, so I actually became excited to make this type of soap. After some research I came up with these ingredients to try:
Coconut Oil
Shea Butter
Cocoa Butter
Coconut Milk
Lye
Pink Bolivian Salt (fine)
Pink Himalayan Salt (course)
Tahitian Black Sand (Volcanic)
Pink Kaolin Clay (for color)
Caribbean Coconut fragrance
I wanted to make something really different. I combined all the ingredients except the sand. Then I separated about 1/3 of the batch and added the sand. I layered the black sand soap on the bottom and the peachy pink soap on top. I added some texture to the top and sprinkled it with Himalayan salts. Then I placed it in the oven for 2 hours.
I was afraid the soap would harden too fast, so I didn't wait for it to cool enough and messed the top up a bit. When it was a little cooler, I sliced up the bars and allowed them to cool and solidify. I guess I expected them to be kind of hard, but mine are soft but firm and a little crumbly, or maybe that's just loose salt.
They smell good enough to eat.
I can't wait to try them out!!
You can see the other challenge participants' Salt Bars by clicking here.
Next challenge is Peaked Tops.
Bath Alchemy by The Bonnie Bath Co.
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