Honesty

I unmolded my soap this morning and chopped it into bars. Cut beautifully and looks quite spectacular if you ask me. Then I began looking at it in morning sunlight and I'm not sure but I think it might still have some lye crystals in it. I won't know for sure until I get some ph test strips but this might be a failed batch.

I guess that would be why milk soapmaking is so tricky. You cannot tell whether the crystals have completely dissolved or not. The book says to take its temperature and when the temp starts falling, the lye is dissolved. I thought the temperature was falling but maybe I was impatient.

I will not be discouraged. I am going to get some more coconut oil today and try again. This time I think I'll used powdered goat milk so I can see that the lye is completely dissolved in the water.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again!