Fully Gelled Soap

Ah look, we have achieved full gel.

But I can see why sometimes I wont want to. The colour and texture...

I like the creamy opaqueness of the cold process soaps too.
but the texture of this quality soap is very nice!

Here are the pics!
this is me mixing it up in my room

 finally! a gorgeous fancy top part

 i insulated it for gel phase and screeched when i came back and had a peek!

 i wasnt sure if the sides would gel too

 so i put a light on it

 and it heated up

 and fully gelled!

 heres the set up in my room

 the temperature was at 155 degrees f (68 degrees centigrade)

 i thought it would go completely clear

 but it only went translucent. maybe because there were some bubbles :(

 i put it in the fridge for a bit (wrapped) but took it out and let it cool off on its own

 and it was ready this morning!

 so i cut it up and its drying on the rack now

 fully gelled soap!

this soap has sunflower oil, coconut oil, castor oil, hemp seed oil, and shea butter
it is scented with peru balsam and benzoin, for a creamy and vanilla like scent, mild and pleasant and sweet
i have used distilled water and rosemary oleoresin extract to avoid orange spots in the future (rancidity)
when i took the cosmetics training course in manila, the chemist advised us to use preservative in the lye water (which i didnt do because i used distilled water and an antioxidant in the oils but might in the future)