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Cold Process Soap Making

Loading coconut and palm oils into the double boiler Yvonne stirring oils to ensure even temperature Solid oils melting and mixing with olive oil Yvonne getting ready to check the lye mix Yvonne stirring the lye to ensure even distribution of heat Melanie tapping lye to add to soap oils Measuring essential oils to be added to soap Yvonne setting and zeroing the main scales Yvonne tapping liquid oils to add to make soap Melanie and Yvonne checking the weight of oils Melanie and Yvonne tapping lye to add to soap oils Adding lye to the soap oils Melanie stirring while Yvonne adds more lye Melanie mixing the soap with a power drill Melanie mixing Yvonne assembling a soap mould Yvonne assembling a soap mould Assembled soap mould on its dolly Soap reaching trace point (half size batch) Yvonne and Melanie pouring mix into soap mould Melanie and Yvonne take a well-earned breather Cut soaps drying in a tray Dry lavender soaps about to be wrapped The Still Room Squeak liked to supervise. Especially when we were making doggy soap