I’m on a roll with my cold processed soap. Yesterday, I finally got around to making my cold processed wine soap. The wine was purchased on Wednesday. I boiled 48 ounces of wine to remove the alcohol. Do you know, that about half evaporated when the wine boiled? Once the wine had cooled, I put in a ziplock bag and added to my freezer. This was my replacement for water. I typically freeze my liquids so when I add my lye to the liquid, it won’t get as hot. The added bonus is when I use something besides water (which is most of the time) I’m not scorching whatever liquid I choose.
And here’s how my soap looked yesterday, right after I poured it into its cedarwood mold. For the top, I added finely crushed hibiscus petals. I can’t say enough good things about this soap mold. The sides open which makes it extremely easy to release the soap from the mold once it’s set.
About five hours ago, I did remove the soap from my cedar mold. As you can see the design I added was layered and so it looks nothing like wine, but I don’t care. My daughter thinks it resembles a cake. This soap was still too soft and so it was placed back into its mold. Do you know that this is the first soap (in a long time) that will take over a day before it’s ready to be removed from the mold? Today is Friday, I most likely will check it on Sunday.