Dandelion & Honey Soap - Day 2

Well here it is, 24 hours on. The yellow has faded in the saponification process but it's retained it's creamy lush appearance. 

It will be now left to cure for 4 weeks.

The joy of soap-making!

Dandelion & Honey Soap...in Shropshire...in lockdown.

It's a long time since I've written in the blog and even longer since I first made Dandelion & Honey soap - 2014 to be precise.

So here I go again, sharing this marvellous experience with you!

I collected my dandelions from the local fields on my permitted 

walk yesterday.

What makes this process magical is that when you steep the dandelions  overnight you end up with a rather murky dark green infusion.

The magic happens when you add the lye water to it and back it goes to a 

lovely yellow colour again!

Wow! The power of nature.

I mix in the solid oils, then the liquid ones and finally the essential oils - in this case lemongrass, red mandarin, may chang and orange and give it a final whizz with a stick processor and pour.

This now needs to set or in soap-making terms 'saponify'. I won't know for a couple of days how this will turn out but I shall 

keep you posted!