My first attempt at Tallow Soap looks like mashed potatoes!
Don't get me wrong, I love mashed potatoes (one of the best comfort foods), but not expecting my first tallow soap attempt to look like this lol. I'm still getting the timing down with the lye solution and oil temps. I used frozen goat's milk and distilled water for the NaOH solution; it didn't get above 110F and cooled down more quickly than expected. I attempted to heat it up by adding 1/2 tsp of honey, but that didn't seem to do anything so I held the bowl over the stove for a couple of minutes and it started getting more pumpkin orange. Mixed it into the oils when they got to 115F and stirred by hand until trace. I added 1 tsp of coffee grounds and 2 tsp ea of clove and vanilla EO. Trace got like a slushy gel which was darker because of the coffee, but lightened to give me the mashed potato look when it hardened. The scent so far is much milder than expected. Tbh, for a couple of reasons, I didn't like working with the tallow that much, but I'm still a newbie so I'll try a few more times and see if it just wasn't a good first impression. I also used one of those silicone highland cow molds (not shown) so we'll see how that comes out....