Newborns

Whenever I make a batch of soap, I always love it the best of all soaps.
Just like my daughters; I love each of them the best of all.
These two soaps are made simply with goat milk, olive oil, coconut oil, and fragrance.
On the kitchen floor, having just been poured, are Lavender on the left and Jasmine on the right. Aren't they pretty?
After curing overnight, they now look like twins on the table, waiting for Big Dan to cut them into bars.
I hadn't made soap for ages, since for a while no goats produced milk. Now we're back in the swing of things, with yogurt and soft cheeses incubating and soaps curing.

Rebatch to the Rescue

Both of my soap making readers know that rebatching means taking already made soap, shredding it, adding liquid, and stirring to make soap with it again. This would normally be done to add pretty flowers which wouldn't look so pretty after a lye bath.
It could also be done if you were a very bad soap maker and left a chunk of undissolved lye in your original recipe.
I figured out what had gone wrong, but the weird part is, the soap had turned immediately into a thick soap, only to separate later.
I took the soap out of the mold and tore it apart by hand since it was still soft, took the chunk of lye out, and heated it on the stove till it was pourable. I have no idea the fate of it from here on out.
The color is so ugly I think it would make a nice gift for Shrek and Fiona.
But it smells nice.

Why?

Here are five batches of goat milk soap.
All made from the same recipe.
On the same day.
But the batch of Christmas Memories (center, dark green, wet looking)separated, with normal seeming soap on the bottom and two inches of oil floating on top.
If any soapers or scientists read this and know what could have happened, please comment!
The good news is the rest of the soap looks promising. I procrastinated so horribly on some orders that I had to heat the soap in the oven to ensure it will cure this week!
From the top right, counterclockwise: Energy, Southern Gentleman,Christmas Memories, Dragon's Blood, and naturally colored pure lavender oil Lavender (yes, it looks brown, it'll be a naturally tan soap after it cools.)

Tomorrow, I make another five batches.
The line up is: Rasberry Violet, English Rose, Gingerfish, Jasmine Dreams, and Fresh Snow.