安妮製皂

前一陣子妹妹丟個難題給我，要我想想怎麼做旅行皂。一般旅行皂就是做的小小的，可以方便攜帶，但總覺得皂的表面要大一點才好搓出泡泡。所以有一次做完皂後，就把剩下的皂液塗抹在廚用的紙巾上（要不易破的，像Bounty這個牌子），下面可以墊一張塑膠袋或是用過的冷凍紙，才不會沾到桌子。

用蜂蜜入皂，應該是很多皂友都用過的添加物，我也做過，但,從來都沒有成功過。成皂都有白白一點一點的，可能是未溶解的糖。後來檢討一下我的作法，我都是在trace後，直接加入蜂蜜。看了其他皂友的作法後，原來是要先把蜂蜜溶於水後再加入。果然，這樣就沒有白點了！Ya！這個實驗也算成功了，以後做蜂蜜皂也更有信心了！

定為四重奏是因為用了四種浸泡油作成的，而把它放在「experiment」這個分類，是因為第一次放在烤箱裡保溫。為什麼想放在烤箱呢？是怕每次加那薄薄的一層會容易失溫，但我家烤箱的對低溫又太高了，怎麼辦呢？後來有一次經過學校，看到一個養蜥蜴的保溫箱，它用一顆燈泡來保持溫度。我想到了，或許我也可以把烤箱的燈打開來保溫。

只是這皂有六層皂，花了三天照三餐打，廚房又要煮飯又要打皂，有人經過烤箱看到燈開著還會幫忙關燈...結果有一次我發現過冷了，再加熱時有點過熱，所以有一點果凍出現。為了簡化油的種類，這次我選了馬賽皂的配方，而且把棕櫚油換成乳油木果脂，為將到來的冬天多一點準備。

[Thought]
Turn on the light in oven like a terrarium tank to keep the soap warm.

[Soap]
This soap is considered as 6 layers soap and took me 3 days to finish it. There are 4 layers made from 4 different kinds of infused olive oil. That's why I call it Quartet. Keeping in oven with light on provided a good warm temperature. So I don't need to worry the thin layers might lost temperature.

這100%椰油家事皂一直是婆婆媽媽的最愛。洗淨力強易沖洗且又環保，真是無藥可救的好。只是素來懶惰的我，很多時候還是用洗碗機來洗碗，因此突發奇想，想用椰油皂來洗碗機洗看看，不知效果如何。

The 100% coconut oil soap is a perfect household soap. You can use it to clean almost everything in your house, of course, washing dishes. Most of time, I use dishwasher to clean dishes. One day, an idea came to my mind: why not use handmade soap in dish washer?

我想不會有人像我一樣豬頭吧，椰子油買成可可油！當我收到那一大桶可可油時，差點沒昏倒。
為了找可可油的SAP值還花了一番工夫，INS則是一直都沒找到。我想它的特性可能跟可可脂差不多，但比較軟一點。既然沒看過別人用可可油入皂，乾脆來個100%可可油皂來不受打擾地體會一下可可油。

皂入100%可可油，連SF都用可可油。成品蠻軟的，放好久還是軟。最近比較硬了些，試用一下。哇，真是無心插柳成蔭，洗感很好。首先它的泡泡竟然蠻多的，也蠻持久，比橄欖油起泡容易。洗時會有滑潤感，沖水時會覺得有點黏膩，但擦乾後，皮膚感覺柔軟不緊繃，非常舒服！
做過這樣的實驗後，更有信心把它加到皂的配方中。大家可以試試看喔。

[Thought]
By accident bought a big barrel of cocoa oil instead of coconut oil!
I hav't seen any one use cocoa oil to make soap. I even can not find INS value from web sites! In order to see how it really feels, I decided to make a 100% cocoa oil soap.
[Soap]
It's a 100% cocoa oil soap even SF with cocoa oil. It is very soft. Until recently, I cut a piece to give a try. This soap is surprising good!
First, it lathers very easily. When applying on the skin, it is very smooth and well-lubricated. Duing rinse, there is slightly sticky feeling. But after wiping dry my skin, it feels very smooth and soft!
After this experiment, I have more confidence to add cocoa oil in my soap.