Lavender Escapades Part 3

*waves* Hey y'all! Hope everyone is doing well! As promised here's another installment of our Lavender Escapades series. :)

Ok so I wanted to do something a little bit different this time. I thought it would be interesting if I took the lavender herb that I had on hand, and brewed it into a tea, and used goats milk. I used half of each to make the lye mixture. So here we go. :)

I decided to separate the soap batter, and only use honey in the off white section for a better contrast, instead of throughout the entire loaf.

I then poured the off white batter into the lavender colored batter in order to do a swirl...

Up close and personal...

See the swirl? ;)

I was concerned of course that with the natural sugar from the honey, and the natural sugar of the goats milk, that it may do like my first batch which was superheat and crack a bit. Fortunately I soaped at such a low temperature that it didn't happen this time. :)

I cut it open from the center to see what it looked like on the inside and it is beautiful!!

I took it outside to get better lighting. It smells yummy, and you can really smell the honey in it. Its a very creamy bar. I am looking forward to testing this when it cures.

:)

Well the first official day of summer is here and the pool has opened, so I have been spending some time with my kidlets at the pool since they got out on break, hence me being a bit scarce. Do come back for our next installment of my journey through soap making!
Stay cool out there!
Suds & Bubbles,
Soapy