Bad Soap Batches

One thing I hate more than anything is a soap batch gone bad.  In fact I have had probably 5 batches gone wrong in the past month.  There is nothing wrong with the soap other than it turned out totally ugly, or the scent went funky.   I mean the totally ugly soaps are completely my fault.  They are the result of my overmixing color and ending up with a baby poo brown insteand of the wonderful yeallow and red swirl I was aiming for.  Other times, it can be because I get into the sloth mode and don't mix fast enough.  Either way, it ends up in a box with all the other rejects.

Scent morphing , on the other hand, really makes me mad.  The scents I use to make soap aren't by any means cheap so it is extra frustrating when it is the scent that goes wrong.  I figure if I am buying a fragrance that is cold process soap safe, I sorta expect it to do what it is suppose to in my soap.  I mean, they tested it for safety right?  Thank goodness this doesn't happen often but when it does I am truly fuming!  I also have a collection of these fine specimens in a box.  Unlike the ugly ones, no one in my family wants to use them.  Lol, who want to use a stinky soap?

My solution to these common problems?  Well, my family never runs out of soap.  There is generally 5 different varieties in my shower at any given time.  If there was ever a world soap shortage, I could make a small fortune off the duds.  The stinky soaps, I save for the dog.  I figure she won't care, considering she is just a dog that smells half the time anyway.  By my calculations, I have enough soap at present to wash my dog 3 times a week for the next 15 years or so, considering she is a little pug.  The real solution is there is no solution.  If I want to be creative and make new product, I have to take the good with the bad even if it gets under my skin.