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I think that mine and Devan’s project went really well. We didn’t just learn how to make soap but we also learned a lot about cooperation with eachother and time management. We both have things going on during the week, so having weekly blogs to post made it difficult to have time for them, but we learned how to compensate for that. Although, the project was also a lot of fun. We didnt only get to spend more time together but we were able to mess around a bit, experiment and try new things. It also helped that in the end we were able to use our product for something!

In regards to our presentation, we had a script at the beginning and then we both just started winging it. We didnt need that paper to explain the project because it was way easier to talk about it in our own way, while still being interactive with the audience. Overall, I think our Genius Hour Project was a success, it wasn’t so hard but it wasn’t extremely simple, it was fun, just like how its supposed to be!

We will not be posting our soap this week or next because Devan and I are working on our slideshows. See you next week!

This week, Devan and I practiced making samples for the class when its time for us to present. We used paper to split each mold into two but the soap base ended up sinking the piece of paper. Next time we are going to make the soap and then cut it.

This is what it looked like when I made the DIY seperator.

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These are pictures of the process. The first one was when it came out of the microwave and we noticed that it looked really oily and was not sure why. The middle image is moments before the paper folded underneath all the soap. We might even try using cardboard next time. The last picture shows what the bowl looked like afterward. We put oats in the soap and realized that when it was heated up the oats stuck to the bottom of the bowl instead of mixing in with the soap. They also appeared much smaller.

This is what the soap looked like after it cured. Like before, it still remained extremely oily. But it gave it a really cool texture and loook.

Today we will be focusing on the planning portion of our project for when its time to present.some soap to show how well it works during our slideshow. Below I’ll add points of all we are going to include.

• Pictures showing its progression
• Test run
• What we struggled with and how we improved
• Supplies we used
• New things we tried and how they worked
• Who we reached out to
• It will look something like this:
• Week: Challenges
• • improvements:
• IMAGES

Devan and I have got the basics down for making the soap and now we are working on the aesthetics of them. We used bubblewrap to make a honey-like texure on the top of the soap bar. We used honey, oatmeal, coconut oil (after seeing how great it worked last time) and yellow dye so that you are able to tell what theme we based this soap off of. All of these ingrediants are awesome to keep your skin moisturized.

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This is what the soap looked like before we used the bubblewrap and scroll down to see if it worked out how we had hoped…

IT WORKED!

Thank you,

Stay tuned for next week, as we will be posting our plan for our presentation in February and how we have progressed over that period of time!

Devan and I were informed that Coconut oil is good for your skin, so we added some to this weeks soap. Rocky Mountain Soaps stated that it helps with skin conditions like eczema. I have eczema so I tested out on my skin and over a couple days, I got the results I wanted! Below is a picture of a message the company sent to us.

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Before using the soap After using the soap

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The coconut oil we used. Before the soap molded. After the soap molded.

We noticed that the soap was much silkier after adding the coconut oil to it. We also didn’t have to rush putting it into the mold after taking it out of the microwave like we did the times before due to how fast it hardened.

Before During After

Above are images Devan and I took while making our soap. We thought that if we added some heat to them that the bubbles would not be visible but it didn’t work as well as we hoped. Next time we might heat the soaps up before they harden and create bumps.

We looked back at previous messages with Rocky Mountain Soaps and they had told us that adding oats and honey will improve our soap textures and make them more organic based.

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These are the suggested products we used.

We think that making these improvments will help compare to the professional soaps we picked up before-hand.

This is what the soap looked like when I first put it in the mold. Because I added water in it and I noticed that it turned out very bubbly on the top.

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We took the first photo about an hour (10:30) later thinking that the soap might settle, but I was suprised that it didn’t. The second photo was taken this morning at 7:00. Next time if we decide to use water again, we might use heat products to seperate the particles. We also realized that adding liquid such as water, caused the soap to take longer to harden. Although, It did make the soap easier to use and diluted the scent of the cinnamon, which I only used ground cinnamon this time instead of adding the sticks.

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These are all of the ingrediants I used to add texture and scent to the soap.

My hands were much more soft after using the soap than previous times due to dillution and the moisture of the lotion.

This week, Devan and I decided to make a mystery soap. I challenge you guess what scent this is.

Here are your options: lavender, pumpkin, sage citrus and mint.

Scroll down to see the answer once you have guessed.

Did you get it right?

I washed my hands with the soap, just like last time. When we made it, we added some lotion to see if it made the soap softer and our hands less dry after using it.

I think it made an improvement but next time we might research some things that you can add to it to make it more skin friendly.

Last week we bought some soap bars from Rocky Mountain Soaps, so that we would have them for reference.

We began to make our soap base and added it to a microwaveable bowl.

When we took it out, we realized that the solution hardens really quickly and needed to be placed back into the microwave before adding scent and colour into it.

These are just some of the soap bars we made and poured into the mold to let harden. I was surprised that it took its shape so fast. Because of this, the cinnamon sticks were not able to sit inside of the soap bar.

After they cured, Devan and I put each of them in small ziploc bags.

Washing my hands with the store bought soap

When I washed my hands with our soap, I realized that afterwards my hands felt dry. Next time I will try adding lotion to the soap to see if that helps.