Lilac and the missing 2 pound mold

The other day I was able to make two soap batches in one day.  It was a rare occasion for me.  I usually can only do one and sometimes I end up doing it late at night when the kids have finally gone to bed. 

Well I took a day off at work and while the kids where at daycare and school I went to work.  I was so excited!  I went to the store and bought Buttermilk and Yogurt.  I have been curious lately about making soap with these two ingredients :)

I ran both of my recipes through my soaping software that I have installed in my computer and off I went to make soap.  From a previous post you can see the soap that I made from Buttermilk.  Well I with my Yogurt Soap I decided to use Lilac fragrance oil.  The last batched I tried with Lilac did not go so well so I was hoping this time around it would be a success. 

I added the Yogurt to the oils, and when I finally added the lye water  I had to work quickly since the fragrance started to rice on me.  I used my stick blender to smooth it out a  bit but it did not allow me to any fancy swirls. 

Now, here is the kicker!

When I started to pour the mixture in the mold I started to realise that I did not have enough soap!  I was a little stumped...and then I panicked thinking that I had not used the correct amount of oils.  I reviewed my print out, and everything seemed OK...and then it hit me.  I did not resize my recipe to fit into the 3 pound mold!  I had made two 2 pound recipes. 

I only own one of each, 2 pound and 3 pound :o/...  Well that didn't make me too happy.  My soap bars were going to turn out a bit short.  sigh....

Oh well...I refused to let this get me down.  I was going to have Lilac Soap! with Yogurt!
So I finished it up and stored it in the fridge to prevent gelling

Here are the final bars:

I ended up cutting them a little thicker since they were not as tall :)

I think they came out OK...can't wait to try them out

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Happy Soaping!

Roxana