My lye in the eye freakout

[1sadmomma]

So I was piping roses on top of my latest batch when suddenly I felt the familiar tingle of a lye burn about to happen...right at the corner of my eye. It wasn't actually in my eye but nonetheless, I dropped everything and hopped in the shower, clothes and all, and started flushing my eye like crazy. Foty five minutes later, I'm trying to figure out how it happened. I never, never touch my face while soaping and all my soap was either fully set or piping consistency. I was well past the accidentally splashed phase and there wasn't even a drop anywhere but in the mold or in the piping bag. I'm wondering if I imagined the tingling. I honestly don't know what to think. Anyone else experience something like this?

 

[brujacoden]

The magic of small crystals is that they're light enough to be sent flying with tiny amounts of force, like ever run your hand across a soft surface (say, a couch) with salt or sugar on it? Some of the smaller pieces go a long, long way. It's possible this happened much earlier and it ended up stuck in your hair, eyebrows, eyelashes and dropped out onto your skin long after it was kicked up.

 

[MomInWA]

Hope you’re okay!