Recent content by Arky

I have no idea on expansion, so I'll leave that question to others, but it is definitely intriguing. Have you tried putting plastic wrap on the top of your soap to prevent air flow? That will help keep your soap soft. It's what I do when I want to make soap dough (and has worked so well that I...

Wow! I'd love to learn how to make that rose inside the bar!

When you do confetti soap, how strongly do the original scents come through? Should I keep different scents separated to make sure I add a complimentary FO to my rebatch? Or does it not matter? Thanks everyone.

What do you do with soap that doesn't turn out well visually? I have several batches of soap that accelerated too much on me (seized, I think). I ended up squishing them into a mold, but they came out with odd shapes and pockmarks because I wasn't able to get them into the mold evenly. What...

Thanks. My mold is two bars wide, so I was actually able to scoop out the center of the mold, which turned into a corner once I cut the bars.

Haven't been a member long enough to submit this in the July challenge, but I thought I'd share it anyway. This soap was inspired by the gently rolling hills, green grass, and blue sky of the South Dakota Prairie. I found the following picture on the internet to give you a sense of what it...