Moroccan Mint gift soaps.

[TVivian]

I offered to donate soap favor/gifts for a Mother's Day tea outreach my church is holding. The guests are women from a local shelter. I thought it was a perfect opportunity to try my hand at making Handmade in Florida's "Moroccan mint". Here's how they turned out!

 

[lpstephy85]

Beautiful!

 

[snappyllama]

Gorgeous! How does the FO behave?

 

[lionprincess00]

If its bb it behaves perfectly. They are gorgeous! Executed wonderfully!!!

 

[doriettefarm]

Those are just beautiful, me want!

 

[hmlove1218]

Those are beautiful!

 

[TVivian]

Thank you! It was fun watching someone and then trying to duplicate their work.

@snappyllama I mixed my own using peppermint and spearmint EO's with earl grey tea from NG which behaves nicely.

 

[Cookie]

Just gorgeous, and nice to go to something so worthwhile

 

[cmzaha]

Those are beautiful!

 

[Saponista]

They are really attractive. Beautiful design!

 

[Rowan]

Absolutely gorgeous. I love the way they've turned out.

 

[shunt2011]

Those are really beautiful. They will love them.

 

[navigator9]

Now those are some beautiful soaps. Nice work!

 

[hmlove1218]

The scent combo sounds lovely. Quick question, did you gel? NG's Earl Grey is a heater for me and usually tries to over heat even in the freezer after soaping with RT oils and chilled lye water.

 

[dixiedragon]

beautiful! How do you keep the mica line so crisp and have the swirls on top?

 

[LBussy]

Those ladies are lucky indeed to have such a nice gift - not that they don't deserve a little luck.

Those are gorgeous bars!

 

[TVivian]

Thanks again all!

@hmlove1218 I used such a small amount of the FO in this soap that I don't think it would have had a chance to cause trouble. I have used it as a mixer before and never had issues, but I have not tried it as a sole FO and that may make a difference. I did gel (cpop) with a water discount.

 

[TVivian]

beautiful! How do you keep the mica line so crisp and have the swirls on top?

Dixie, she has a video and I just did what she did! I wish I had mixed less quantity (left more white) of the colored part for the upper layer swirl. I'll change that next time! Also, I sprayed the mica line with alcohol to keep it from breaking.

http://youtu.be/LzjhvNDneQk

 

[fsanderson]

Those are so beautiful!!! The ladies that receive them will love it.

 

[TVivian]

Tried this again with ground coffee and shades of purple. The gold mica line is so subtle and I tried using more white. I don't know how HMIF gets those wispy swirls!

Scented with Brown Sugar & Fig