The oranges on the counter were starting to stare back at me and I was fresh out of soap ideas, so lo and behold. Put the oranges in the soap. Easy.
Couldn't find our orange juicer, so I ended up just throwing them in the blender with a little distilled water and straining the chunky bits out. The dogs loved me for the unexpected tasty treat. They also got the remaining puree that I didn't use in the soap, since I didn't want to freeze it or have it go bad. Recycling![Sparkles :sparkles: ✨](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2728.png)
Another speedy accelerator, but again fully expected and prepared for. Ended up with the ol' plop technique before swirling it. Came out just fine.
Batch #11 - 6 Oil Blend with Orange Puree
The good: The spoon swirl design is fun and my three oranges are unique enough from one another (maybe a lil more red to the darkest one, though)
The bad: I ended up with holes in two of the bars. I slammed this mold so many times and so hard, so maybe those were just destined to be there.
The ugly: They can't be seen easily in the picture but I do have some bits of uncolored batter in there
But this batter was THICK so I'm not surprised I missed a few spots.
Lesson Learned: In a monochrome design like this that accelerates, adding a little colorant to the oils might be a prudent idea. So at very least the "uncolored" batter passes the vibe check.![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I received a gift of some potential soap ingredients, so it's time to do some research to see how they are utilized. And time to buy more castor oil.
Couldn't find our orange juicer, so I ended up just throwing them in the blender with a little distilled water and straining the chunky bits out. The dogs loved me for the unexpected tasty treat. They also got the remaining puree that I didn't use in the soap, since I didn't want to freeze it or have it go bad. Recycling
![Sparkles :sparkles: ✨](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2728.png)
Another speedy accelerator, but again fully expected and prepared for. Ended up with the ol' plop technique before swirling it. Came out just fine.
Batch #11 - 6 Oil Blend with Orange Puree
![orange.png](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a0f/a0f3bcef79236f5ff9151d19652caf47.png)
The good: The spoon swirl design is fun and my three oranges are unique enough from one another (maybe a lil more red to the darkest one, though)
The bad: I ended up with holes in two of the bars. I slammed this mold so many times and so hard, so maybe those were just destined to be there.
The ugly: They can't be seen easily in the picture but I do have some bits of uncolored batter in there
Lesson Learned: In a monochrome design like this that accelerates, adding a little colorant to the oils might be a prudent idea. So at very least the "uncolored" batter passes the vibe check.
I received a gift of some potential soap ingredients, so it's time to do some research to see how they are utilized. And time to buy more castor oil.