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I do see the skunk! I absolutely loved this soap which was actually made by Liz Locke for the Great Cakes Soap Challenge Club February 2017 CP + MP Designs Challenge. She did a fabulous job!

Yes she did. Thanks for sharing who it was.

I don't see the skunk. I do see some raccoon-like swirls. I love this one too.

Ha, good point, it does have a mask!

Today's comes from Ukraine by jlavondanaida

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I do.. Same as above

The one on the right bottom looks like half face of a crazy angry panda with a red mole
 
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So from something completely different I stumbled upon this soap:

https://bathhousesoap.com/collections/soap-by-the-slice/products/frankincense-myrrh-soap

My apologies if it has been discussed before, but does anyone know what technique is used to get the darker rim of colour around the soap and then the lighter in the middle?

Lots of beautiful soaps on that website and a beautifully crafted website itself, the marketing is spot on
 
So from something completely different I stumbled upon this soap:

https://bathhousesoap.com/collections/soap-by-the-slice/products/frankincense-myrrh-soap

My apologies if it has been discussed before, but does anyone know what technique is used to get the darker rim of colour around the soap and then the lighter in the middle?

Lots of beautiful soaps on that website and a beautifully crafted website itself, the marketing is spot on
This is something typically caused by the scent. It will progress through the bar with time. When you first cut a vanilla scented soap, it will have the same effect.
 
If it were my soap, the dark rim would be caused by a discoloring fragrance oil. If so, the bar is freshly cut, because the whole bar would eventually turn the same color as the outside edges.

I'm not sure that's the explanation for the soap in your example, but it sure looks similar.
 
That's interesting, though I wonder if its something else at play because I would hope they wouldn't advertise the soap looking like that if it is going to change over time
 
It looks like the beginning of discoloration to me too. But it's listed for sale/sold out and by the time any of my soaps using discoloring FOs are cured, the whole bar has discolored. So, either the picture was taken when the soap was newly cut and it didn't look like that when it was fully cured or ... :confused:
 
The reviews I read say that F&M FO discolors, so that would be it in that particular soap.

However, if you wanted the darker framed effect, you could still get this effect by choosing your mold as a tall vertical mold, or individual molds, batter at emulsion or very thin trace, a squirt bottle of the darker color which you lay down on the outer edges and fill in the inner part with lighter colored batter, alternating the fill as needed to maintain the effect for the height of the mold.

Lately I've been looking at rimmed soaps. Here's what looks like a combo of a CP rim with an inner MP with some embeds.

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Found here: http://bysteso.blogspot.com/2015/02/blog-post_84.html
 
So from something completely different I stumbled upon this soap:

https://bathhousesoap.com/collections/soap-by-the-slice/products/frankincense-myrrh-soap

My apologies if it has been discussed before, but does anyone know what technique is used to get the darker rim of colour around the soap and then the lighter in the middle?

Lots of beautiful soaps on that website and a beautifully crafted website itself, the marketing is spot on

The other pictures in the listing show the bar completely changed in color to a solid. When I use Crafter's Choice Frankincense & Myrrh EO/FO my bars will also do this after cutting. I suspect the soaper took pics right after cutting, and then again after cure.
 
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