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Juxtapose

"aka Shannon" - Mom, Artist & Crafter
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Okay, quick note, posting this from my phone. So one finger typing. Lol

Short story.
Wine soap.
Mucked up the ratios with my lye water & wine.
Mix became a weird color.
Never came to full trace.
Colors in.
Fragrance in.
Trace being stupid.
Making a mess everywhere.

Finally said screw it.
Pulled out one extra mold.
Because I knew there’s no way I’d get the pretty swirl top.

Color swirled a quick as I could.
Tucked with a towel wrap I closet and hoped for the best.

So, here’s where we are now.

They smell awesome and I think they will be worth the pain. Lol

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They look absolutely gorgeous - just love those colours! You have a very high oleic and low palmitic/stearic recipe which is why it would have been slow to trace. And it also looks like you have a lot of liquid in the recipe (with your lye solution and wine combined) but it's hard to tell because I can't see how much of that is actual lye.

Top tip: don't soap and wine at the same time! 😆
 

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