FINALLY! New soaps-AKA what I've been up to while I was MIA!

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Lil Outlaws

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I was away from SMF for a while.. lots going on around here, including a 2 year old son with a broken arm (which is thankfully finished and healed and cast-free now!)..

I finally got to do some soaping, and I took some of my latest creations to the studio this week.

First, this is part of my Local Soaps Project - I promised pics of this one, it's my Cabernet Wine Soap with an intense wine reduction for the swirl.

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Next is a Black Raspberry Vanilla scented "Woolie Bar" - which is basically a bastille with a very high lanolin content added, intended for washing wool (diaper covers and soakers, mainly).

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This one is a rebatch of sorts.. all the shreds and trimmings and bevelings, plus grated up "ugly bars" in a basic soap batter.. this one is Medina Orchard Apple (Local Soaps). Used unfiltered cider for the solution, which caused the dark rusty red color.

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Another rebatch of shreds.. mostly the same shreds but a different base (no fruit juice).. This one is Cashmere-Pepperberry.

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This one was a custom order for a customer - an extra superfatted castille in Monkey Farts scent, no color or additives (sensitive skin).

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And finally, one of my recent favorites - a beer soap (Bud Light) scented with Leather and Kudzu. The berry-ish Kudzu really tames down that "saddle shop" scent of the Leather. Love it, can't wait until it hardens up enough to use!

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Thanks for looking!! :)
 
Oh my gosh, those are just gorgeous ,the wine reduction is very cool, well they all are , but that's my favorite..

Kitn
 
Wow, awesome soaps *hats off* The alcoholic ones look the best. What do you mean by 'intense wine reduction for the swirl'?
 
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:D :D :D :D

great job! love the wine reduction, and the "woolie"-they qall have theirs own individual charachter. and who wouldn't ant a soap that matched their cowboy boots! LOL!

great pic's too! and all with a broken arm-what a trooper! :shock:

monet
 
WOW! :shock: :shock: :shock:

They are beautful! All of them! What great ideas, every one! I LOVE your photography! Way to go!

So happy to hear your 2-year old is cast free! That must have been horrible :cry:
 
Thanks guys! I'm really happy with them :) New shapes and stuff thrill me!

The woolie one and the others with that shape are from where I finally broke out the vinyl downspouting (hubby calls it "drainpipe soap" LOL) and I love the shape of them.. I just wish they unmolded easier hehe

The intense wine reduction is 2/3 or 3/4 of a bottle of Cabernet that I simmered for a long time until it reduced to only 2TBS of a thick syrupy liquid. That 2TBS was so potent that when I added it to the swirl it turned almost black (thankfully that lightened up!) because all of the pigment from almost a full bottle of wine was in the tiny amount of syrup.

It has been really stressful with the broken arm, but moreso for me than for him LOL - kids adapt so well it amazes me - but we're all thrilled to be done with that!

I like the stamp too, I saw it in the 1.00 bin at Michael's and had to grab it :lol: and it ended up being perfect for those! I got matching ribbon for packaging it up too!
 
love that stamp, never done that, do you stamp after its cut and cured how long?
 
Absolutely fantastic! I love those stamps as well - with them being rubber stamps are you applying a color and then stamping like you would with ink or are they actually pressed into the soap? I would never, ever have thought of rubber stamps - thank you for sharing that idea.

Okay back to the soaps - absolutely fantastic and the photography is wow!

Welcome back lady - you've been missed and I'm glad your son is feeling better!
 
The stamp is just a basic rubber stamp. I brush the raised parts with mica (if I just dipped it, it was too inconsistent/clumpy) and pressed it into the cut bars almost immediately after cutting. The mica acts like flour on a cookie cutter - keeps the soap from sticking. I do press enough to actually indent, not just leave the mica on top.

I did try one batch the day after cutting and it didn't imprint as well, but wasn't too bad. I found that doing it the same day, even as soon as right afterward, works the best. :)

(And thank you Lindy, I missed you guys too!!)
 
It's fruity.. reminds me of bubblegum, pineapple, banana, and apple... maybe some coconut.

Supposedly all the things that monkeys eat. LOL
 
oh, l love all your soaps and your photography is awesome, l especially love the last photo with the boot!
 

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