First batch using colorant!!

[craftymom0263]

Well tonight I did my first batch of soap using Mica colors. I hope it turns out. I used pink and yellow and scented it with BB Karma. I swirled the two colors together when they were in my homemade mold. I would post a picture but I have know idea how to do that using my phone.

 

[Khanjari]

I have an android phone and I am unable to reply from that. I also have the app on my IPod and I reply from that.

 

[craftymom0263]

. Here are a couple pictures of my first colorant swirled soap. I think they turned out pretty cool.

 

[hmlove1218]

Very cool!

 

[soapcakes]

It's beautiful...is this a CP soap?

 

[Seawolfe]

Those are pretty! I havent used micas yet, was it easy?

 

[craftymom0263]

Yes it is a CP soap and the Mica's were very easy to work with. Now I want to try some more colorants in soap. Thank you for the compliments. This is my third batch of soap.

 

[Jeanea]

Nice soap

 

[CaraBou]

Wow, that's gorgeous! What kind of scent is Karma?

 

[Melody1982]

What was your base and where did u get the Micas and how did u mix it up to get it to blend nicely?

 

[not_ally]

Melody, think this was accidentally posted on the wrong forum, it is CP. I got all excited when I saw it too, an MP soap that looked exactly like CP, yay! Oh well.

 

[girlishcharm2004]

That is beautiful soap!

 

[jules92207]

what a beautiful soap! very nice. I am curious how bb karma smells too...?

 

[snappyllama]

BB Karma description

what a beautiful soap! very nice. I am curious how bb karma smells too...?

I just got some - hoping it would be similar to Lush's Karma (sort of a light orange top note with spice middle and sandalwood/Patchouli base). Unfortunately, it didn't really smell like Lush's Karma at all. I'm getting just the base notes and maybe a weird medicinal scent. My husband described it as smelling like a vet's office in Boulder.

 

[jules92207]

darn, that is too bad.

 

[Ellacho]

Came out very lovely! Love the colors!

 

[KristaY]

I just got some - hoping it would be similar to Lush's Karma (sort of a light orange top note with spice middle and sandalwood/Patchouli base). Unfortunately, it didn't really smell like Lush's Karma at all. I'm getting just the base notes and maybe a weird medicinal scent. My husband described it as smelling like a vet's office in Boulder.

Hi snappyllama! I agree, BB's Karma smells nothing like Lush's Karma which is one of my favorite OTC scents. I added 25% 10X orange to it and it helped a bit but the patchouli is still the most prominent scent. Next time I'm going to add 10X orange at 50% and hopefully it'll sweeten it up a bit. The odd medicinal scent will fade with cure though. Luckily for me I like the scent of patchouli so it's okay but I was disappointed it wasn't closer to what I was looking for.

 

[snappyllama]

Hi snappyllama! I agree, BB's Karma smells nothing like Lush's Karma which is one of my favorite OTC scents. I added 25% 10X orange to it and it helped a bit but the patchouli is still the most prominent scent. Next time I'm going to add 10X orange at 50% and hopefully it'll sweeten it up a bit. The odd medicinal scent will fade with cure though. Luckily for me I like the scent of patchouli so it's okay but I was disappointed it wasn't closer to what I was looking for.

I'll have to try mixing with some 10X orange. <Adds some to cart>

I'm about to get into making CP and was hoping that it might mellow out a bit more than MP did. I had tried mixing with a little pear FO (the only fruity scent I have on hand at the moment), but I really don't recommend that! Not good.

I'm still getting a medicinal smell - very alcohol heavy. Maybe I got a bad batch...

Have you tried Kismet from NG - another Lush Karma dupe? It's sitting in my cart right now, but after the BB disappointment I hesitate to pull the trigger on it.

 

[snappyllama]

And I just realized that I never mentioned... that's a lovely soap!