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These are my first soaps of the New Year. On a different thread, someone asked what people's first soaps would be, so I thought I'd post my results. Nothing earth shattering but...
The top one is Fresh Cut Grass on the left and Cool Water on the right. I poured the grass one very thin, very very thin but loved the way the soap moved when I patterned it. I poured it first and then after I did the cool water one, I realized the pattern was sinking- AAAHHHHH it was separating before my eyes! I had to forego the pattern and stirred and stirred in the mold to try to get it to come together. It stayed liquid for a very long time and took FOREVER to harden up- like 2 hours. It gelled but there is still a bit of oil on the top so I'm going to let it sit for some time and see if it takes some of the oils back up. Doesn't zap though- thankfully.
The bottom link was for my very first soap this year which traced so fast it was like lightning and prompted a lot of internal swearing. It was supposed to be another try at the mantra swirl thing (you'd never guess). I got an orange streak down the middle but it was all very lumpy and then like an idiot, I decided to glop on my accent colors of Cancerian Heat (red) and Midnight train (deep metallic blue) in lines but they were total chunks by then. I had a tool that allowed me to mix it in throughout the depth of the bar so I just stirred and folded it in a bunch. It was so ugly!!!! It also tanned. It looked like barf. After unmolding, I cut the chunky tops off and lo and behold, it looks okay, just not at all like I intended (or did I SO mean to do that?). It will darken up some but... That's White Lily and Amber.
So what did you make over the weekend? Post a picture on this thread so we can all see!
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These are my first soaps of the New Year. On a different thread, someone asked what people's first soaps would be, so I thought I'd post my results. Nothing earth shattering but...
The top one is Fresh Cut Grass on the left and Cool Water on the right. I poured the grass one very thin, very very thin but loved the way the soap moved when I patterned it. I poured it first and then after I did the cool water one, I realized the pattern was sinking- AAAHHHHH it was separating before my eyes! I had to forego the pattern and stirred and stirred in the mold to try to get it to come together. It stayed liquid for a very long time and took FOREVER to harden up- like 2 hours. It gelled but there is still a bit of oil on the top so I'm going to let it sit for some time and see if it takes some of the oils back up. Doesn't zap though- thankfully.
The bottom link was for my very first soap this year which traced so fast it was like lightning and prompted a lot of internal swearing. It was supposed to be another try at the mantra swirl thing (you'd never guess). I got an orange streak down the middle but it was all very lumpy and then like an idiot, I decided to glop on my accent colors of Cancerian Heat (red) and Midnight train (deep metallic blue) in lines but they were total chunks by then. I had a tool that allowed me to mix it in throughout the depth of the bar so I just stirred and folded it in a bunch. It was so ugly!!!! It also tanned. It looked like barf. After unmolding, I cut the chunky tops off and lo and behold, it looks okay, just not at all like I intended (or did I SO mean to do that?). It will darken up some but... That's White Lily and Amber.
So what did you make over the weekend? Post a picture on this thread so we can all see!