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I went on a complete swirl tear, especially after getting the Otions soap. I got a Kelsei mold a week or two ago and have been trying it and then tried again yesterday for some good pulls, like that Otion bar. Fail! The swirl is fine, but it's a long way from that fabulous bar. Love the Kelsei mold for pulling the swirls down the side. It certainly makes the bars look more finished.
I was playing around with some left over colors and liked this vortex swirl I got, on the far right. Then I tried it with Pixie Dust FO- first time using that, like a dope- and of course it accelerated trace so my 5 color swirl wasn't quite what I wanted but is still interesting. Must have a lot of florals in there and florals always look mottled when I don't mix them a lot, so they have a bit of a funny look. Oh well. Good enough for me.
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Then I tried Angel FO from the Sage. Mixed with Vanilla stabilizer and used TD but got the bright yellow, as Carebear mentioned in another thread. No controlling that color! Like the smell. I had a little separation in the red-too much mica? I used the same soap batter as the rest of the soap. It pitted a little but the worst was where I squirted alcohol on top and it squirted too strongly-right into the soap. Oops.
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In an effort to duplicate the lovely Otions bar, I used a pink grapefruit and patchouli mix- anything that didn't accelerate trace and discolor- but I clearly still don't know the trick. And any tips with the mold would be helpful. I find the soap starts to gel in the middle and goes outward, but by the time it spreads to the edges, the center get a little too hot and starts to sweat. Do other people have this problem? How do you prevent it?
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And lastly, I made two soaps earlier in the week, a blackberry sage and a lemon.
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I have no idea what I am going to do with all this soap. I have soap issues, clearly.
I was playing around with some left over colors and liked this vortex swirl I got, on the far right. Then I tried it with Pixie Dust FO- first time using that, like a dope- and of course it accelerated trace so my 5 color swirl wasn't quite what I wanted but is still interesting. Must have a lot of florals in there and florals always look mottled when I don't mix them a lot, so they have a bit of a funny look. Oh well. Good enough for me.
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Then I tried Angel FO from the Sage. Mixed with Vanilla stabilizer and used TD but got the bright yellow, as Carebear mentioned in another thread. No controlling that color! Like the smell. I had a little separation in the red-too much mica? I used the same soap batter as the rest of the soap. It pitted a little but the worst was where I squirted alcohol on top and it squirted too strongly-right into the soap. Oops.
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In an effort to duplicate the lovely Otions bar, I used a pink grapefruit and patchouli mix- anything that didn't accelerate trace and discolor- but I clearly still don't know the trick. And any tips with the mold would be helpful. I find the soap starts to gel in the middle and goes outward, but by the time it spreads to the edges, the center get a little too hot and starts to sweat. Do other people have this problem? How do you prevent it?
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And lastly, I made two soaps earlier in the week, a blackberry sage and a lemon.
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I have no idea what I am going to do with all this soap. I have soap issues, clearly.