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7053joanne

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These are the soaps I made this past weekend

The first is a eucalyptus EO soap with alfalfa for color


This one is an orange EO ceylon tea soap


And this one is Oatmeal Milk & Honey FO colored with alkenet
 

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They look great!! how did you extract the color from the alfalfa if you dont mind me asking?? what method did you use?? thats a nice caramel looking color :)


very nice soaps!! I like the textured cuts too!
 

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Ian,

I actually used alfalfa powder which I mixed into a portion of the oils....then layered it in while pouring the soap into the mold.

That paper is awesome! Guess I will have to buy some now...and I love paper raffia ribbon!

Thanks!
joanne
 

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no problem!!!


And thanks!!!

:)

Im in the process of acquring abunch of different herbs and natural coloring clays and stuff..cant wait to start experimenting!
 

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Yeah I am waiting for about 50 bucks worth of experimenting powders...i can't wait to get them. I got a couple last night which will be tried this weekend. That will be the next batch of pictures. :D
 

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what types of powders were you thinking of experimenting with??
 

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I got annatto seed and maddar root yesterday so i will have to figure out what scents i want to use. I still want to make a sweet basil soap......we'll see.
 
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