My First Soaps..

[mechanolatry]

Well, I took the plunge and made my first CP soaps.. here they are!

The brown-orange one is my first, its a carrot-ginger-honey soap. It smells divine!! The grey and white one was second, a clay and charcoal soap. Unfortunately, while it looks great, it didn't turn out so great. The charcoal particles are way too big and they scratch up your skin. :shock:

The dark brown one is a cinnamon-coffee soap. What do you guys think? Keep in mind these are my first!

 

[new12soap]

I think they look great, congratulations! Mmmm, cinnamon coffee would be soooooo good right now

What kind of charcoal did you use? I want to make some charcoal bars but would like to avoid overly scratchy if I can.

 

[kharmon320]

They look great! I love the charcoal soap.

 

[Genny]

Very pretty

 

[Pamela]

Great job....very nice

 

[judymoody]

They are beautiful! I love the deep colors!

 

[serfmunke]

You just inspired me to do a carrot soap. I have been thinking about it for a few days and now I must go out and shop for carrot juice and/or puree!

Very nice soaps. "Keep in mind these are my first" whatever! They are awesome! I would love to produce something like them, keep it up!

 

[saltydog]

Very pretty, I love the color of your carrot soap, especially.

 

[Fullamoon]

I think "WOW!"

 

[mechanolatry]

Awww... thank you everyone for the sweet compliments!

The charcoal was from a first aid kit, it seemed like a fine enough grain but I guess it wasn't. Try to look for charcoal thats very finely ground, like a powdered sugar consistency not like granulated sugar.

Definitely do a carrot soap! I have a juicer, so I used carrot juice with a little ginger juice, and added honey at trace (1 tbl. per pound). Mine went into a thick trace super quick, so keep that in mind.

 

[dirrdee]

those are wonderful soaps, especially for your first try! WTG!!

 

[brewsie]

really nice! loving that coffee soap. i tried a coffee soap yesterday and it didnt turn out half as pretty as yours good job