This one is made using cuts and extra pieces from the soap I entered for the April 2022 SMF challenge. Colored with oxides and scented with a tweak on Spiked Orange from EOCalc:
For this one I threw most of the trimmings from a March 2022 SMF challenge soap (non-entry) into the oils and then made the batter, plus I added a handful of soap chunks for good measure. Scented with Volcano from WSP and colored with mica.
I used the same method described above, but didn’t add soap chunks. The trimmings were from my entry soap for the March 2022 SMF Challenge, colored with micas and scented with Nurture’s BRV. Much to my surprise, the original has turned out to be my most popular soap to date.
As far as I’m concerned, stick blending trimmings into warm oil and then making soap is much easier than first grating it, chopping it finely with a knife, or using the food processor. This approach is likely to become my go-to way to recycle soap trimmings. I did not try to completely melt/blend the pieces into the base (Ciaglia method), but it’s on my list of things to try.
Note: edited to fix hyperlinks
Also want to add that my original soap trimmings for the blue and pink bars were long, thin curls from beveling soap edges and flat, wide and thin curls from planing the surfaces of the soaps.
For this one I threw most of the trimmings from a March 2022 SMF challenge soap (non-entry) into the oils and then made the batter, plus I added a handful of soap chunks for good measure. Scented with Volcano from WSP and colored with mica.
I used the same method described above, but didn’t add soap chunks. The trimmings were from my entry soap for the March 2022 SMF Challenge, colored with micas and scented with Nurture’s BRV. Much to my surprise, the original has turned out to be my most popular soap to date.
As far as I’m concerned, stick blending trimmings into warm oil and then making soap is much easier than first grating it, chopping it finely with a knife, or using the food processor. This approach is likely to become my go-to way to recycle soap trimmings. I did not try to completely melt/blend the pieces into the base (Ciaglia method), but it’s on my list of things to try.
Note: edited to fix hyperlinks
Also want to add that my original soap trimmings for the blue and pink bars were long, thin curls from beveling soap edges and flat, wide and thin curls from planing the surfaces of the soaps.
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