This is the soap I made yesterday that I was expecting to be REALLY bad. What a pleasant surprise in a "modern art" sort of way.
Sometimes you just get lucky
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KatieShephard
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What is the scent? It looks beachy to me...coconut and sand 
boyago
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Why the pessimistic expectations?
JustBeachy
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What is the scent? It looks beachy to me...coconut and sand
That was my first thought as well. But as you can imagine from my name, it usually is. :razz:
That's a good looking soap Daryl
snappyllama
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Nice! It reminds me of fresh cut grass.
What is the scent? It looks beachy to me...coconut and sand
Bay Rum. I was pessimistic because I used two new natural colorants, goldenseal and alfalfa, plus a new, thicker hanger that I bent yesterday. That's a lot of new things at one time. When I poured it into the mold it layered ok, but when I swirled it, it looked like all the layers were blending into a dirty-diaper soup. I couldn't do much with the top because I ran short of white soap, so I kept pulling the goldenseal layer to the top every time I put a spoon in it.
AMyers
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Love that dark green and it's contrast!
That is just gorgeous! That would be excellent with the church logo stamped into it.
That's a good idea. Will try a bar with the stamp when it stiffens up a bit.
Tried it. Not sure if it will photograph well, but it looks really good with the logo stamp. Thanks for the Idea!
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Try a picture again at a different angle, so the light is bouncing off the soap. I can't see your logo and I want to!
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I looks great! Unfortunately, it's hard to see the stamp on your soap. Is it the design disguising the stamp or the lighting?
Is it the design disguising the stamp or the lighting?The pattern of the swirl looked like you had done it on purpose to look like the logo, so it was not a big leap.
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Well, I will say my first hanger/butterfly swirl was crummy. I used a thin wire hanger. Then I read some put a straw onto it to thinken it. I unraveled it, cut a straw to fit, slid it down, and rebent it. My second attempt was "better" in that it swirled thicker and nicer. My technique is awful, however. The hanger is not my friend lol. So point, thicker produces better swirls than thin, I've found. So good call on the thicker one!
It looks really looks wonderful!!
It looks really looks wonderful!!
I looks great! Unfortunately, it's hard to see the stamp on your soap.
A little of both. It shows up quite nicely in room lighting where there is natural shadowing. Will try another photo before I leave for work.
The dark green blob/glob/whatever is alfalfa. I received it as an add-on to an order as a customer reward from WSP with no idea what to do with it. The khaki color is from goldenseal powder. Not sure if they will fade like a lot of natural colorants, but I feel like a regular republican hippie. Peace man!
They are lovely!
Sagebrush
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Lovely swirl...gorgeous!
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