KiwiMoose
Supporting Member
Ahhh....beveling zen....ahhhhhhhhI made 4 batches of soap over the weekend, so tonight I get to enjoy a few minutes of zen while I bevel 72 bars of soap. Then I'll be making 3 more batches of soap, washing soap dishes, and maybe tackling a batch of lotion... we'll see how my time management goes and if I can be organized enough with my work space to keep the counter cleared off for lotion making (and all the sanitizing, ugh!)
So pretty, @KiwiMoose! Really like the delicate look of the confetti.Cut my Rose Geranium confetti soap. It’s a really strong fragrance. Very nice.
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Ohh noooo. What happened?!Needless to say, everything was a horrible fail.![]()
Very pretty! I use that same scent for my Texas shaped soaps and call them 'Texas Sunshine'.I cut my blue soap last night and took pics today. It's scented with Dancing Waters.
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Dancing waters it is then! That's a good name.I cut my blue soap last night and took pics today. It's scented with Dancing Waters.
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I hope so too.Second attempt. Hopefully it’s soap dough, and not, soap DOH!
Thank you for the feedback. I will check out the lye forum as well. I have been working on recipes I really like to see how they react with certain micas, essential oils and fragrances. I am learning that some colors really seize, OMG, I shoved that into the mold so fast. but it turned out really nice and one of my favorites.You might want to make this question its own thread in the lye forum where more people would be likely to see it and respond, but I started with my own recipe, and colors and fragrance. I really love to experiment with ingredients, colors, fragrances, and design techniques. If I'm very impressed with how a soap performs, I'll consider duplicating elements of the recipe, otherwise I'd rather experiment and see what happens.
Today I cut and beveled my 5th February SMF challenge candidate. I didn't expect the recipe to harden in time to be a contender for the challenge, but it did. So, it gets a photo shoot tomorrow. Along with a few other soaps I haven't gotten to taking pictures of yet.
Thank you! I have been working on the order of steps as I keep forgetting a step like adding fragrance then remembering at the last minute. Sigh, I am a work in progress!I spent waaaay too much time in front of this screen today, so many rabbit holes to YouTube and this forum. Wait, what? It's after 10 p.m. and I haven't taken a shower yet?! Placed 3 online orders for ingredients. Got tons of concrete advice on this forum on a variety of topics. Lord help us but I bought 100 lip balm tubes, so the addiction is clearly morphing. I've been spending a fortune on chapstick my entire life and *smacks forehead* they're just lotion bars!!
Thank you. It's grown on me. I had a very public breakdown on this forum when I initially unmolded it. There was a weird yellow color that has since re-absorbed.
I'll tell you what worked for me. I focused on technique and the order of steps and left out color, fragrance, and design. It was several months before I discovered this whole new sub-culture of soapers, YouTubes, and this Forum, all which opened up a whole new world for me. I tweaked a recipe for the first 6 months to find one I really liked. I make some minor tweaks from time to time. Welcome!
LOL, I'm so glad you asked, because I asked myself where it all went wrong all night. HAAhhh....beveling zen....ahhhhhhhh
So pretty, @KiwiMoose! Really like the delicate look of the confetti.
Ohh noooo. What happened?!
That is so pretty, I think the colors work well with that scent. Is it the one from NS? I really like that scent. Its like rose, without being too ROSE!!!!Cut my Rose Geranium confetti soap. It’s a really strong fragrance. Very nice.
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Do I laugh or do I cry? lol I could see it all unveiling as I read. Almost like a bad horror movie where people keep opening doors. hahaha Well, at least it smells fab and it will still be soap! Your tenacity in continuing is sincerely inspiring. Still hope we get to see it - all soap is beautiful!LOL, I'm so glad you asked, because I asked myself where it all went wrong all night. HA
It all begins with my love of trashy reality TV. 90 Day Fiance was on, and I thought to myself "don't be such a dork, the oils and lye water are at like 170 right now, you TOTALLY have time to sit down and watch a few segments while everything cools down"
Beautiful. and the design matches the scentI cut my blue soap last night and took pics today. It's scented with Dancing Waters.
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I prefer to laugh, the cries are all out of me over the debacle! I think thats the sweetest line "all soap is beautiful" I never thought about it that way. And yes, I think you bring up an excellent point and one of the things I love about soaping. Yeah, I screwed the pooch, but its still soap, I can still use it. LOL I betcha a solid 20 that I will be trying the exact same design again, LOL Yes, Fraulein Winter, such talent! I really love her creativity in using different angles, different amounts of the mold and different batter thickness to achieve her looks. And she always makes it look so easy breezy!Do I laugh or do I cry? lol I could see it all unveiling as I read. Almost like a bad horror movie where people keep opening doors. hahaha Well, at least it smells fab and it will still be soap! Your tenacity in continuing is sincerely inspiring. Still hope we get to see it - all soap is beautiful!
I like Fraulein Winter and sure hope she does more videos soon.
That moment when you realize something has gone terribly wrong.
I was making a 4 color dancing wave soap inspired by @rdc1978 LOL. That's not the reason the session went wrong...
I got all my color pots measured and poured. Then I add my FO, the first one started to rice right away. Immediately thought "ok, this is going to be lightly scented" LOL. I added a smidge to the uncolored soap and it riced instantly. The smell is Beach from Crafter's Choice. This is the second time I used it, I don't remember it ricing like this.
Anywhoo, I started pouring. I probably should have added the stupid fo to the other two pots, cause now two are thick and two are still at emulsion.
What I REALLY should have done was filled a bunch of little cavity molds and called it a day. But noooo...I need to try to make something fancy with it and I keep pouring in what is obviously a total fail. I keep stirring and pouring. Finally get to the end and stuck a chopstick in it and now I have half thick batter and half watery batter, that probably wasn't ready to pour to begin with, but I was in panic mode LOL. I was swirling clumps of riced soap into the thin batter. I wish I had a video.
I should have went with my first plan for tonight and just wrapped soaps LOL
Girl after my own heart, kudos! Love this.Cut my Rose Geranium confetti soap. It’s a really strong fragrance. Very nice.
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I'm so sorry for your night, but I really enjoy reading these stories. And just LOL at panic mode, isnt it so weird what things you'll do when you get flustered!That moment when you realize something has gone terribly wrong.
I was making a 4 color dancing wave soap inspired by @rdc1978 LOL. That's not the reason the session went wrong...
I got all my color pots measured and poured. Then I add my FO, the first one started to rice right away. Immediately thought "ok, this is going to be lightly scented" LOL. I added a smidge to the uncolored soap and it riced instantly. The smell is Beach from Crafter's Choice. This is the second time I used it, I don't remember it ricing like this.
Anywhoo, I started pouring. I probably should have added the stupid fo to the other two pots, cause now two are thick and two are still at emulsion.
What I REALLY should have done was filled a bunch of little cavity molds and called it a day. But noooo...I need to try to make something fancy with it and I keep pouring in what is obviously a total fail. I keep stirring and pouring. Finally get to the end and stuck a chopstick in it and now I have half thick batter and half watery batter, that probably wasn't ready to pour to begin with, but I was in panic mode LOL. I was swirling clumps of riced soap into the thin batter. I wish I had a video.
I should have went with my first plan for tonight and just wrapped soaps LOL