steffamarie
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Much love to you and your family, amd. So sorry to hear that. I hope you'll make many happy memories to add to your lifetime of sisterhood. 
What soapy thing have you done today?
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Thanks, all. It's been tough watching Jen go through all this the last 4 years, and then losing grandma so quickly last fall to cancer as well knocked a bit out of her.
Today I did my soap dishes and tried to do inventory. Tomorrow I will finish inventory and make some soap.
Today I did my soap dishes and tried to do inventory. Tomorrow I will finish inventory and make some soap.
steffamarie
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Thank you so much!!! So sweet of you. Easy to do, really! It's gold mica mixed with oil drizzled on top and swirled with a chopstick. I made it as favors to give out for my grandparents' upcoming 50th wedding anniversary. Gold for their golden anniversary, rose petals because LOVE
It turned out really well and it was dead easy to do. If you use that technique, be sure to post it so we can all compliment it!! I'm sure you will make something gorgeous On another note, I got my first solid shampoo and conditioner bars in the mail today from AlaiynaBSoaps on Etsy...I'm super excited to shower and use them!!! Anyone else have any favorite syndet shampoo bar makers??
A couple of days ago I mixed some mica to get a better turquoise. The turquoise I've been using which I really adore in fresh soap became too green over time. I want a bluer turquoise. So I decided to try a mix of my own. So I am on a quest to get a bluer turquoise that will hold true over time in my recipes. This may take some time!
I just realized. I could just take some of the Turquoise I already have and add some blue to it. Duh! Why didn't I think of that first? I'll give that a go and see how it turns out.
The other thing I just did was order a log splitter that will double as a cutter to turn thicker soap into thinner slices for rimmed soaps. I was so tempted to buy one from BrambleBerry a few months back, but put it off. Then when I made some more rimmed soaps a couple of days ago, the rim was too thick and I went back to look at what I had saved in my wish list. I ended up getting a different one on Etsy that can be used as a log splitter as well. Although the one at BrambleBerry can cut at 1/8" increments, it can't be used as a log splitter. And I figure if I want rims thinner than 1/4 inch, I can just use something as a riser to sit underneath the soap as it slides through. The one I bought via Etsy will cut at 1/4" increments, with a total of 14 variations, which means I can split slab molds into logs up to 3.5 inches thick. That'll make the pizza cutter I now use for cutting slab molds into logs obsolete, but at least the cuts should be uniform
So this is the one I ordered: https://www.etsy.com/transaction/1468546752
One-click ordering is way too easy - I think I should turn that one-click stuff off! I just checked and can't figure out how to do that with Etsy. I thought it was possible. Maybe I'll look again later and see if there is a way to do that.
I just realized. I could just take some of the Turquoise I already have and add some blue to it. Duh! Why didn't I think of that first? I'll give that a go and see how it turns out.
The other thing I just did was order a log splitter that will double as a cutter to turn thicker soap into thinner slices for rimmed soaps. I was so tempted to buy one from BrambleBerry a few months back, but put it off. Then when I made some more rimmed soaps a couple of days ago, the rim was too thick and I went back to look at what I had saved in my wish list. I ended up getting a different one on Etsy that can be used as a log splitter as well. Although the one at BrambleBerry can cut at 1/8" increments, it can't be used as a log splitter. And I figure if I want rims thinner than 1/4 inch, I can just use something as a riser to sit underneath the soap as it slides through. The one I bought via Etsy will cut at 1/4" increments, with a total of 14 variations, which means I can split slab molds into logs up to 3.5 inches thick. That'll make the pizza cutter I now use for cutting slab molds into logs obsolete, but at least the cuts should be uniform
So this is the one I ordered: https://www.etsy.com/transaction/1468546752
One-click ordering is way too easy - I think I should turn that one-click stuff off! I just checked and can't figure out how to do that with Etsy. I thought it was possible. Maybe I'll look again later and see if there is a way to do that.
I tried to mix Mica the other day. I wanted a deeper orange so I mixed orange with a bit of red. I wound up with a neon orange instead. Let me know if yours works and how you did it if you dont mind.
msunnerstood, maybe one of these links will help with choosing what to add to make your orange mica a deeper or darker orange. I've only been doing this a short time, so I am no expert by any means.
http://www.lovinsoap.com/2012/07/cr...sing-oxides-and-ultramarines-color-palette-1/
https://www.modernsoapmaking.com/using-cosmetic-micas-in-cold-process-soap/
https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-...nd-tricks/color-palette-tips-color-resources/
http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-b...ks/create-rainbow-mixing-colors-cold-process/
I did learn in a class I took at SoapCon last year from Carrie at Nurture, that to darken a mica, you add a bit of black mica to the mix. So perhaps you could try that with your orange, if it's just a darker orange you are going for. If you don't have black mica, perhaps activated charcoal or black oxide.
http://www.lovinsoap.com/2012/07/cr...sing-oxides-and-ultramarines-color-palette-1/
https://www.modernsoapmaking.com/using-cosmetic-micas-in-cold-process-soap/
https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-...nd-tricks/color-palette-tips-color-resources/
http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-b...ks/create-rainbow-mixing-colors-cold-process/
I did learn in a class I took at SoapCon last year from Carrie at Nurture, that to darken a mica, you add a bit of black mica to the mix. So perhaps you could try that with your orange, if it's just a darker orange you are going for. If you don't have black mica, perhaps activated charcoal or black oxide.
Great article thank you!!
steffamarie
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That is amazing. Beautiful
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Misschief, those mica lines are so defined!! Love the colors, very beautiful. I like the shatter idea, would love to see pics when you make it!
Msunnerstood, very nice! I have flimsy dividers that have a mind of their own, I like the suggestions of correlated plastic.
The soapy thing I did today is install a couple of shelves and set up my new table in my soap shack! Still a long way to go but hopefully soaping again by this weekend!
!Msunnerstood, very nice! I have flimsy dividers that have a mind of their own, I like the suggestions of correlated plastic.
The soapy thing I did today is install a couple of shelves and set up my new table in my soap shack! Still a long way to go but hopefully soaping again by this weekend!
Shattered... here it is.
Beautiful Misschief.
Those are gorgeous Misschief, I love the M&P in CP.
Alzie I'm jealous!
Alzie I'm jealous!
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