Teach Soap

Just wondering what you do with the soap that doesn't come out very visually appealing? I currently have more than we could use in our household in a very long time! They smell nice, but I wouldn't use these for gifts or selling. (Not that I've really sold any yet, I'm trying to find some things I like to make to do my first craft show in April)

One batch I didn't mix the mica color enough and it has what I think are ugly spots, they almost look like a pox of some sort. The other is just poor color choices in odd layers, I tried to do designs that I saw in a loaf style soap in my 4 oz rectangle molds. Not very pretty results. And yet another I tried to have black and white embeds in a clear soap, the embeds are ok but the soap is cloudy giving it a dirty fish tank kind of look. Not something one wants to rub on their body.

I think the scents are compatible, would it work to try to either melt them down together or maybe with other soap base to try to achieve a better look? I hate to waste, and soap supplies are pretty expensive to just toss away.

You could shred them and add them to another batch or melt them and use them for something else?

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

The great thing about MP soap is you can melt it and reuse it! Try melting and adding other colors, or cutting out shapes, shredding/curling it, cutting into chunks and embeds... I'd never throw away soap. If you don't have friends/family to pawn mistakes off to - I'd donate it to a local shelter if all other reusing options don't pan out.

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~*~ Jennifer ~*~

I re-melted some of my ugly soaps, they are the blue and green on the bottom shelf and the green on the top. I'm much happier with how they look now, wish I had take before pics so you could see the improvement!

Looks good to me goodcleanfun!

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

They look nice, and pretty eye popping colors!

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~*~ Jennifer ~*~