Teach Soap

How darling! What a patient person, these would sell well down on the boardwalk here. Congratulations on your award too.

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[quote="glamblover"]do you know of where to get these? i bought regular stamps and they didnt work so well. xo

http://www.soapimpressions.com/ has some as well. Premade or custom.

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dragoness__1
The busy housewife
Having fun with Soap

I'm a complete newbie and am having a great time! I've read I think every single post on Soap Queen and have watched all the M&P episodes of soapqueen tv. Plus I spend hours in here late at night! Sooo much to learn.

So tonight my adventures were:

I made a plain shaving soap for my brother - looks good but I'll have to see what he thinks!

I made a gardener's soap for my mom. I used goat's milk base, purple mica, and lavender herb FO. It looks and smells good but the pumice sank. It makes a cool layer effect but not really what I was going for! Wait until it's cooler and stir more next time??


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I tried some detailed layers (this was inspired by all that soap queen tv!) I used organic m&p base with a little goat's milk base in the lighter part. I had lots of fun with the metallic mica sample set - and even dusted the top of the boots with copper mica for extra shimmer. It looks really cool, BUT the layers didn't stick! I think I was so worried about melting the bottom layer that I waited too long to pour the next one. I'll keep practicing this one because all my family in Wyoming is getting a bar of this for Christmas!


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My other interest in this new hobby (besides gifts) is to make a soap that works for (and maybe even helps) with my eczema and my bf's psoriasis. First attempt at that: I made bars with olive oil and goat's milk base, a bit of castor oil and sweet almond oil, spirulina and a tiny bit of orange EO to balance out the nasty smell of the castor oil. I washed my hands with it and it seems ok - I'll see how it works in the shower!


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I can't wait to try more! <3

WOW! What fantastic soaps - I love the sparkly boots!! Perhaps you could do them in different colours? Imagine Barbie pink for a girl - how cute would that be? The gardener's Soap looks lovely too - you're right ... if you wait a bit before you mix it through it will suspend a bit better. It looks like an intentional effect though so I wouldn't worry too much! They recommend you use the suspending base to make it suspend properly but we can't get that in Australia so I just try and get is as cool as possible, stir until I can see the pumice or oat bran or whatever NOT sinking quickly and then pour. Don't leave it too long though lol
The skin "kind" soap looks really interesting! Hope it works for you both! One thing to remember is that we are always more critical of our own soaps than others are so be very proud of what you've achieved!

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Those boots look cool!

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

awesome soaps everyone!

i have another i'm proud of. Red Devil:




this guy is going to be in my Halloween Soap Show on 10.30. he's scented with a "Red Hot" cinnamon scent made with cinnamon leaf EO. MMMM,MMMM,MMMMM...

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~Shell

Very pretty soap!
Be careful with that cinnamon EO. I hope you used it in a small amount.

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

thanks Soapbuddy

it was only 2.5 ml of the whole fragrance blend.

i tested it out on myself and my BF in the shower. i tend to have a sensitive face and all seemed well. i may put a dislaimer on my etsy sight though, just to be sure.

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ok, after i typed that i put the following on my site. please tell me what you think:

* This soap contains Cinnamomum zeylanicum(Cinnamon Leaf)Oil which has been known to irritate very sensitive skin. I myself have sensitive skin, and I did not have issues with this soap. Please be your own judge as to what is good for your skin type.

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~Shell

Very cool photo the color looks like a dark cherry red. Nice!

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~bytheSEAsoap~ Mella bythesea, bythesea, bythebeautiful sea

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

dragonlady0627 - That looks great, good job!
(I like the disclaimer also.)

This is my latest creation, I miss summer! lol

OMG, sorry guys I posted the original not the smaller file

Hel x

Oh wow! It's a while since I've posted here, but it now looks like an art gallery! It's unbelievable! That cinnamon Hallowe'en soap is brilliant - it's not easy to make slices that look spooky, so I'm full of admiration.
Ages - months - ago I posted something somewhere about the wedding cake soap I'd been asked to make. After about 5 months worrying about it I finally had to get my sleeves rolled back, and made it! Still don't know how it was received, but I'm quite pleased with it. Best thing is, nothing leaked, nothing spilled over, nothing fell off ... ! It weighs a tad under 5 kilos - how long is it going to take the happy couple to get through it ...

ps: how do some of you manage to get really HUGE photos on here? I'm limited to 300 pixels and 25k ... ?


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