Teach Soap

Oops, I thought I posted the scent. Guess I forgot in trying to get the photo to load.

The scent is lavender FO from Bramble Berry. It traced very quickly (under 60 seconds to a pudding consistency) but I still had plenty of time to color and swirl.

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photos edit sorry.

Beautiful, mella! and the scent sounds lovely, too!

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Linda
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but they sure have some great ideas!

Great job Mella! Nice colors and I bet it smells good too!

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

@mella - those swirls are gorgeous! I love how the colors in the second batch seem to be almost outlined


Well, I had utter stripe fail, partially because my uncolored soap was turning to custard way too fast and I was rushing... but -- the purple here is colored with alkanet root infused in olive oil, and I was pleasantly surprised at the color. I kind of expected it to be more blue, really!

Since I ended up dividing off too much purple soap, I decided to try to play with the top. I think it looks kinda like blueberry topping or something on a cheesecake.

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It does look like cheesecake! Yum!

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

White chocolate and Dark Chocolate Fudge brownies! I'd eat it too! LOL

Very nice save!

Trying to get the photos smaller with photobucket. When the page if over large it makes reading difficult!

I made a 5 pound batch and split it so each loaf had it's own look, same colors. Ungelled batch and my impatient self cut it too soon so it will need some dressing up. Photos are before the bevel, which I'll do in a day or two.

I'm happy with the way it worked out soaped at 107 lye and 100 oils it set up quickly so next time I'll increase the water a touch. An ocean floral blend. Only one photo of a log. The other log was all white on top.



Here it is cut



And a cut shot of the second loaf which is white on top.

You did good Mella! Lots of florals and ocean type FO's accelerate; FAST!

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

Mella, love the colors. The last one is my favorite.

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Susie
Sometimes A Mistake is so much fun, You just have to do it again!

Jenova and Mella, those are both great! I love the colors of both.

Jenova, your soaps look good enough to eat! Love the layering and the textured tops.

Mella, love the swirls in your soap! The last photo is fantastic. I'm still trying to master the textured-top look. I tried to swirl a bit of color on top of one of my recent soap batches and get some peaks on top, but I don't think the trace on my swirling soap was thick enough. Ah, well, I'll keep trying! Great job!

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Jenova your soap looks good enough to eat!

Mella, you are the queen of swirls! They are always gorgeous...

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Linda
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but they sure have some great ideas!

Thank you Linda! There is truth to the adage the practice gives you more skills.

Here is the pumpkin puree soap that I was fretting about in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6557. I used BB's Copper Sparkle mica and it was a beautiful orange color when I poured it. I knew it would brown over time, though, because of the FO. I'm pleased with how it turned out!

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