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Hey guys, regarding the 'garden inspired ingredient' please get creative with it! Anything will do, as long as it somehow relates to a garden (so @TashaBird your art graveyard is definitely a supercool garden inspired idea!) The only thing I really DON'T want to see is an ingredient that is in...

@bookreader451 now I'm really curious!!! 😁 @ResolvableOwl thanks for reminding me, I've sent the link to the people who change it, so the banner will get updated soon😉

Can't wait to see them @violets2217 !

@ResolvableOwl I never used yellowdock root like @Tara_H is using for her soap (if I understood correctly), so unfortunately I have no idea how it's supposed to behave... Some natural colorants (like alkanet) do need a bit of time for the pH to drop until the real color comes out, so that could...

Wow that's an awesome color change!

Yep, a very pretty green color that lasted quite well (not sure if I still have some in my stash..) The same method also worked for frozen spinach btw;)

Hi guys, As I'm working my way through my soap stash, I noticed something odd. I was using a soap that was very high in HO sunflower oil (75%) and realized I quite liked how it felt. When I went to get another bar of the same soap, it was absolutely awful and slimy, even though it came from the...

I haven't used real grass, but have used pureed and frozen pandan leaves, which worked great. I think with fresh grass you could use a similar approach: puree them with some demineralized water if necessary and freeze. Make your soap with a 50% lye solution and add the frozen grass puree at...

Sorry for the delay, the entry thread is now online and I can't wait to see what you all came up with! https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/entry-thread-for-the-june-2021-smf-challenge-garden-inspired.84340/

This is the Entry thread for the June 2021 SMF Soap Challenge - Garden Inspired. Please post your entry photos in this thread. Please remember not to post your entry photos anywhere else until after the challenge is finished. You can not use any photos that you have shared elsewhere already...

How can they become cuter every single day? They were already the epitomy of cuteness to start with and somehow they keep getting cuter..🥰

@SPowers the ingredient should be inspired by a garden, an ingredient that you add to all your soaps isn't really inspired by this challenge, so I'd encourage you to look a bit further. The infused oils sound nice! @earlene that's more than ok and a whole lot more than the challenge asked for...

Well, I'm curious to see what you come up with! I guess the minimum is one 😉 although now that I wrote that down I'm starting to wonder if half a bar could technically be part of a challenge...

@The_Phoenix the entry picture can be whatever you like as long as it's true to how the soap looks in real life (so no filters etc.). There's no minimum required amount of soaps in your picture, so you could only show one or your whole batch, whatever showcases your design the best. @Mobjack...

I'm sorry you're still in pain from your surgery! I'm sure it will get better with time, but in the meantime it must be annoying that something you like doing elicits pain.

Sign-up list: 1. Marsi - 🌞 soaping in the garden 🌱🐛 2. Tara_H - I was hoping for an inspiration challenge! 3. Vicki C - my two favorite pastimes! 4. Jersey Girl- Gardening and Soaping are my two favorite things! 5. dibbles - so many options! 6. Glendam - this sounds like so much fun 7. MrsZ - I...

Those are beautiful!!

Oooooh I can't wait to see and hear all about the soaps, the inspiration and the process @Catscankim !

I'm curious to see what you did! I'm also pretty sure you can do this challenge. It's an inspiration challenge and you're free to make any soap that you feel you can/want to make. Please remember the inspiration photo's are there for inspiration, not for exact replication. They've been made by...

Not sure it helps, but I personally use the following "rules" to determine what kind of process a soap is made with: CP -> soap is molded before gel phase (or no gel phase at all) HP -> soap is molded after gel phase Rebatch -> melting of already saponified soap (I consider confetti soap to be...