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Honey will add to the lather which I think will be good for your particular soap since you don't have coconut oil. Beeswax helps with hardness but I don't think you will need it with your oils, I would use honey not Beeswax

Hi there and welcome! I love your approach to this, and it's a very interesting thread. I am doing somewhat similar things, and I have also had the thought about how I would make soap by using only things I could make myself at home. And came to the same conclusion regarding animal fats. I...

Dibbles please show us your soap when you get a chance to finish it! :D

Our winners for this challenge are: First place: @glendam Second place: @Jersey Girl Third place: @Tara_H Well done to everyone who participated, this is a deceptively difficult technique!

Our winners for this challenge are: First place: @glendam Second place: @Jersey Girl Third place: @Tara_H Well done to everyone who participated, this is a deceptively difficult technique!

The voting link and password has now been sent, my apologies for the delays!

The entry thread is now closed, thank you to all who entered! I will get the voting link out to everyone soon.

Wow, what awesome entries! Just a reminder that the entry thread will close in a a few hours, though I may be running a touch late as I have to be at work for a meeting right at that time 😂

I would say in almost all cases yes planing would be allowed and I know many entrants bevel and plane their entries as part of their standard presentation. I imagine if there was a challenge that planing would interfere with the entry, the challenge host would probably mention that it wasn't...

I was running a bit late, but the Entry Thread is now open: https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/smf-april-2021-challenge-lollipop-swirl-entry-thread.83754/ Still plenty of time to try this technique if you haven't finalised your entry yet! I am loving all the discussions here including...

This is the Entry thread for the SMF April 2021 Challenge - the Lollipop Swirl. 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. Your...

Hello Peachy, I am SO SORRY i totally missed this question amongst all the other comments on this thread. This is a link to the Amy Warden Soap Challenge winners from when they did this technique. If you scroll through, you will see a few that embellished their lollipop soap with embeds on the...

Thanks so much everyone! It's so exciting! I can't wait to move in, though I'm also not terribly excited about actually moving again 😂

I can't even manage to get glycerine rivers when I TRY to haha

The last 4-6 weeks has been a crazy blurr. In October I packed up my whole life, left the job that I'd been in for ten years and loved, and moved 3hrs away from all my friends and surrogate family (my actual family is on the other side of the country - four days drive away). I moved from my...

Not quite along the lines of what you are doing (which I LOVE btw), for my ex-sister in law's wedding, I gave them a freshly made and sliced loaf of Castile soap. I included a note explaining what Castile is; a soap that has stood the test of time, as their love will. A soap that is dependable...

It sure is! As long as everyone is making a lollipop "loaf" as part of the challenge, I'd love to see any creative ways to then put it into a standard loaf

I think that mold is fine to use, as you'll be using the correct technique. However I'm not 100% sure if you'll get the desired result at the end. Try it and see!

I forgot to add above, I use the paper bags because single use plastic bags are banned in my state :) along with my brand being plastic free

I use the brown paper lunch bags for customers who only buy one or two soaps, I also have larger and more sturdy paper bags with handles for those who buy more than that. I find quite a few who just buy one or two tend to be happy putting them in their handbag but I like to wrap them in the...