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Ooooh I have been eating do do something for ages that fits this theme well, I wonder if I can pull it off!

Manganese Violet was horrendous for me, it stank out the whole room and smelled like rotten eggs. It also went a disgusting shade of brown.

They are beautiful aren't they! I wonder if she does make them from scratch to get them so beautifully clear?

I have just had some powdered colourants arrive. People say that they should be 'bloomed' in water first to avoid speckled bombs and bubble bars. I was wondering if anyone had a tried and tested technique to share please?

I don't gel very often any more, but is always amazing what a difference it makes!!

I like them, they look kind of rustic! I made corned beef looking salt bars once, complete with yellow fragrance oil discolouration that looked like the fat on the outside! Yours are much nicer than that lol

I've been a bit quiet lately as life has been a bit tough recently, but I feel like things might be improving a little bit now and I have been making some soap again. Here are my latest bars - Rose velvet and precious oud scented Cranberry and pomegranate scented

Howie, you mentioned that you struggle to get the design done before your soap sets up. Have you tried really low water? Lots of us have found that with 40% lye concentration and a fragrance that doesn't accelerate, then you have a much longer time to work before the soap sets.

I find the hardest part is that the whole batter moves when you draw a tool through it rather than just the one area you want to work on so it's hard not to ruin things.

I love Susan pogany's work - there is a lot of it on Pinterest and I have pinned some in the past. I can't work out how she creates some of the beautiful designs!!!!

There is a section on the soap queen website with lots of techniques in which may give you some pointers.

Thank you for the lovely compliments everyone. The plastic box was base lined with baking parchment as you can't buy freezer paper in the uk, then you just run a knife along the edge, flip it over and tap the bottom and the soap releases. I always use low water so it hardens up really quickly...

Hi Anna, I'm from the uk too. Try and ding some clay or cornstarch to the essential oils before mixing into your soap. It helps to bind the fragrance.

Just wanted to say well done to everyone, all the entries were fantastic this month!!! I had a go - my first ever gradient and it wasn't very even so I planned another go but ran out of time. I will post it here anyway :)

I soap at room temperature too - the first time I did it I wasn't expecting it to heat up so fast. I walked way for five mins and it had exploded out of the mould in a big volcano!

All my spatulas are from Lidl which is pretty much a carbon copy of aldi. I love those places, they always have bargain bins with completely random stuff in at great prices. I bought a singer overlocker and thread for half price!

Thank you so much to everyone for participating. The quality of all the entries this month was absolutely fantastic. Now I have the honour of announcing the winners. You all had trouble picking this time evidently as there is a tie for second place between three entrants!! I'm really glad I...

I'm sorry Steve, I definitely typed a message to you, but the server was so slow when I was doing it, it must have timed out or something during the sending process! If you still don't have the password then let me know :)

I love the way you spend time writig lovely comments about all the entries snappy. :) Thank you

Yes of course newbie, just PM me your choices. Sorry for the mess up!