1st SMF Soap Challenge- July

[Saponista]

Ok, here's my first try using A then B.

I was testing some new mica so hopefully it doesn't morph over night. I want that brown to stay brown as my other brown mica goes grey.

I plopped my batter in drops into the mould. I wanted it fluid as it would move really nicely, but I think I should have let it set up more as the colours blended into each other a bit. Oh well I have learned for next time!

I think it looks quite nice but it's nothing spectacular so I am going to keep trying!

 

[not_ally]

I HATE YOU. JK. No, I really do. Seriously, v. v. pretty.

 

[jules92207]

Wow. Both are really cool. Very nice job!

 

[Sonya-m]

Oh I really like that saponista! Not jealous at all, nope, I'm not!!

 

[Saponista]

I wanted to do something interesting with the pour and swirling, but I didn't achieve it. It looks like really similar to loads of other things you see. I am happy with the colour scheme though, will be using it again as the brown seems to have kept it's colour.

Aaarrrggghhhh this challenge is really taxing my creative thinking.

 

[TVivian]

Oh wow! So pretty Saponista!


I'm about to start my first attempt. Just lined my marshmallow pan with freezer paper.

 

[TVivian]

Ok just to be clear (so I don't break any rules) if I do the pull down technique(C) can I turn my mold 180 degrees and do the pull down technique again?

Ok never mind! I read thru again and see that that would be fine.

Here goes nothing!

 

[lionprincess00]

I'm sure you can tviv...and it's in my plans too ;-)

 

[navigator9]

Looking at the first pic, I would never have expected the end result to be as beautiful as it is. Nice job!

 

[TVivian]

Ok.. So I did the pull down technique , but my batter was so runny and I was afraid to turn my mold 180 because I didn't want a spin swirl and because I couldn't get on the other side of my counter to do the opposite pull down.. I did a "pull up" nobody would've ever known except I made a video lol. Is that ok?

And I know that's a huge run-on sentence!! I have wet soap tho so I'm typing fast!!

 

[Saponista]

Let us see, let us see!!!! *jumping up and down with excitement*

 

[galaxyMLP]

To me, I would think that would be totally OK. It's the same exact motion that will end in the same design, just in a different way.

And yes, please lets see!

 

[TVivian]

That was stressful! Can't wait to do it again!

 

[not_ally]

Gorgeous, Viv. I hate you just as much as Saponista. I over-corrected on my 3rd try, ended up poured at what I hoped was thin trace but am now thinking was *maybe* emulsification and got green-brown muck. It is still really, really soft, I am wondering if it is even going to saponify - I have made about 85 batches at this point, and have never had that happen. I think I am cursed with this challenge. One more try, and I am giving up.

Newbie, I generally love you, but I kind of hate you too right now, your challenge is killing me.

 

[Saponista]

That's beautiful, I love the way it turned out. Each time you swirled the pattern got finer lines of colour and the final pattern really made it stand out.

Don't give up not_ally, you sounded like you were so close with the emulsification but not quite trace. I bet next attempt will be a winner.

 

[TVivian]

Thanks.. A person should really use dividers when pouring in lines, but I don't have any so.. If you watch my video, you will have a good laugh at my sloppy pouring because I wanted the stripes to go down through the bars, not just sit on top. It was a total mess and at one point I wanted to just start dumping the batter into the mold.

 

[not_ally]

Total non-sequitur, but this thread is making me think of when I went to high school in North Carolina, in the south of the US. I was a bookish geek, but I remember all the popular girls gathering and squealing "AH HATE YEW, YEW'RE SO THIIINNN!" at each other. I feel like Saponista and Viv are the popular girls, darn their pretty soaps

 

[newbie]

Now that's what I'm talking about, TViv!!!! Love it! I love saponista's color scheme and the swirl is good but I know what you mean about wanting something that looks distinctive. That's what I'm trying for too.

And the pull down, pull up is fine. Same motion so I don't care where you are in relation to the mold, as long as you are pulling straight across the mold.

Not_ally, I can accept your hatred. I kind of hate me too after last night's soap.

 

[doriettefarm]

Awww man, TVivian and Saponista's soaps are stunning! I actually had a similar color palette in mind as Saponista but more black and some reddish-brown. Hopefully I can maintain that thin trace otherwise I'll be cursing newbie and her challenge too!

 

[Saponomancer]

oh wow that looks great