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NG loving spell fo. Tennis ball breaker, flotation device, and Radioactive neon Mad Micas. Also TD. Smells like citrus. Swirled with a whisk.
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I made soap yesterday after a two month break. NG Clean Breeze Type FO. Mad Micas Tennis Ball Breaker and Blue Shocker. Used my wire whisk for the swirl. Used Cows Milk because I didn't have any Goats Milk. Smells great.
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@2lilboots, those are really pretty colors. You don't say you used any TD. Did you achieve the white in the soap by using a high lard recipe or how did you get it so white? I aspire to get white that white without TD.
 
NG loving spell fo. Tennis ball breaker, flotation device, and Radioactive neon Mad Micas. Also TD. Smells like citrus. Swirled with a whisk.
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I haven't looked at this thread for a while, but I'm amused to see that you and my sister made soaps that nearly match! 😄 Hers is ginger ale scented, so somewhat citrusy.
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@akseattle I didn't use TD. I do use a high lard percentage in my soap recipe. I disliked how my soaps made with TD looked after curing for several months. (I have almost a lb of TD that I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it.)
 
@2lilboots , I've been struggling with TD. It doesn't really disperse that well for me on any consistent basis and looks really funky on cured bars. So I am looking for other options- I've bought TD from other suppliers and also white micas that I haven't yet tried (actually, I tried one mica but it didn't have much impact, although I'm sure I didn't use enough.)

Independent of the TD problem, I was going to increase my lard content in my soaps. I'm getting excited to think that I might get that same beautiful white that you've achieved!
 
I use Kaolin Clay in all of my soaps and I think it also adds to whitening the non colored soap batter.


I have never used Kaolin Clay. After reading your post, I googled and read a bunch of articles about Kaolin. it does seem to be recommended for a couple different reasons, but that as an added benefit, it helps brighten the whites. So much to learn, so much to try .... I guess I'm going to start by increasing the % of lard, baby steps ...


NG Black Raspberry Vanilla FO. Mad Mica's Harold's Purple Crayon and Grape Ape. A lilac cosmetic safe Mica. This recipe, high in Lard, full Goats Milk, hanger swirl, and I cpop'd it. I had fans on it, but it cracked, so I smoothed the top and threw it in the oven.
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beautiful soap! thanks for posting!!
 
You may have noticed that I have been remaking soaps that I made in the past(same soap recipe different colorants) I am using the FOs that have held their fragrance for a good while. The NG Blackberry Fizz FO is very strong and doesn't smell that great on the recently cut bars. But, the cured bars have a wonderful scent now. The leftover FOs that completely lost their scent in past made soap bars will get used for something other than CP soap. Sadly I have quite a few of them.
 
This last one is really pretty once cured ! It could be galaxy themed, even though they're more brown than black. What did you use to get this color that change this much when curing ?
 
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