3 Year Hiatus Batch

[Bubz]

I haven't made any soap in the last 3 years. After the last of my ingredients arrived last night I had to make a batch. I definitely cut it too early and overlooked adding sodium lactate and sodium citrate like I wanted to out of excitement.

I scented it with BB Spiced Mahogany and used Titanium Dioxide to gradually lighten each layer. I will update with pictures once it has matured and fully discolored due to all the vanilla in the FO. I don't remember the names of the mica swirl on top but they are bronze and gold.

I forgot how much of a pain it is to fully mix in the TD, there are white specks throughout. Didn't quite get all the layers 100% level either.

Overall pleased with how it turned out.

 

[Ephemerella]

Gorgeous! And welcome back!

 

[AliOop]

These look fantastic! Welcome back to soaping.

 

[KiwiMoose]

Amazing! - looking froward to seeing how the colour develops.

 

[not_ally]

I love how nuanced the layers are, especially with the touch of mica oil on top. Very elegant.

 

[lsg]

Love the look of your soap.

 

[Bubz]

Thank you everyone for the welcome back. I've missed making soap. I was tempted to do another one today buy trying to pace myself.

 

[Mobjack Bay]

Looks great! I look forward to seeing more of your soap.

 

[dmcgee5034]

Welcome back - great looking soap!

 

[Tammyfarms]

Welcome back. Beautiful soap, looking forward to seeing more from you.

 

[MellonFriend]

Your lines are so straight! Fantastic work!

 

[Zing]

Really beautiful work there! Your hiatus had no effect on ya!

 

[katili]

Gorgeous! Those swirls on top... I need to learn how to do those.

 

[Marie_with_an_e]

Just beautiful! Can’t even tell you took a 3 year break!

 

[Bubz]

Here's the 1 week update on how the soaps have discolored so far. The FO discolors to a really dark brown.

Can see some of the imperfections more with the darker colors and the two layers in middle look the same too much.

 

[AliOop]

Still very pretty tho!