Attempts at an acid trip-- cut pics added

[newbie]

That grumpy girl acid trip soap just has me totally captivated. I thought I'd try something like it. The two soaps were made two different ways, but the same recipe. One if them is more diffuse and the colors blended more- also, I didn't have the concentrations for the colors high enough (except the pink, which I knocked over, leaving a lot of pink mica with just a little soap- ah, the key to the second soap!) . The other one is more colorful but in neither do I have the fineness of her swirls. I was also fearful of having too much blending and gray soap but hers seem so clear and the colors so defined. How the devil does she do it?

WEll, it will be interesting to see these cut.

THe one with the strong pink and the straw blops in the middle of the soap is a citrus patchouli and the more colorful one is blackberry sage.

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The second one looks more patriotic than in real life. Purples, blues, oranges, yellow, and white.

 

[dcornett]

:shock: Awesome colors, can't wait to see cut pics.

 

[AmyW]

AWESOME! I'm all for a good acid trip without the acid Can't wait to see cut pics!

 

[soapbuddy]

Wow! Looking forward to cut pics.

 

[Dragonkaz]

Love the colours in both bars ... wow ... I think they both look amazing!

Keen to see these soaps when they're cut!

 

[dagmar88]

http://www.craftserver.com/forums/showt ... hp?t=62607

bummer those pics are no longer up...

 

[dagmar88]

looking forward to seeing them cut Newbie!

 

[Dixie]

They are really going to be pretty!

 

[Bubbles Galore]

They look fabulous. :wink:

 

[Genny]

They're gorgeous!! I can't wait to see cut pics.

 

[agriffin]

Nice!!!

 

[newbie]

Thanks!

Dagmar, I was looking at that exact post but there were no pictures, so I couldn't see what the end product was.

I gelled both soaps and they are really dark looking, darker than my other soaps. I used a bastile recipe for these so it would take forever to trace and I could work with it, but my other bastiles I left ungelled. I have to recharge my camera battery and take some pictures, but the sides aren't as exciting as I'd like. I think for this you really need to have a bar divider so you can pull the swirls down the sides. Because I don't have one, I end up cutting the short way through the swirls and it's not very finished-looking. Has potential though.

Question- with gelled bastile (90%OO and 10%Castor), do they continue to look so dark? My non-gelled one are white as snow. I was expecting it to be pretty white even if gelled, but that's not currently the case.

 

[peechee]

o wow! those are so super awesome!

 

[newbie]

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Some pictures face on and from the sides. These really need to be made with the push-down dividers so get the cool sides.

 

[dcornett]

AWESOME swirls, awesome colors! 8)

 

[dagmar88]

Thanks!

Dagmar, I was looking at that exact post but there were no pictures, so I couldn't see what the end product was.

I gelled both soaps and they are really dark looking, darker than my other soaps. I used a bastile recipe for these so it would take forever to trace and I could work with it, but my other bastiles I left ungelled. I have to recharge my camera battery and take some pictures, but the sides aren't as exciting as I'd like. I think for this you really need to have a bar divider so you can pull the swirls down the sides. Because I don't have one, I end up cutting the short way through the swirls and it's not very finished-looking. Has potential though.

Question- with gelled bastile (90%OO and 10%Castor), do they continue to look so dark? My non-gelled one are white as snow. I was expecting it to be pretty white even if gelled, but that's not currently the case.

Starting to feel old now, when I just started out the pics where still up and they were a great source of inspiration.
Maybe Carebear could ask if she still has them somewhere?

I agree, you really need a slab mold with dividers to pull this off. Gave it a couple of tries myself in my log mold and was never quite satisfied...

But aside from that, the swirls look simply amazing, very delicate :wink:

 

[Bubbles Galore]

Bet you're happy with those. :wink:

 

[soapbuddy]

Great colors on the cut bars!

 

[Dragonkaz]

Thanks for showing us the cut bars ... they look fantastic!

 

[TaoJonz]

so, so pretty...great job!