Bookworm soaps

[bookworm42]

My first attempt at ciaglia and a layered soap. I've decided I have a hard time doing only 1 new thing at a time.

Thought it was cool how different the outside and inside turned out

 

[Ekuzo]

May be your first time for both, but I think you nailed them

I'm curious to see more of that shy little bar lurking and sneaking on the left of the second picture, the one with the big spots

 

[bookworm42]

That's the rebatched soap I made a few weeks ago. It smells lovely but suffered the same problem as my plaid soap. Too many poppy seeds! Turns out 1% of oil weight is too much for my skin. Now I'm waiting to see if my ciaglia hits the sweet spot for poppy seed amount . If so then I guess I get to make a bunch of ciaglia soap Waste not!

Edit to add: a few super scrubby bars will be saved for spring as I think they will be great to use after yard work.

 

[Ekuzo]

Hope it's better now, not taking off skin along anymore, sure looks nice!

And the plaid is gorgeous!

 

[bookworm42]

My first try at beer soap. I planned on a 3 color ITP swirl, didn't plan on the soap seizing right after I divided it, and started mixing in my colors. Still managed something!
My DH thinks it looks cool so I guess it's not as bad as I think.
I used a lingering fall fragrance called Falling for Fall from NG. The orange was from tumeric infused sunflower oil (I was trying to get yellow), brown was from cocoa powder, and the cream/white was from TD.

Here is the top. Did what I could to texture it.

 

[AliOop]

Those would be amazing entries for a granite soap competition - that veining!

 

[Zing]

My first try at beer soap. I planned on a 3 color ITP swirl, didn't plan on the soap seizing right after I divided it, and started mixing in my colors. Still managed something!
My DH thinks it looks cool so I guess it's not as bad as I think.
I used a lingering fall fragrance called Falling for Fall from NG. The orange was from tumeric infused sunflower oil (I was trying to get yellow), brown was from cocoa powder, and the cream/white was from TD.
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Here is the top. Did what I could to texture it.
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Super cool -- love that texture! I like using turmeric and cocoa powder as colorants.

 

[bookworm42]

It was fun. I have some tumeric infused sunflower oil sitting my cupboard now. I'm having a hard time finding other things in my local stores. I really wanted chamomile and calendula but it's either Amazon or drive 45min-1hr away.

 

[bookworm42]

Made a soap for my DH. The scent was 2 parts bergamot EO, 2 parts sandalwood FO and 1 part cedarwood EO for a total of 3% fragrance. I mixed it in a slurry with bentonite clay per these directions.
DH requested a swirl but left everything else up to me. I decided on a drop swirl and since my slurry was green I picked brown to go with it. Imagine my surprise when I pulled it out and the green part was an off white!

I love trying new things like this and learning. Note for next time is that I can pour more on the bottom than I think .
I'm also learning that my basement is colder than I think thus not allowing my soaps to gel fully like before.

 

[ackosel]

I love the brown and cream! That soap turned out gorgeous!

 

[AliOop]

Those swirls I wouldn't change a thing, including having more swirls on top, and less on the bottom. Perfection!