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I’ve been through all 140 pages of this thread over the last couple of weeks. Sure, there are platforms like IG now where we can browse soap to our heart’s content, but this thread is a bit different because it‘s building up a record of diverse soaps and soap making over time. A tip of the spatula to @newbie who started the thread and shared an impressive array of photos from her collection and to @CaraBou and @Dawni who have also been major contributors. Let’s keep it up folks!
Here are a few soaps that caught my eye recently.
I think this top, the layering and the color scheme are all interesting.
There aren’t many soaps posted in this thread that are obviously made with natural colorants, so here are a few that I like.
and this one in honor of this month’s challenge
Here are a few soaps that caught my eye recently.
I think this top, the layering and the color scheme are all interesting.
There aren’t many soaps posted in this thread that are obviously made with natural colorants, so here are a few that I like.
and this one in honor of this month’s challenge
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Wow, beautiful 
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like melted ribbon
Holly of Kapia Mera. She usually uses only plant infusions, indigo, AC and clays to color her soaps, but mentions that the thin line swirl soap has TD in the base soap.
Pretty! by LilaSudsSoaps
I’ve been looking for inspiration for using discoloring FOs without resorting to vanilla color stabilizer.
I’m sure this one has been posted before, but it’s worth looking at more than once If you’re looking for dark soap inspiration.
such an interesting top
I have a rock that looks like this
Great use of the honey comb effect and honey!
TD helping to thicken up the white?
Great use of a little color to make a tan soap pop.
I’m sure this one has been posted before, but it’s worth looking at more than once If you’re looking for dark soap inspiration.
such an interesting top
I have a rock that looks like this
Great use of the honey comb effect and honey!
TD helping to thicken up the white?
Great use of a little color to make a tan soap pop.
Taking a more minimalistic approach works, too.
There appears to be a halo or shadow line above the dark soap. I’ve seen a similar effect in a soap made by @dibbles for one of the challenges. Photo from Pinterest.
I read recently that dissolving natural wool in the lye makes for a luxurious soap, perhaps due to the lanolin in the wool. I pulled this Auntie Clara soap photo off Pinterest.
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There appears to be a halo or shadow line above the dark soap. I’ve seen a similar effect in a soap made by @dibbles for one of the challenges. Photo from Pinterest.
I read recently that dissolving natural wool in the lye makes for a luxurious soap, perhaps due to the lanolin in the wool. I pulled this Auntie Clara soap photo off Pinterest.
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KimW
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You know I'm getting ready to raid the chocolate candy bowl, right??
This is one that caught my eye today and is almost exactly what I had pictured in my mind for a future soap.
I love this one. I‘m imagining a coastline in some far off place I’ve never visited. Do you know who made it?
KimW
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An Etsy shop "Palm Soap"
Happy Earth Day! The colorants are nettle, annatto and charcoal.
SoapLover1
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Love, Love, Love Your Soap! Great Job! Blessings!
These colors are very van Gogh.
SoapLover1 - although I did inadvertently post one of my own soaps further up in the thread, I subsequently came to learn that this thread was created as a place for us to share the soaps of others, usually non-member makers. The Photo Gallery is a good place for members of SMF to share their soaps. That beautiful Earth Day soap was shared by the maker on Instagram.
A way to make that annatto, or gold clay, sing in the color scheme!
This design caught my eye. I've been picking it apart to figure out how they did it. There is some feathering on the right, so I'm guessing a wall pour with OPW, possibly using a divider. Then a drop swirl for the remainder. And finishing with a hanger swirl. Thoughts???
I love it! I’ve been trying to think of ways to use my dividers without doing a Taiwanese Swirl. I didn’t care for the cutting process of that technique too much.
@The_Phoenix that soap actually looks more like a Clyde Slide to me. It shares a similarity to a One Pot Wonder in that all the colors are layered in a single pouring pot, but it isn't a wall pour. It was a SMF challenge once upon a time, and here is a link to the entry thread. Another technique that produces lots of different looks. July Challenge entry thread
ETA: the technique was developed by Clyde Yoshida of Vibrant Soap. He has some YT videos, and others have made videos using this technique as well.
ETA: the technique was developed by Clyde Yoshida of Vibrant Soap. He has some YT videos, and others have made videos using this technique as well.
