Browsing soap pics

[newbie]

Need a balancer

 

[not_ally]

Like the soap and the irony of the blog name.

 

[navigator9]

Like the soap and the irony of the blog name.

She has a lot of great videos on YouTube, too.

 

[Saponista]

Everyone seems mad on the curved Taiwan swirl at the moment.(I'm not sure what it's actually called) I'm deliberately avoiding trying it, I've never been one of the cool kids so I hate being in fashion. However, I really love this version.

https://instagram.com/p/4z5M8pSrMU/

 

[newbie]

Makes me think of our current challenge.

 

[jules92207]

Ohhh, I'd be happy with that if it was mine.

I really like this...

ETA - I messed up somehow, not sure how I posted it twice.

 

[not_ally]

It almost looks like it has a face. As well as a butterfly. Double duty.

 

[newbie]

I think I just saw this one and screen shot it for future posting. It really caught my eye as well. I have to take it out of my files so I don't double dip.

Another beauty

 

[newbie]

Kind of rustic looking.

 

[not_ally]

I love the look of this "forest bark" soap. The soapmaker is really, really good. Her website has several videos of how she makes some of her soaps, including some gorgeous ebrus, I think it is really generous of her to share those. Link to the site is below, I really recommend you check it out if you have a bit of time.

It is strange, she does not have that many followers/views. Which doesn't make sense, given how good she is, she should have a zillion of 'em. Maybe she hasn't been soaping forever and is just a natural prodigy.

https://nourishinghandmadebodycare.wordpress.com/tag/cold-process-soap-making/

 

[gigisiguenza]

I was just browsing soap pictures and thought I would post a few of my favorites. There are some very talented soapers in Germany! A couple were pinned from their equivalent (it appeared) of this forum but I couldn't find who made them. Another came from someone's blog, "Kicking Dirt's A@@ one day at a time". She makes some great designs on her top layer. I have also learned that butterfly swirls are just not in my repertoire.

The one was pinned as a soap but is actually glass. However, if someone could make that from M&P, they'd be famous!!!! I love it.

I think I just swooned looking at soap #2.... I wanna know how to do THAT! LOL

Nail art- polish designs on water are another place to get design ideas. Red pic is of nail polish, other is of soap.

my daughter suggested I username batter n food coloring to work out patterns cuz once baked I could see an approximation of how they would work. I don't think it's such a bad idea. Way cheaper than soap batter n my bar patrons can eat the resulting experiments

 

[newbie]

that's good practice for swirling but food colors don't hold well in soap, but marbling cake batter or other things would be a lot of fun.

 

[gigisiguenza]

that's good practice for swirling but food colors don't hold well in soap, but marbling cake batter or other things would be a lot of fun.

newbie that's what I meant lol. Using food coloring in cake batter to.practice techniques, rather than wasting soap supplies and colorants to learn . Then once I felt comfy with the technique, I could move to soap batter and soap colorants. Sorry for the confusion

 

[newbie]

It's hot and humid so I don't mind the memory of a snowfall.

 

[kumudini]

I think I just swooned looking at soap #2.... I wanna know how to do THAT! LOL

That forest bark soap was an entry to the great cakes spin swirl challenge. I think she placed as well. So if you go to her blog, you would find her process as well. I really liked that soap. So cool!

 

[Saponista]

Teressa was always a very strong contender in the great cakes challenges. I always admire her work.

 

[newbie]

Love the color combo

 

[galaxyMLP]

See! That's a fantastic use of a discoloring fragrance! I love it!

 

[newbie]

Yes, indeed. I also love the use of pink with a browning FO for the effect it gives. I recently did a green with a discoloring FO and I like it, but so far, I like the effect with pink the best. Haven't tried many colors though. I would think orange and yellow would work well too.

 

[newbie]

Just luscious. Made by Bucklepenny. Second made by Bubs-n-Scrubs