Check out this partial gel.

[Francis]

Okay, I'd rather post my nice soap pictures, and you'd probably prefer looking at those, too. But my first partial gel turned out looking rather funny, so I thought I'd share. My hubby saw it and said, "What is that? That looks like an egg in the soap." My response was, "I dunno, I'll need to find out."
Talk about an ugly novice soap.
My first attempt at 40% lye solution didn't go so well, either. Luckily, though, no obvious zap in the crumbly areas. I also think that I may have cut too early. As soon as I poured the raw soap into the mold, I placed it outside where the temperature was about 35-40 degrees F.
Is it common to see such a prominent line between the gelled and non-gelled areas?

 

[TuxedoKat]

Oh that looks kind of neat! I'm too new to have any answers to your question though.

 

[jcandleattic]

Okay, I'd rather post my nice soap pictures, and you'd probably prefer looking at those, too. But my first partial gel turned out looking rather funny, so I thought I'd share. My hubby saw it and said, "What is that? That looks like an egg in the soap." My response was, "I dunno, I'll need to find out."
Talk about an ugly novice soap.
My first attempt at 40% lye solution didn't go so well, either. Luckily, though, no obvious zap in the crumbly areas. I also think that I may have cut too early. As soon as I poured the raw soap into the mold, I placed it outside where the temperature was about 35-40 degrees F.
Is it common to see such a prominent line between the gelled and non-gelled areas?

Yes, you can see a prominent line like that - especially since you placed it in such a cold environment. By they time the gel started to move outwards it was cold enough that it stopped it.
Give it a couple weeks/months and once it's cured out you may hardly notice the line at all in your soaps.
At least that's been my experience with my partial gels.

 

[Dragonkaz]

That's an amazing look!

 

[Fullamoon]

Do you have a stamp you could use right in the center of the ring? It looks like a cameo!