Chocolate Almond- Yum!

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Cirafly24

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This is my second batch ever :D Scented with Chocolate FO and Almond FO. I used the soap balls I made with the scraps of my first batch to make polka dots in this one.

I had been looking everywhere for something to use as a log mold. You know how everything starts to look like a potential mold? Well, apparently this is contagious, because my fiance came home with this for me:

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He found it at a rummage sale, it's meant for rolls of coins, but it works perfectly as a 2lb log mold! It came with two others that will work as 1lb and 1.5lb molds as well.

Recipe included olive pomace oil, coconut oil, palm kernel oil, castor oil, shea butter, avocado oil, and kokum butter.

Unmolded:
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It overheated and cracked...odd since I soaped at 95 degrees and my house is quite cool, about 62 degrees.
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Cut photo:
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Do you think the inside will darken to match the outside? Because right now, the bars look like little pieces of bread with eyes haha! :lol:
 
Wow!! You did Great!! Congrats!

And within time your soap should come together to look the same. :)
 
Thank you! I like how they came out...I was afraid that gel would ruin the textured tops, but I think it looks ok.
 
Those look fantastic! I think you can expect most Chocolate FOs to go very dark, but it could take several days for you to know for sure.
 
Thanks! I checked on them this morning, and the centers are darkening up nicely. I'm hoping the base will get nice and dark so the polka dots will really pop.
 
Fantastic for your second soap ever :) , see its not that hard after all.
Love the balls in them.
 
They are getting quite dark! I have them curing on the mantel, and I just love walking into the living room and getting hit with the chocolate almond scent.

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