Christmas Soap Colors

[MellonFriend]

I'm planning this way too far ahead. I told myself I can't make any more soap until I've used up some of what I made, but here I am planning so it will probably be sooner than I thought.

I have this color pallet that I'm thinking about, but I'm not sure. I didn't want to go with a traditional Christmas color pallet, you know, white, reds, greens. And I didn't want to do blue winter colors either.

What do you think of this? Kind of a twist on the norm.

I'm thinking of doing about a third of the bottom of the bar in greens and then the tan/uncolored as a background for a gold and brown drop swirl. The FO I have in mind is Apple Garland from Crafters Choice.

What do you think about this plan? Are you getting homey Christmas vibes without the normal Christmas Colors? I want honest opinions! No patronizing here!

 

[MellonFriend]

Does nobody have the heart to tell me they hate it?

 

[dibbles]

I don't hate it, but the brown is throwing me off a little for Christmas. How about burgundy, or a dark red with a less Christmas-y green. I'm trying to figure out a color palette that isn't traditional red and green too. I am leaning toward dark red, moss or pistachio green and gold.

 

[glendam]

My phone screen has turned to that yellow light so the brown read like maroon to me and I thought it was the Mexican flag without reading the text, and now I can’t unsee it. I am personally not getting Christmas vibes but it might be because of that.

 

[lenarenee]

Sounds like vintage Christmas colors. I'll have to see the colors again during the day - my computer's blue light filter is on. But since you're talking about green, beige (like a typical uncolored, and un-td'd soap base?) with maroon and gold....that's absolutely antique or vintage Christmas. Or Little House on the Prairie ....when you had to make do with natural decorations.

 

[MellonFriend]

The problem is I don't have any red micas right now that don't morph, so the red-brown will probably just turn brown. I think vintage Christmas is a good way to look at it. I might try to go for a more muted green. That might make the vintage-ness a little more obvious.

 

[Ford]

Can only add. Hanger swirl after dropping it. Becareful, brown does not overpower gold. White instead of Nat. Will help gold stand out better.

 

[TheGecko]

Are you getting homey Christmas vibes without the normal Christmas Colors? I want honest opinions! No patronizing here!

I never patronize. I may not come out and tell you something is butt ugly (or maybe I would...depends), but I would never blow smoke up your butt.

With that said...I like the colors and they go with the FO you are using, but it really doesn't scream "Christmas soap". But then again, I use an FO called "Silent Night" which screams Christmas, but doesn't smell like Christmas.

 

[MellonFriend]

I think I'm okay with it not screaming Christmas. That's sort of why I'm staying away from the norms. I want something that will feel festive during the holiday season, but not so festive that I will get tired of it afterwards.

Can only add. Hanger swirl after dropping it. Becareful, brown does not overpower gold. White instead of Nat. Will help gold stand out better.

I think white is a good idea. I don't have TD, but I have some white mica that I might give a shot to. We'll see what catches my fancy in the moment.

Now I just have to find space on my drying rack. . .

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Ok i'm not a fan but who knows what the colors looks like after lye?. Staying positive if you use colors above they wont look like christmas soap your stuck w/ tell the fellowing year. Don't ask me how I know this .

 

[Tara_H]

They look very traditional and xmassy to me - I was thinking of that as a dark red until I read you said brown.
Definitely nice classic colours in any case; if it was me I'd keep the design simple and elegant to go with them.

 

[AliOop]

If the dark red that I see on my screen is really brownish red, then no Christmas-y vibes for me, sorry. I don't hate it, but it looks more like a fall/Thanksgiving type of palette. Using tan instead of white definitely adds to that for me. Perhaps if you used a very Christmas-y scent, that could help create those vibes.

Have you thought about green, white, and gold? Maybe with drops of the reddish-brown on top so they look like berries?

 

[MellonFriend]

Have you thought about green, white, and gold? Maybe with drops of the reddish-brown on top so they look like berries?

I will probably lighted up the tan with some white. I think that I want to do the brown, I like the idea of it in my head. It might be a mistake, but I'm going to go for it.

I've reorder the colors and altered the tan to be whiter and I thought maybe I'd switch the brown to the bottom color and do green and yellow drops instead.

 

[lianasouza]

Hogwarts Christmas vibes!

 

[MellonFriend]

I usually don't like to make a mock up of what I'm thinking in my head because it can give me an expectation that I will be disappointed if I don't meet, but this time since I'm, so torn I decided I needed one. The real thing is bound to look a lot different, but here's my incredibly crude design I made with Microsoft paint... and not the 3D version.

So which do you like more? Give this post a "love" for the one on the left and a "wow" for the one on the right.

 

[Tara_H]

Voted 'wow' for the right
I really like them both but something in my brain is insisting that the "grass" goes at the bottom

 

[Babyshoes]

I also prefer the green on the bottom, for some reason.

 

[user 50584]

I'm planning this way too far ahead. I told myself I can't make any more soap until I've used up some of what I made, but here I am planning so it will probably be sooner than I thought.

I have this color pallet that I'm thinking about, but I'm not sure. I didn't want to go with a traditional Christmas color pallet, you know, white, reds, greens. And I didn't want to do blue winter colors either.

What do you think of this? Kind of a twist on the norm.
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I'm thinking of doing about a third of the bottom of the bar in greens and then the tan/uncolored as a background for a gold and brown drop swirl. The FO I have in mind is Apple Garland from Crafters Choice.

What do you think about this plan? Are you getting homey Christmas vibes without the normal Christmas Colors? I want honest opinions! No patronizing here!

I think they are really nice. More fall feeling to me but will certainly look nice.

 

[MellonFriend]

Voted 'wow' for the right
I really like them both but something in my brain is insisting that the "grass" goes at the bottom

And dirt doesn't?!

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Are you getting homey Christmas vibes

Before I answer that, I'm wondering... are you stuck in Autumn?