Entry thread for the October 2020 Challenge - Tall and Skinny Shimmy

[szaza]

Post your entry photos here. You have until October 27, 2020 at 11:59 pm GMT to submit your entry, so there is still plenty of time!

Your Entry picture(s) must include a photo of at least 2 bars of soap from your batch.

As a reminder, this thread is for entry photos only. Please post all comments on each others' entries in the general challenge thread.

Good luck everyone - I'm looking forward to seeing your creations!

 

[linne1gi]

This took me three tries - and I like two of them. Good luck everyone.

 

[Suzette]

This took me three tries - and I like two of them. Good luck everyone.

Pretty & the definition is great!

 

[szaza]

@Suzette please leave comments in the challenge thread. This entry thread is for entries only

 

[dibbles]

My entry for the Tall & Skinny Shimmy challenge. I really love this technique! The soap is scented with a blend of Somali Soul and Sambucus (both from Nurture Soap) which, as it turns out, is a nice combination. Thank you @szaza for hosting!

 

[Jersey Girl]

Well, third try and it finally clicked for me. Don’t be afraid to go with a steeper angle! Im glad I

used a FO in this one. Black Raspberry Vanilla. I used 3 colors with a darker and lighter shade for each. This was in every sense of the word a challenge for me and I’m really happy that @szaza chose this technique.

 

[glendam]

Here are my bars, I am glad only two are needed as I only had two that really look the part. Scented with yuzu from Elements bath and body. A very curious technique!

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Shimmy Down Candy Cane Lane, Scented W/ Peppermint EO. My First Time Trying This Integrate Design & 1st Time Ive Entered A Soap Challenge, After 4 Attempts This Is It. This Was Quite A Challenge Yet Fun Too. Thank You Sazaza For Hosting. Best Of Luck To Everyone. .

 

[KimW]

Look kids, an albino giraffe! Oh wait, it's just soap. Salt made the lo a little brittle...booooo....
Used hi/lo batters (what great aunts called it when I was a girl way too many years ago), which I think was called a "ghost swirl" in the challenge announcement.

 

[bookreader451]

Well here it is I didn’t get another go. It smells great so even though my shimmy is shammy I like it!

 

[szaza]

The entry thread is now closed. All participants will receive a voting link within the next couple of hours.

 

[szaza]

And the winners are.....

1st place: @Jersey Girl
2nd place (with only one vote difference): @dibbles
3rd place: @glendam

Congrats to all! I really enjoyed watching all your hard work this month!!

 

[bookreader451]

Congratulation to all the winners. This was a very difficult challenge and your entries were all amazing. Thank you szaza for hosting........but go easier on us next time!

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Awesome Soaping Designs Everyone
@Jersey Girl Great Job Congrats On Winning 1st place.
@dibbles Well Done WhooHoo.
@glendam Wonderful Job.

Thx Szaza for hosting' great job

 

[Zing]

Congrats, @Jersey Girl , @dibbles , and @glendam and all the enter-ers!! It looks like a tricky pour. Great to get all this inspiration!

 

[szaza]

Congratulation to all the winners. This was a very difficult challenge and your entries were all amazing. Thank you szaza for hosting........but go easier on us next time!

I will @bookreader451 . I really hope people didn't get frustrated or disappointed with this technique. I tend to enjoy making really technical soaps and I think that reflects in my challenges. I'm already thinking about how to make the next one more rewarding for everyone

 

[AliOop]

I will @bookreader451 . I really hope people didn't get frustrated or disappointed with this technique. I tend to enjoy making really technical soaps and I think that reflects in my challenges. I'm already thinking about how to make the next one more rewarding for everyone

I don’t mind something challenging, alternating with others that are less so. One never knows which technique might turn out to be The One to which we return again and again.

 

[dibbles]

I think it's okay to have something more challenging - that's how we learn. I know it can be frustrating, but often the 'fails' are beautiful, and it is so rewarding to finally feel like you have a skill that you thought was out of reach. With this challenge, for example, while some maybe didn't achieve a 'perfect' shimmy undoubtedly something else was learned. How to control trace, how to spot emulsion, color combinations, etc.

 

[glendam]

I will @bookreader451 . I really hope people didn't get frustrated or disappointed with this technique. I tend to enjoy making really technical soaps and I think that reflects in my challenges. I'm already thinking about how to make the next one more rewarding for everyone

I actually liked the challenge to try this technique. I had seen it but didn’t know how it was achieved, and if it wasn’t for these challenges I would not have attempted it at all! I think it is good to be taken out of our comfort zone at times, thank you for the challenge!

 

[bookreader451]

I actually enjoyed the challenge and wish I could have tried it again. I just didn’t get a chance. I discovered a higher OO combination I like, sample use points to no slime and bubbles! That in itself is huge. I never get upset about my challenge efforts. I learn a lot, have fun and do my best. Two more and I will have kept my 2020 goal!