Ham soap accident. Yes.

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squigglz

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Alright, so.

My store needs new hot process soaps. I already made a list of many, many soaps I plan to make soon, but those require the ingredients that are coming on the truck from BB in a week or so.

I have a lovely apple crumble fragrance I got from Saveonscents, and really wanted to use that.

So I mix everything up, get it to trace, cook it, all that jazz. I add my FO mixture (decided to spice it up a little more to make it less dessert-y) and BB's ruby jewelry box colorant. Obviously since it's hp, I knew it would be pink, and I was okay with that, because pink is awesome.

I glopped it in the molds (pringles can with the excess going in my square molds), and waited.

When I unmolded and prepared to cut, I realized something really important that I really should have seen coming.

My soap looks like ham.

I mean, EXACTLY like ham. Like if you bought a slab of deli-meat ham for sandwiches.

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I've only worked with red twice before, both times in glycerin melt and pour. What are the chances that this will fade or deepen to a...less hammy color?

If it doesn't, I may simply cut hearts out of the round log and use as inserts in a loaf of hot process or just to sell on their own as little valentine's soap.

The soap smells amazing, which makes this more heartbreaking for me :( I love apples.

Ideas?
 
I think you should cut it in the shape of a pig, or perhaps a strip of bacon. I would totally buy that.


Also it totally looks like ham and I love it. <3
 
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I think you should cut it in the shape of a pig, or perhaps a strip of bacon. I would totally buy that.


Also it totally looks like ham and I love it. <3

At the very least, I'm saving the recipe (it was a new one, obviously lol) to make a bacon scented novelty soap later =P

I just hope the color fades or deepens, one or the other, else I'm going to have to sell these at a pretty big discount, lol xD

Can you imagine if you labeled it SPAM soap?!!! I bet ppl would buy it! It does look like ham. So Sorry!!!

It's okay! I still have the curing time to see if the color changes a bit. I'm just...flabbergasted, haha.
 
Probably not a big seller at the Jewish Community Center Charity Bazaar, but it does make me hungry for sweet potatoes. So, there's that ..... ;-)

...and considering that the market I can sell at offline is smack in the middle of a very devout Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, I think I'll stick to selling this one online, lol >.>;
 
Can you imagine if you labeled it SPAM soap?!!! I bet ppl would buy it! It does look like ham. So Sorry!!!

LOL! I was totally thinking Spam. But hey, apples and ham go together. Maybe you can spray a smoke fragerence on it while it's still wettish and call it apple-wrapped bacon soap for all the foodies! :D
 
Lmbo! The replies in this entire thread have me laughing so hard I'm crying! Sorry your soap looks like ham. Maybe you could rebatch it & add more color or make a green egg shaped soap & sell it as a green eggs & ham combo pack!
 
Hilarious suggestions all!

See squigglz, your soap made people happy and smile today and that's what it is really all about :)
 
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