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[newbie]

These are some bastile soaps I made to give as gifts for Christmas. THe ones I made with shea butter have better lather than the ones with castor, which I was surprised at.

The two on the left are BB's Cranberry Fig, the pink and red bar is DS HUnter's Moon, and the far right is NG's Cool Waters




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[Mouse]

very nice swirls!

 

[heyjude]

Pretty color and glitter!

 

[Hazel]

Oh wow! Those are gorgeous! You must be very proud.

 

[Lynnz]

Wowser the swirls are divine love your colours too :0)

 

[Fullamoon]

These are ALL fantastic!

 

[Sunny]

looovely
swirl envy!

 

[Soapy Gurl]

Wow, your swirls are great! I wish I could swirl like that. How does the Hunter's Moon turn out? I have some and it smells great in the bottle. I really want to soap it!

 

[Dragonkaz]

Your swirls look amazing!

... are you able to make your photo smaller so that everyone can enjoy it more easily?

 

[agriffin]

Beautiful swirls!

 

[raysofcolorado]

Great Swirls! Very eye-catching

 

[newbie]

Sorry about the size of the photo, Drangonkaz. I can never remember which option gives what so I always do the forum one, which turns out large. I've tried to resize but have only been successful one time.

Thanks for the compliments, otherwise! I can do this kind of swirl but I can't do an ITP swirl to save my life. I'm very envious of those, believe me.

Hunter's moon has been keeping its scent. I made these in late June. it discolors the soap to an off-white/very light brown, but I also didn't gel, and maybe it would be darker with gel. I think it smells pretty much like it does OOB and is very nice. This was a bastile so the recipe traces slowly anyhow, but it didn't seem like a significant accelerator. Post what you find when you use it- we can compare.

 

[Sunny]

I like the larger photos myself, I can't see the thumbnail and don't want to click on it to enlarge -_- oh well just my preference!

I like the hunter's moon fo a lot!

 

[newbie]

I don't like the thumbnails, either. I like big images so I can see all the detail but I like to sit nearer the front of the movie theater too. Guess I like to get blasted with imagery.

I tried the resizer again. Going back in to try to change it. I have no idea if it will work.

 

[newbie]

Hmmmm, I resized it by 50%. IT doesn't look that much smaller than before. Stupid thing. IT's staying like this now. Hopefully dragonkaz won't look again!

 

[Dragonkaz]

I love large images, but many computers don't have monitors large enough to enjoy those images without having to slide the bar from left to right, so the image can't be enjoyed. Also some (many) people don't have access to computers that can cope with large images and therefore can't enjoy pics like this one.

 

[newbie]

Aaaahhhhh! You caught me!!! Does the picture look any smaller? I swear I reduced it by half, but it still looks pretty big. I can't remember if the other was larger and required the slider. This one fits on my screen, but that's for me.

 

[Sunny]

I think it looks the same to me too... it didn't go off my screen before and doesn't now either but is taking up a good bit of the space...

still love it, still beautiful!!!!!

 

[BakingNana]

Breathtaking! What glitter did you use? It looks gorgeous.

 

[newbie]

Nana, the glittery effect is from a small amount of mica in oil that I pour very lightly on the top of the soap and then swirl with the whole thing, so the effect is only on the surface. I used the 24 carat gold, the chameleon glitter and the taurus orion (all TKB) on the tops of the cranberry fig. I like the effect, even if it is just superficial.