Hey. I'm Josh. It's starting to get "real".

[Ephemerella]

My first batch of soap looked like something the cat dragged in (or the cat did something else with). Yours is GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRGEOUS! Love the top and that color is just awesome!

So intimidated by all these supercalifragilisticexpialidocious newbies! Just total awesomesauce.

 

[NativeSoap]

@Ephemerella thank you! We shall wait and see what the cut produces before I get too excited . As I've seen, anything is possible!

If it wasn't for this group, I wouldn't have been able to do this soap.

 

[Ephemerella]

Well.... just watch yourself around this group (looking at you @AliOop), pretty soon you'll be hoarding FOs, next you'll need some fancy packaging for your lovely creations and buying cricuts, entering soap competitions, branching out to other seemingly innocent side projects like lotion bars with exotic oils, maybe even try your hand at a candle or five...... there's a whole hidden underworld of enabling going on here capitalizing on the immense satisfaction of making your own things.

Consider this your official warning.

 

[NativeSoap]

Well.... just watch yourself around this group (looking at you @AliOop), pretty soon you'll be hoarding FOs, next you'll need some fancy packaging for your lovely creations and buying cricuts, entering soap competitions, branching out to other seemingly innocent side projects like lotion bars with exotic oils, maybe even try your hand at a candle or five...... there's a whole hidden underworld of enabling going on here capitalizing on the immense satisfaction of making your own things.

Consider this your official warning.

Oh yeah, I'd DEFINITELY have to start selling to do all those things on top of this lol. Maybe one day! I already have gw 415 soy wax. Don't tempt me with candles!

 

[Whillow]

That is beautiful. You did a great job. I can't wait to see the cut. Make sure you post those too.

WELCOME to the addiction Soap hobby.

 

[NativeSoap]

That is beautiful. You did a great job. I can't wait to see the cut. Make sure you post those too.

WELCOME to the addiction Soap hobby.

Thanks @Whillow! The color has lightened up so much! I guess that's to be expected with natural colorants. It looks almost a light shade of blue at the moment. But I know that will even change more after it's been cut and cures. It's crazy how you have to experiment. What you see at first is def not what you get with plant colors!

 

[Zing]

Ya got real finally! CONGRATULATIONS!! Can't wait for the cut. And aren't you an ambitious one with infusions and colors and scents with 10 oils!

( Speaking of blender buttons.... Just between us, you don't have to keep the safety button pressed continuously, a nice feature to discover after, you know, over 5 years of using it.
*smacks forehead )

 

[NativeSoap]

Here's the cut! The piece of cardboard I stuck down the middle, at the end, actually did something! It was so thick by the time I did it, it completely divided it on half. I guess tapping the mold on the counter got it to join back together.

 

[NativeSoap]

Ya got real finally! CONGRATULATIONS!! Can't wait for the cut. And aren't you an ambitious one with infusions and colors and scents with 10 oils!

( Speaking of blender buttons.... Just between us, you don't have to keep the safety button pressed continuously, a nice feature to discover after, you know, over 5 years of using it.
*smacks forehead )

Hi @Zing. I don't have a safety. I actually have two separate buttons right next to each other. One says turbo and one is just regular. I didn't even notice what the button said until after I was done with my soap . I like the non turbo button better, which actually turns to the lowest speed setting I had selected.

 

[artemis]

Here's the cut! The piece of cardboard I stuck down the middle, at the end, actually did something! It was so thick by the time I did it, it completely divided it on half. I guess tapping the mold on the counter got it to join back together. View attachment 72361

This may be a new method for doing a "hidden feather" swirl!

 

[dibbles]

It looks great! @artemis is right, I immediately thought you did a secret feather swirl.

 

[NativeSoap]

This may be a new method for doing a "hidden feather" swirl!

I had cardboard so that's what I used lol.

 

[cmzaha]

Those look wonderful, congratulations. I never could get even close to that silly hidden feather swirl.

 

[Zing]

Mmm, hmm! Yeah, right, first time soaper, look at my secret feather swirl blah blah blah. I see right through you, Buster....

 

[NativeSoap]

Mmm, hmm! Yeah, right, first time soaper, look at my secret feather swirl blah blah blah. I see right through you, Buster....

I'll take that as a compliment, sir!

 

[KiwiMoose]

Awesome! Yep - secret feather swirl (now AKA the cardboard swirl).

 

[NativeSoap]

Awesome! Yep - secret feather swirl (now AKA the cardboard swirl).

Thanks. Yeah, I figured it was one of the easiest things I could try with two colors poured down the middle, that looked cool on videos I watched. But, I didn't have one of those hanger things for it, so I cut a piece of cardboard and hoped for the best. Ha! The purple was super thick so didn't know what to expect. Was just happy to get everything in the mold and able to cut it. Now the waiting begins!

 

[Whillow]

Wow @NativeSoap

That looks incredible. You obviously have done lots of research prior to diving in. Bravo.

 

[NativeSoap]

Wow @NativeSoap

That looks incredible. You obviously have done lots of research prior to diving in. Bravo.

Yes, thank you and still researching!

 

[VikingChick]

AMAZING job on your first batch! I’m a little obsessed with that blue you were able to get.

I saw that you ordered Jan Berry’s natural soapmaking book (the book I learned soapmaking with!). If you haven’t perused the whole thing yet, in Part 3 she’s got an entire gallery of natural colorants. It’s really fantastic!