Hot Stuff!

[Orebma]

Some pics:

The main problem: there was too much brown and it was too dark.
The paprika and turmeric did well.

I absolutely love your soaps! The earthiness - just beautiful. Q. When cooking with turmeric I get stained fingers - if you use it in soap - is there any staining?

 

[maryloucb]

I love the dark colors of the soap! I have never found any scent to come through with turmeric. I've never used paprika, so I can't comment on that.

 

[bumbleklutz]

It's a fantastic looking soap! Woodsy, rustic, masculine, autumnal? Yes. Ugly? Never.

 

[Ugeauxgirl]

I tried to make soap that looked like yours @John Harris but I used too much white. I should have used more red and yellow. I think the white is going to darken to tan though. This is patchouli orange. Mmmmm. Oh well... There's always another batch to make.

 

[John Harris]

They look fantastic!

 

[ResolvableOwl]

I tried to make soap that looked like yours @John Harris but I used too much white.

Nothing near John's soaps, sorry. You have not used too much white, you just have diluted it in too little batter to come even close to John's average batch size.
Joke aside, you have waited longer (thicker trace), so the swirling has a more intricate structure and is less “streaky”. The amount of jags and blobs that you have in one of your bars, would easily have sufficed him to decorate a whole batch!

 

[TheGecko]

@John Harris and @Ugeauxgirl

NOT seeing any ugly soaps here.

John - I like brown soaps...they are very 'fall' and 'earthy' and I like the speckles. I have deliberately not pre-dispersed my oxides just so that I get the speckles in it. Maybe once through the planner to even things out, but otherwise, I'd buy that soap on looks alone.

Ugeuxgirl - I think your soap looks fine. If you would like more red and yellow, then add more red more red and yellow, but don't get down on yourself because it isn't quite what you were wanting.

 

[Ugeauxgirl]

@ResolvableOwl you're like my soap sister! I live in the deep south in the US where locals are famed for their tact- so much so that it's annoying. Partly because it's hard to get a true opinion and partly because after 49 years, I still haven't figured out how to be tactful. The best I can do is keep my mouth shut and that's hard. My sister, however, is brutally honest. Thx for the feedback. It was hot process so... Only so much you can do with that.

 

[Ugeauxgirl]

@TheGecko Thanks- I rather like it, just not what I was expecting. I've sort of gotten used to it by now. Didn't @KiwiMoose say "Soap do what soap do..." I'll try again- it's just another excuse to make another batch!

 

[Catscankim]

I think they look like great! I can almost smell the sandalwood. Try some beveling and buffing with a microfiber cloth or just the buffing even. I bet you will like them even more.

 

[ResolvableOwl]

It was hot process so... Only so much you can do with that.

Then, my brutally honest opinion on that: Respect! Appealing swirls in HP are so hard to do. Everyone, even @John Harris, can splash around in CP to get some sort of swirl (is that the level of “tact” you're speaking about? ), but a decent HP design needs so much more fine-tuning, intuition, and courage.

 

[Ugeauxgirl]

Then, my brutally honest opinion on that: Respect! Appealing swirls in HP are so hard to do. Everyone, even @John Harris, can splash around in CP to get some sort of swirl (is that the level of “tact” you're speaking about? ), but a decent HP design needs so much more fine-tuning, intuition, and courage.

Aww- thanks!