Lavender Salt Bars

[ca_soap]

Here's a batch of salt bars I poured this morning. I am fairly happy with how these turned out. They are so much better than my first batch that I attempted to pour in a loaf and then cut. Lavender essential oil added with a very light touch of lavender oxide then topped with pink himalayan salt.

 

[CaraBou]

Nice! Lavender oxide? What's that?

 

[Ellacho]

Love it! Beautiful! I use Himalayan pink rock salt as a topping on the sea salt bars.

 

[Tienne]

Those are some of the prettiest salt bars I've yet to see, ca_soap. Very nice shape, too! They look fantastic!

@carabou. I think it might be a.k.a violet ultramarine?

 

[lsg]

Beautiful salt bars!

 

[Ancel]

Very pretty!

 

[ca_soap]

Thanks everyone. And yes they are colored with violet ultramarine. I used a silicone mold from Brambleberry for them. It's a 12 cavity mold with 4oz capacity. Currently these salt bars are at 6.0 oz. As you can see I filled the mold to capacity, scraped them off level and then added the pink himalayan salt. The insides of the mold are not textured, they are very smooth so the bar has a very smooth finish to them. The bar also has a slight bevel on the sides, I don't see this as a bad thing as hopefully it will help in holding onto the bars and it helps the bars to come out of the mold easily.

Here is the link to the mold I use if anyone is interested.
http://www.brambleberry.com/12-Cavity-Rectangle-Silicone-Mold-P5536.aspx

 

[Miz Jenny]

They're beautiful! I'm going to have to make some again and remember to unmold and cut almost immediately. LOL