Lemon Soaps

[Sibi]

I made these yesterday. I finally achieved some pretty colors (don't know how???) but as always a little snag. AGAIN, I got the gosh darn ash!! GRRRRRR. No matter what I do I get that stupid ash which I HATE!! I made the tops textured and pretty then the ash monster reared its ugly head and ruined my pretty soap. However this time I took the negative and turned it into a positive I sliced off the ash with a knife and made my soaps nicely square so I had lots of scraps. Since the scraps are still relatively soft I turned them into soap balls for some future soap down the road! So despite the ash I'm happy with the way they turned out. The scent is Lemon Verbena with a little forbidden fruit. Not to crazy about the scent but maybe it'll turn into something nicer as they cure. Here's the pics. They're not that great cause they were taken with my cell phone but it's something.

 

[Guest]

Those are so pretty-- great job! The soap balls will go great in a white soap don't you think?

 

[Pug Mom]

They look nice to me!!! Very pretty! I wish I could smell them....

 

[Guest]

Cell phone is good enough to show some pretty soap!

 

[Guest]

They look beautiful Sibi , way to go .

 

[Rosey]

Very nice!

 

[LJA]

Oh Sibi, those are really really pretty! I personally like squared off soaps, so I'm all over these! Very nice!

 

[Guest]

Love em. I use all my soap scraps to make soap balls. My customers eat them up. I put 3 in a bag and label and sell them. I make sure they are pretty good size. I dont know if they are using them or using them for decoration.

 

[holly99]

Those colors are pretty! I really like the idea of the soap balls in a white soap. That'd be gorgeous!

 

[jarvan]

You said these are lemon soaps...did you achieve a decent lemon or is is really light?

I have NO...Zero...success with anything citrus. I have tried anchoring with clay so far and that seems useless.

 

[gekko62]

Cell phone is good enough to show some pretty soap!

You betcha! I love the colour.They look great

 

[rubato456]

great idea to use the soap scraps for soap balls

 

[Sibi]

You said these are lemon soaps...did you achieve a decent lemon or is is really light?

I have NO...Zero...success with anything citrus. I have tried anchoring with clay so far and that seems useless.

I used 2/3 lemon scent and 1/3 forbidden fruit scent. And all I really smell is the fruity scent, the lemon has faded pretty much, much to my dismay. Guess it'll take a few more tries before I master the lemon scent (if ever). Anyone out there master the lemon scent yet? How???? :?

 

[Sibi]

Thanks for all your kind words everyone!

 

[Billie]

Those are great swirls and I like the idea of using the balls in another batch.

 

[vivcarm]

Pretty soaps Sibi!

 

[IanT]

very nice soaps!! Do they smell really lemon-y?

 

[lecheymiel]

seems so soft... I like it so much
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Bibs

 

[Sibi]

Thanks for all the positive comments everyone!! As far as the scent goes....I've noticed that as it cures it IS getting a more lemon-y scent It's growing on me.

 

[Saltysteele]

they look great, sibi!

may i ask how you got that type of coloring? 1) i'm terrible at creatively coloring my soaps, very predictable, 2) pretty standard coloring techniques

i'm soooo jealous