Lemons anyone

[Todd Ziegler]

Here is my first lemon FO soap. I used the FO "awaken" from nurture soap and I can't wait to use this one. It has such a wonderful summer time smell to it.

The yellow came out much brighter than I thought it would. You almost can't see the swirls but they are there. I am hoping that it develops more contrast as it cures. I kind of wish I would have added a little red to it for contrast but I like what I see.

 

[lsg]

Nice soap. It is a bright and cheerful color.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

Nice soap. It is a bright and cheerful color.

Thanks. I wish I could post the scent, it's amazing.

 

[Ant]

You can see a hint of the swirl happening on the side of the one bar. Very pretty.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

You can see a hint of the swirl happening on the side of the one bar. Very pretty.

Thanks. I am hoping that the curing will cause more contrast.

 

[goat soap rulz!]

MMM! Yes! I have used awaken! It really is so lovely! I highly recommend it to anybody that makes soap!

 

[Todd Ziegler]

MMM! Yes! I have used awaken! It really is so lovely! I highly recommend it to anybody that makes soap!

Nurture soap is only 30 minutes away from me and they are getting ready to open a walk in store. It will take all my will power to not go there once a week lol.

 

[Jersey Girl]

Nurture soap is only 30 minutes away from me and they are getting ready to open a walk in store. It will take all my will power to not go there once a week lol.

I’ll say a prayer for you. Lol

 

[Todd Ziegler]

I’ll say a prayer for you. Lol

It will be nice to see all the colors and smell all the scents before I buy them. I only live 2 hours away from Wholesale supplies plus and I was going to start driving there once a month to get what I needed from them but they have closed their retail store for now.

 

[Jersey Girl]

It will be nice to see all the colors and smell all the scents before I buy them. I only live 2 hours away from Wholesale supplies plus and I was going to start driving there once a month to get what I needed from them but they have closed their retail store for now.

I am envious but then again it would be very dangerous to my bank account to live so close to these two suppliers. I live a little over an hour from Candles and Supplies, but other than the no stir palm I get limited supplies from them as they are even more expensive to shop in person than having shipped from some other suppliers. It’s really disappointing. They also don’t have micas. I’ve tried a few of their FO and they were “ok”. It was nice to be able to sniff them first but all that changed with Covid.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

I am envious but then again it would be very dangerous to my bank account to live so close to these two suppliers. I live a little over an hour from Candles and Supplies, but other than the no stir palm I get limited supplies from them as they are even more expensive to shop in person than having shipped from some other suppliers. It’s really disappointing. They also don’t have micas. I’ve tried a few of their FO and they were “ok”. It was nice to be able to sniff them first but all that changed with Covid.

I actually live an hour away from another supplier called "soapequipment.com" but they don't have a retail store and you can't pick it up in person. But they are mostly on the large scale side of soap making. They have some really nice stuff but it's not cheap.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

@Jersey Girl I just saw your profile picture and I have a wrack just like the one in the picture and didn't even think about using it for soap drying, I just solved my problem of long term drying. Thanks

 

[goat soap rulz!]

Nurture soap is only 30 minutes away from me and they are getting ready to open a walk in store. It will take all my will power to not go there once a week lol.

Wow, you are lucky! No fair! I guess I'm on my way to Indiana!

 

[Todd Ziegler]

Wow, you are lucky! No fair! I guess I'm on my way to Indiana!

Yes I am lucky. I lived in Arlington TX before I moved back home to Indiana. I don't remember there being any suppliers there. I have been lucky when it comes to my hobbies. I also have aquariums and when I lived in TX, there was a wholesale aquarium company across the street from me. I worked there on weekends and I got to buy wholesale. It was a blessing and a curse lol.

 

[Arimara]

Katie from Royalty Soaps mentioned that anchoring yellows with a neon can help make the color more vivid. Maybe you could try that for a more vivid yellow.

 

[Jersey Girl]

@Jersey Girl I just saw your profile picture and I have a wrack just like the one in the picture and didn't even think about using it for soap drying, I just solved my problem of long term drying. Thanks

Cool...I got it at Home Depot. I bought two 3 tier shelving units but only used the shelves from the second one so I have 6 shelves. I line it with cardboard. It holds a lot of soap and takes up very little room. I’m really pleased with it.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

Cool...I got it at Home Depot. I bought two 3 tier shelving units but only used the shelves from the second one so I have 6 shelves. I line it with cardboard. It holds a lot of soap and takes up very little room. I’m really pleased with it.

I forgot that I had it until I looked at your picture. I am going to get another one this weekend and do the same thing you did. It will be a lot easier than all of the baking wracks I am using now.

 

[TheDebby]

The soap really reminds me of a lemon!
Hopefully the soap colour is a bit more like you wanted it to look like.

Regardless it looks very nice and fresh!

 

[Todd Ziegler]

The soap really reminds me of a lemon!
Hopefully the soap colour is a bit more like you wanted it to look like.

Regardless it looks very nice and fresh!

Thanks for the compliments. I was hoping to have more contrast but after a week of curing it is developing more contrast.

 

[Cosmo71]

It looks lovely. I have lemon FO and am thinking I will just do a simple straight 1 color lemon bar!