Looks like it's going to be a soapmaking night tonight.

[John Harris]

I think I'm going to use an FO from a Canadian source, Candora Soaps. The scent is Hibiscus Ylang Ylang. I looked up the colors for Hibiscus: orange, yellow, red, pink, purple and white. I'll do an ITP swirl and, since I have 5 long spout pitchers, I'll use the first 5 colors. This will be very similar to the Havana Heat soap I did recently. The main difference is that the Havana Heat colors were all pastels and this Hibiscus one will be all deep colors.

About this Hibiscus Ylang Ylang FO they write, "Relax your senses and promote sleep with this unique blend of tropical hibiscus, blooming ylang and rose on a soft base of sandalwood and cedar. Vanilla Content: 0.30% Creates a little ricing, easy enough to break away. Accelerates trace just a little." (These write-ups remind me of an episode of Seinfeld when Elaine was working for clothier, Mr. Peterman.)

I'll post pictures, as usual - and I'll try to photograph outside of my dungeon!

 

[John Harris]

The soap is made - 5 color ITP. The soap recipe was my new standard. The FO was totally new to me. "Accelerates just a little" might be a kind way of saying "Beware the acceleration!". Poured at thick trace. It may yet work out.

We soap in the kitchen and tonight we decorated the ceiling with soap splatter. We pour the accents twice per spot - once from up high and one down low. Our "up highs" were obviously too high tonight. The Soap Queen's special guest did a tutorial on ITP and said the high pour should be from chest level. I'm sure I was pouring from over my head, and I am tall.

No pictures of the just-poured slab tonight. I'll post pics when it is cut.

 

[violets2217]

I have a hibiscus ylang ylang from WSP… I’ve used it a lot it seems because I just went to smell it and it’s almost gone. It is a very relaxing scent. But I don’t remember it ricing or accelerating. Hmmm… I’m sure it’ll turn out beautiful! I love an ITP swirl!

 

[Johnez]

No pictures of the just-poured slab tonight. I'll post pics when it is cut.

Is this to stem the pages of replies waiting for you to cut the slab?

I dig your new avatar by the way.

 

[John Harris]

We made the cut this morning and...

The slab pics were unimpressive and I was a little worried. I knew we had poured a lot of color and I wondered where it all went:



Then, after the cut, it was, "Oh! That's where all the color went!"

 

[John Harris]

And a couple more...



And the scent from Candora (Hibiscus & Ylang Ylang) is fantastic (so far).

 

[John Harris]

I was thinking that I should clean up my bars before the initial photo taking. I took these pics immediately after the cut. They reminded me of just born babies before they get cleaned up - not the most photogenic things in the world.

 

[CreativeWeirdo]

I'm amazed it didn't discolour!

 

[ResolvableOwl]

@John Harris
Very Kandisky-ish top! If I were you, I probably had spent hours trying to arrange all the cut soap bars sorted by colour. Each one of them is gorgeus, yet it's a pity that the end addressees will probably never see all of them next to each other.

I'm amazed it didn't discolour!

Me as well. Red flag “vanilla” – does the HYY FO have colour stabiliser, or has the browning just not started yet? We'll see… and hope for the best.

 

[John Harris]

Oh, pul-ease, don't let this one discolor!!

 

[CreativeWeirdo]

Oh, pul-ease, don't let this one discolor!!

Bon chance!!! J'espère que parce qu'il est <1%, ça va pas.

 

[John Harris]

Bon chance!!! J'espère que parce qu'il est <1%, ça va pas.

Merci, Creative, merci! J'esperais la meme chose!

 

[TheGecko]

he slab pics were unimpressive and I was a little worried. I knew we had poured a lot of color and I wondered where it all went:

Then, after the cut, it was, "Oh! That's where all the color went!"

I figure that soap making is 2 parts science and 1 part magic.

 

[Zing]

Super cool! Love all of them. Well done. And good luck with all those dishes....

 

[John Harris]

@Zing LOL I should take a picture of all the dishes!