Lin
Well-Known Member
Hey guys, I'm new here. I started out with a thread asking for advice on my holiday soap because I did quite a few things I've never done before. I'm really happy with how everything turned out, despite a few mishaps. I posted a couple pictures at the end of the question thread but I think it was dead by then. So I'm now 'almost' completely done with the soap and decided to make a photo thread.
Here are my christmas trees, and round pumpkin soaps. The trees were colored with celery, it was a last minute idea. My boyfriend was the one who actually made the pumpkin soap, I forgot to tell him to tamp the air out so the top bar has the hole in the middle.
Here is my starlight mint soap, scented with peppermint eo. I mixed a little too long and so it started setting up too quickly, and in result only half of the batch looks like starlight mints, and the thick soap was moving the dividers slightly so the sections aren't even like I'd planned. I'm thinking about trying this again when my bf gets the oxide sampler he ordered from BB, maybe along with a water discount and a recipe with a shorter cure time.
And here are the trees embed in a goats milk soap colored with cocoa powder. I thought since the trees were such a pale green I needed something dark for contrast. After deciding on cocoa for brown soap, I decided to make a larger batch and also do some gingerbread men soaps. I'm not finished with the large bars, I just cut them from the slab mold and I'm probably going to give them another day before I clean up the edges and square them off.
I'm really excited now and can't wait for them to cure to check the lather. I made up all the recipes myself, something I was nervous about since I'm a newbie soaper. They're all very mild, conditioning, some OO heavy and all palm free so I'm hoping they cure in time. I'll actually probably be gifting them all after the 25th.
Here are my christmas trees, and round pumpkin soaps. The trees were colored with celery, it was a last minute idea. My boyfriend was the one who actually made the pumpkin soap, I forgot to tell him to tamp the air out so the top bar has the hole in the middle.
Here is my starlight mint soap, scented with peppermint eo. I mixed a little too long and so it started setting up too quickly, and in result only half of the batch looks like starlight mints, and the thick soap was moving the dividers slightly so the sections aren't even like I'd planned. I'm thinking about trying this again when my bf gets the oxide sampler he ordered from BB, maybe along with a water discount and a recipe with a shorter cure time.
And here are the trees embed in a goats milk soap colored with cocoa powder. I thought since the trees were such a pale green I needed something dark for contrast. After deciding on cocoa for brown soap, I decided to make a larger batch and also do some gingerbread men soaps. I'm not finished with the large bars, I just cut them from the slab mold and I'm probably going to give them another day before I clean up the edges and square them off.
I'm really excited now and can't wait for them to cure to check the lather. I made up all the recipes myself, something I was nervous about since I'm a newbie soaper. They're all very mild, conditioning, some OO heavy and all palm free so I'm hoping they cure in time. I'll actually probably be gifting them all after the 25th.
