They think all I do in my spare time is make soap 
This is the cut of the slab soap I made with OT’s Peche de Vigne. There’s not nearly as much detail in the one bar that shows the horizontal middle cut, which I think means I need thinner pours and a thinner emulsion to start with.
This is the ill-fated first attempt at a Peche de Vigne soap. I forgot the FO and then learned that it takes a bit more time on the heating pad to get the soap in my new acrylic mold to gel. I tried rescuing it in the oven, but this 37% lye concentration soap didn’t even get soft after 2 hrs in a 190-200 F oven. A week later the edges are still brittle and chipped when I tried to plane them. You can still see the line of the ungelled edge in the second photo.
I thought I should make at least one soap for fall. This one is scented with NS Satsuma and a little bit of BB’s Arabian Spice, which may be discontinued. It discolors to tan, so I limited it to one of the splits. I planned to cut this soap parallel to the long edge, so the lines would be on the face, but then I didn’t. That’s what happens when I have company…
Everything above is made with micas, but for this next one I used red and black oxide, TD and ultramarine blue, plus an FO that may discolor to mauve or purple. So far, I’m not seeing anything resembling a color change. The soap is scented with BB’s Fierce type and I tried to do a “guy” soap for my BIL. I overmixed a bit and then added the soap to the pitcher the wrong way, and that’s with the company long gone.. I really like the sides!
This is the cut of the slab soap I made with OT’s Peche de Vigne. There’s not nearly as much detail in the one bar that shows the horizontal middle cut, which I think means I need thinner pours and a thinner emulsion to start with.
This is the ill-fated first attempt at a Peche de Vigne soap. I forgot the FO and then learned that it takes a bit more time on the heating pad to get the soap in my new acrylic mold to gel. I tried rescuing it in the oven, but this 37% lye concentration soap didn’t even get soft after 2 hrs in a 190-200 F oven. A week later the edges are still brittle and chipped when I tried to plane them. You can still see the line of the ungelled edge in the second photo.
I thought I should make at least one soap for fall. This one is scented with NS Satsuma and a little bit of BB’s Arabian Spice, which may be discontinued. It discolors to tan, so I limited it to one of the splits. I planned to cut this soap parallel to the long edge, so the lines would be on the face, but then I didn’t. That’s what happens when I have company…
Everything above is made with micas, but for this next one I used red and black oxide, TD and ultramarine blue, plus an FO that may discolor to mauve or purple. So far, I’m not seeing anything resembling a color change. The soap is scented with BB’s Fierce type and I tried to do a “guy” soap for my BIL. I overmixed a bit and then added the soap to the pitcher the wrong way, and that’s with the company long gone.. I really like the sides!
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