My first soaps - I am in love and addicted

[judymoody]

Wow, these are fantastic! Love the salt bars, so smooth!

You may want to check with your vet before using your soap on your dogs. I read somewhere that the sensitivity of dog skin is different than that of humans. It looks great but you probably should double check to make sure it's safe for them.

 

[Finchen]

Thank you all!

@judymoody: I will ask out vet about using the soap on our dogs.

 

[jeazalez]

nice creations you got there, i do have the same addiction with making soaps. though i suggest you also try venturing in shampoo bar making or lotion bar making to widen your range of products. It is also a good gift idea if you'd be able to have like a pack of those three varieties, not only will you be able to enjoy making them, you will also make other people happy. goodluck with that!

 

[Finchen]

@jeazalez: Thanks. Most of my soaps are shampoo bars but currently I have started making soaps which are more superfatted (all the shampoo bars are SF with only 4%). And I have mixed a face cream for my bf, containing shea butter, jojoba oil, avocado oil, water and an emulgator. Can't wait to mix more, lol.

 

[Finchen]

Here are two pics of my latest soaps.

Ayurvedic Herb

Coco Loco (rebatched)

 

[Dragonkaz]

Gorgeous! Love the colour of your ayurvedic herb!

 

[Finchen]

Thank you, Dragonkaz.

 

[Finchen]

This is how my latest soap with the lovely top looked before:

But I had to rebatch it because I forgot the Castor Oil (12%) and the soap was lye havy. Now it looks like this, totally different and not very nice.

 

[Hazel]

How disappointing for you. It still looks nice with the stamp. Very rustic and natural looking.

 

[Finchen]

Thanks Hazel. That's no stamp though, I engraved it with a toothpick, lol.

 

[Hazel]

Are you kidding me? :shock:

If not, you really are addicted.

 

[Finchen]

No, I am not kidding and yes I am totally addicted.

 

[Relle]

The top one looked so nice and ceamy too, its so annoying when you forget something, you remember usually after its all finished. :x

 

[Hazel]

No, I am not kidding and yes I am totally addicted.

Wow! How long did it take you to carve this out?

Also, did you do all the bars? If so, then we seriously need to discuss an intervention.

 

[Finchen]

Only one of the bars. It took 5-10 minutes I think.

 

[Hazel]

Okay, then we won't worry about doing an intervention.

You did an excellent job on carving it. I really thought it was a stamp.

 

[cthylla]

It still looks nice! And wow, I really wish you didn't make me start thinking of the variety of bas-reliefs I can carve into soaps.

 

[Hazel]

Finchen - It looks like you might have started a new art form. Soap carving! People could really get artistic.

 

[Finchen]

Hehe you guys are funny.