New bastilles... pink+green are holiday colors too right?

[AmyW]

I have the best luck some times.

Neither batch turned out like I wanted (funky partial gel, red is pink/rose/mauve, greens aren't dark enough, and forgot the scent on the Cedar so I lost the swirl).

Anyway, same recipe with 60% OO plus CO, castor and cocoa butter.

Left is Peak Hollyberry & Ivy (kids like it, I don't), right is Peak Cedar (we all love it).

 

[Hazel]

Dang! That's quite a partial gel you got. :shock: But I like it. Sometimes partial gel is really cool looking. It all looks Christmasy to me and makes me feel I'd better get motivated.

 

[AmyW]

Isn't the gel on that piece weird?? I just cut the rest of both loaves and the gel on the pink/green spread most of the way out so it doesn't look quite as strange, the green one's spread about half way and looks kinda cool. I'll pretend it was intentional 8)

 

[Hazel]

That's right. You meant to do it. :wink:

The partial gel is odd looking. Did you put the molds on a heating pad to help force gel?

I've wondered about the Hollyberry & Ivy. Why don't you like it?

 

[AmyW]

I just put in the mold and let it set on my counter top, house about 72 degrees. The only thing different between the green and pink is the colorant used (green chrome oxide and merlot sparkle mica both from BB).

I can't describe why I don't like it - it's got an "off" smell to me but the kids like it. It's the same kind of "off" smell that I get from WSP's cranberry orange FO that my sister LOVES. I think my smeller is just weird.

 

[Hazel]

Maybe your sense of smell isn't off, maybe you have a stronger olfactory sense and you're able to notice something that they can't smell.

Hey! Sounds good to me.

 

[Dragonkaz]

Wow ... that's an interesting gel pattern! Very interesting!

 

[AmyW]

So they're all cut and the gel has faded or spread out in all of them - the dark green center of the solid green soap matches the light green and the pink/green is mostly evened out, it just has some wicked ash going on. So weird lol

 

[Sunny]

I think it still kinda looks red/green, not really pink. Could just be my monitor. I really like it though!

Yes that gel is WEIRD! lol!

 

[ewenique]

They look pretty cool! I like the colors, too.

 

[dubnica]

So you like Cedar? I have 2 oz and I did not like it OOB but your post gave me hope that maybe someone will like cedar soap.

 

[Hazel]

dubnica -

I bought cedar to blend with sage & lemongrass. I don't know if it will work but it sounds good to me. I thought it might make a nice masculine or even unisex scent.

 

[Lynnz]

Now that has to be the most clever partial gel I have ever seen

 

[honor435]

it looks fine. I like cedar(peak), sold all of them last year at craft show.

 

[dubnica]

OK I mixed it today with some leftover citrus basil and its pretty good. Thanks for suggestions.