New EO soap, inspired by soapjam

[lionprincess00]

I love the delicate top half of soapjams soaps. I was inspired by her soaps, and decided to skewer mine and attempt a look like hers.
This was scented with my third eo blend ever, and right now it smells awesome! Hoping with a cure the deeper notes will come out because they aren't really there right now (but it still smells great!).

18 oz oils scented at .5 oz ppo. That was 16 grams total eo split
8 grams dark patchouli
3 grams lavender 40/42
2 grams litsea
2 grams cedarwood
1 gram rosemary

This was a gentle soap experimental recipe with
5% castor
15% co
15% Shea
20% Olive
25% tallow
20% sweet almond oil

 

[IrishLass]

Oooooo! Very pretty indeed!


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[Aline]

Gorgeous

 

[soapswirl]

Wow. That is beautiful! I like the sound of your essential oil blend too, would never have thought to put litsea in that combination!

 

[shunt2011]

Those are beautiful! Love the color combination.

 

[topofmurrayhill]

That soap is the shoot. Kick-arse swirls. Frackin' good work.

In real life, I don't mince my curse words, so translate the above accordingly. ;-)

 

[doriettefarm]

Really nice job on the swirls and the EO blend! Orange-Patchouli and Lavender-Patchouli are two of my favorite combos. Usually I start smelling the patch more as the citrus and top notes start to fade. :clap:

 

[snappyllama]

Those are gorgeous! I love the colors cascading from the top of the soap into the natural bar.

 

[lionprincess00]

Thank you all so much! The patch is drowned out right now, and I'm crossing my fingers it comes back and shines strong:-- Thx again. a lot of fun making this one!

 

[CaraBou]

Nice! 50% patch, you'd think it would set the scent, wouldn't ya?

 

[newbie]

I particularly love your round one with the combed round swirl.

Half patch and you can't smell it? There's no way it won't come through in the end, I would think. I wish I had a good enough imagination to put those scents together in my head. How did you think of the combo?

 

[Sonya-m]

That's really pretty! I'm a sucker for pink and purple!!

 

[lionprincess00]

I particularly love your round one with the combed round swirl.

Half patch and you can't smell it? There's no way it won't come through in the end, I would think. I wish I had a good enough imagination to put those scents together in my head. How did you think of the combo?

I went to about 6-8 different websites, blogs and suppliers. Oops, hit send! Edit.
I googled patchouli blends well with
Lavender blends well with
Litsea blends well with etc. Etc.

and then I went to six to eight different websites and wrote down individually what everybody said blended well with all the eo's I had purchased.

I then put each scent on to the tip of the q-tip and stuck it in a baggie for 24 to 36 hours. I've then pulled the Q tips out and smelled them in combination with each other and found that I kind of like the way this blend smelled. So I just decided to use the different amounts randomly, & I guess it worked out this time