New Soap

[AngelMomma]

I was so impatient to get this soap out of the mold today! Thank goodness it looks like it turned out good. It is Lemon Grass with a Green Tea Swirl. This is the first time I have divided the batter and mixed something different into one half. Quite fun!

 

[Dorado]

Lovely :clap:

 

[BubblyRose]

Very nice. Makes me want to scrub with it now. Keep up the good work.

 

[Genny]

Turned out beautifuly

 

[Hazel]

I agree the soap turned out lovely.

 

[AngelMomma]

Thanks! Now to keep myself busy until I can use it.......guess I will just have to work on making more soap :wink:

 

[AngelMomma]

This is one of the soaps I made last week. I seperated the batter into 3 parts. Left one plain, added a little Spirulina powder to one, and even more Spirulina powder to the third. I completely forgot to add the Tea Tree oil and Vitamin E oil before seperating the batter into the 3 parts. So I tried to add equal parts to each of them. It came together fine and I decided to try putting it in the oven right after putting into the mold. I had never tried that before. I wasn't too thrilled with the results. It produced a layer of tiny bubbles over the entire surface that was in contact with the mold. That has never happened when I just did regular CP. But I was able to trim away the bubbles by using a very sharp knife and removing a thin layer. That actually helped reveal more of the pretty pattern. And the medicinal smell is a little strong for me. Although it has started to mellow already. The good news is the feel of the bars are so silky soft!!!

But there are a few changes in order. Next time I am only going to do 2 colors. Having the light green just makes the pattern look out of focus to me. And I need a 'Prettier' scent So I got some Cucumber-Melon that I really like. And of course I will just do it regular CP. Even with needing the changes I am excited to try the bars I made when they are ready!!!!

 

[AngelMomma]

AND there are a few small 'dots' of the powder that didn't get incorporated completely..........so I will have to ensure that doesn't happen either.

 

[DragonQueenHHP]

love them both

 

[judymoody]

You're on a roll! They are both beautiful.

 

[egirlxx7]

very beautiful!

 

[soapcakes]

Lovely, lovely, lovely!!!

 

[AngelMomma]

Thanks!!! I am rebatching a Rosemary Lavender tonight! Crossing my fingers!!!

 

[dirrdee]

beautiful soaps...great job!!!

 

[deb8907]

Beautiful soaps, love the colors!

 

[drealmo]

Beautiful soaps! How did you do the second swirl?

 

[AngelMomma]

I did kind of a column swirl technique. Although a bit difficult with the slab mold that I have. It has small raised ridges on the bottom to mark where to cut the bars. So balancing an item to pour over was messy to say the least. And the swirls didn't show on the bottom of the bars so well until they were trimmed. I found a youtube video that gives a demonstration if you haven't seen it. Its pretty simple.

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In case I didn't copy/paste correctly you can just do a search for column swirl cp soap and there are lots of videos to spark creative ideas.

I want to find an unused dresser drawer to use as a slab mold!!!!! I am CHEAP!

 

[drealmo]

Thanks so much. I'm going to try and do it. It looks so pretty!

 

[AngelMomma]

I made a second batch of my Lemon Grass & Green Tea Soap. The problem I saw with the first batch was that the tea was just too big. And not enough of a contrast between the light and dark. So I ground down the tea in the coffee grinder and put it through a much finer mesh strainer. When I made this second batch I added 2 tsp of the very fine green tea to part of the soap mixture. WOW! It came out really DARK! I am hoping after this cures that it doesn't BLEED tea all over in the bath tub. Hahaha!!! I had a bit too much of the tea mixture so I did a little circular soap with that. I figure I can try that by itself once its cured and see if it bleeds.

 

[Hazel]

Those look great! I love the swirls!