Orange and Calendula Soap

[Amybell]

I'm brand new here...well, new account, anyway. I've been lurking for a long time. I started out making melt and pour soap, got completely addicted to that, and then moved on to CP soap. Even more addicted now. HAHAHA

So far, I've done three small batches of CP soap. This is the first one I've taken pictures of, so I thought I'd share it.

With all the gloomy weather and sickness here in Ohio, I really wanted to make a soap that reminds me of sunshine. I'm really happy with how it turned out. It's scented/colored with orange essential oil (10 fold) and has dried calendula petals mixed throughout it. It smells and looks happy to me.

FYI, it is more orange in real life than it shows in the pics thanks to the cool winter natural light.

 

[Trxflyer]

Wow, looks great! Congrats

 

[Lynnz]

Glad you came out of hiding love the soap it has a beautiful natural glow..............love citrus big tick in my book :0)

 

[RocknRoll]

Sounds like such a nice combo. Ive been wanting to do a citrus soap, this is inspiring!

 

[Amybell]

I LOVE citrus. One of these days, I'm going to pick up some ginger essential oils and pair the two. Mmmmm...citrus and ginger...

Thank you for your comments. I'm extremely new to this, and I'm sure I'll have lots of screw ups, but I'm having a lot of fun. I can only hope to get somewhere even near the level to which some of you are. That would be awesome.

 

[lizflowers42]

Hi my neighbor to the east! (Youngstown born!)
These look great!

 

[dianne70]

Very nice...love citrus also

 

[Amybell]

Liz--hey there, Buckeye (once a Buckeye, always a Buckeye)!

 

[lizflowers42]

Liz--hey there, Buckeye (once a Buckeye, always a Buckeye)!

I have heard that before...my mom says she will never call herself a Hoosier...but I have spent most of my life in IN so I tend to root for IU not OSU

 

[Amybell]

Yeah...I don't root for either. Or Michigan. Well, that's not true, maybe I root for Michigan a tiny bit. I'm all anti-establishment like that. Hahahahaha.

 

[memphishiker]

looking good to me..