Orange Spice

[annalee2003]

Made a water infusion with orange peels, cinnamon and cloves and used it in my lye mixture.
Scented with orange and cinnamon essential oils.

I'm in love with how the swirls came out! Still learning how to do those.
Also, I didn't use orange x10 essential oil, so they will most likely all just smell like cinnamon. Not such a bad thing though.

 

[PrairieLights]

Thank you for sharing! I love making infusions! Your swirls are indeed beautiful! Can you please add a "scratch and sniff" option? ;-)

 

[Millie]

Great job! I'm impressed you swirled spicy soap batter!

 

[annalee2003]

Great job! I'm impressed you swirled spicy soap batter!

I'm impressed I swirled at all, haha. Normally it's just two separate colors.

Does spicy soap batter normally thicken up too much to swirl?

 

[jcandleattic]

I'm impressed I swirled at all, haha. Normally it's just two separate colors.

Does spicy soap batter normally thicken up too much to swirl?

Yes, spicy scents tend to accelerate pretty quickly.
Your soaps look good.

 

[smengot0]

Nice. Did all three soaps shown come from one batch? I like the fact that they all look different sh. Love the 2nd one best. Good job

 

[annalee2003]

Nice. Did all three soaps shown come from one batch? I like the fact that they all look different sh. Love the 2nd one best. Good job

One batch, yes. It was 5 pounds of soap! Different molds/containers though. First one was a shallow plastic bowl. Second one was a plastic tub/shoe container lined with a trash bag. And third was a regular silicone loaf mold (the only "real" mold that I have at the moment).