Pics of first soaps

[surf girl]

In the Intro forum, someone asked to see piccies of my first soaps, and I took some (not great, but passable) photos this evening. Keep in mind that these are the odds and sods that were too ugly to include in my Christmas gift-giving extravaganza of soap - they're small/wobbly/uneven/etc.

If these images are too honkin' big for people, let me know and I will try to re-size them.

So... ta-da!

From top to bottom in the top photo, and right to left in the other two pics:
- cucumber
- cedar and spirulina
- carrot swirl (with paprika) - the very orangey organgeness was there from the start, so it seems to be carrot-related, not DOS
- rosemary-infused olive oil (with mouse-poop bits of rosemary...)
- double-chocoalate brownie
- goats milk with oatmeal and honey

They all turned out well in terms of lather and texture.

[edited because I am a moron and posted the same photo twice]

 

[ChrissyB]

Double chocolate brownie and goats milk look fantastic!!
What type of gm did you use? Powdered or fresh?
That is my next soap to make, you have so inspired with that creamy fresh white soap...I love it.
What oils did you use to make your soaps?
Sorry for so many questions but I like to know what everyone uses.
Also, are these CP?

 

[abigtroutt]

They all look great ! I like the cedar and spirulina.

 

[surf girl]

Thanks for the nice comments, Chrissy and abigtroutt!

Double chocolate brownie and goats milk look fantastic!!
What type of gm did you use? Powdered or fresh?

What oils did you use to make your soaps?

Also, are these CP?

They are all CP soaps.

The goats milk was fresh local organic. I froze it in an ice cube tray and added lye to it slowly. I can't remember exactly which online source I used for the method, but it worked out great.

The soaps are all different. The first two batches I did were very simple, just olive oil and coconut. I infused the olive oil with rosemary for one and lavender for the other (no photo, but it looks just like the rosemary one). They both smell very nice.

The next batch was also very simple, straight Crisco as the oil; someone somewhere had used baker's chocolate and cocoa powder to make soap that smelled like devil's food cake, so that's what I used in it. It still smells pretty chocolaty at 4-5 weeks. I tried all the soaps at 48 hours, and this one did not have as nice a lather as the others. I have yet to try it cured.

For batch number four, I substituted pureed cucumber for water, and added some castor oil to olive and coconut. It has a very nice lather. And at 4-5 weeks, it still smells like cucumber.

The carrot soap is olive oil, Crisco, cocoa butter, coconut oil, and castor oil. The first batch was a disaster - I'm planning to rebatch it tonight, as it happens. It riced up and got super hot/frothy. I left out one oil by mistake and had to add it in late... I was just tooooo cocky and wasn't paying attention. The second attempt turned out really well and I just started a cured bar yesterday - very silky on the skin, and a lather that is both bubbly and creamy.

For the cedar/seaweed soap, I infused olive oil with cedar "leaves" from one of my many trees. It's also got canola, coconut, Crisco and castor oil. It has a nice quiet cedar smell.

The goats oats and honey soap is olive pomace oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, and castor oil.

 

[topcat]

What wonderful soaps! And the double choc brownie looks positively edible :wink:

Tanya

 

[pinkduchon]

They all look terrific Surf girl! I'm sure everyone would have loved them for Christmas.

 

[Lindy]

Surf Girl those soaps are wonderful! I love all of them but that Fudge looks....well ..... like Fudge. Have I mentioned that Fudge is one of my favourite treats??

Cheers
Lindy