I also am apologizing for commenting on the entry thread. I Messaged Primrose to apologize and asked her to have the Moderator remove my comments.
I did it too in my first contest. We live and learn!! It’s exciting to join these awesome soap makers in a fun challenge!!!Just want to apologize for commenting on the entry thread. I thought I was commenting here. When I realize what had happened I let Primrose know and humbly accept my reprimand.
GorgeousHere's the two that didn't get entered.
Attempt #1 (green) was poured at a medium thin trace and I poured all of the colors in the same locations. I think pouring in different locations (see other attempts) gives better results.
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The second attempt (yellow) I alternated where I poured the accent colors, and even though everything was at medium trace (and I had serious doubts about even getting a decent swirl) I quite like the pattern that came out.
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The attempt I entered was poured at very thin trace, and while I chose that one to enter I think it is because I had more colors as accent colors. The yellow soap above I like the placement better with the medium trace, I think if I had used more accent colors I would have chosen this (but hard to say, right?). I think with this technique that two accent colors isn't enough, or do minimal amount of batter for the accent colors will get a better result... but that's my take on it.
Pink infusion sounds cool!!Aargh I want to make another attempt at this, but I can't decide on what I want to do and now I'm risking just spending an entire evening behind the computer figuring out what to do until it's too late to actually make soap.
Basically my 3 options are 1. Having another go at indigo infusion at a lower percentage in hopes of it being pink instead of blue (yes, pink indigo infusion is a thing) I could pair that with dark indigo blue, so it's still pretty even if the infusion turns out blue. 2nd option is paprika peach color with purple clay, just because I love the color of paprika infusion at a lower percentage and I think it would go together nicely with the purple. I think this is my least favorite option because there's very little experimental value in this, but I think it would produce the prettiest soap colors. 3rd option is a HP goatmilk soap with cinnamon EO in a portion of the soap to see if I can get pink/red out of it (apparently milk+cinnamon eo = red soap). I could color another portion of the soap with (blood) orange EO to make it orange and leave the rest uncolored/tan (low temp HP will give a creamy tan, but not brown goat milk soap). This one is the most appealing to me at the moment, but also the most difficult one to pull off/biggest risk of failure.. and I'll have to tweak my goat milk recipe as I don't have everything I need on hand right now.
Just a suggestion, try it and post it here instead of the official entry! That way you get practice and we can all see your creation!!Can I joined soap making?
I would have entered that! I think you can see where the different directions are and it has the "right" wispy swirl effect. I think part of what makes it (maybe) not feel right to you is the drop swirl part of it is not dropping far enough. Maybe with HP (because I don't know how fluid HP can get) what might work better is creating narrow layers at different intervals and then swirling it if the drop swirl is ending up more towards the top. I think the drop swirl is just as important as the swirl pattern for this technique. But... this is just judging by watching Ione's videos and the cut soaps, so my interpretation may not be accurate.It's a nice hanger swirl, but it doesn't look like Ione's or primrose's soaps
I followed Primrose's order (and the order in Ione's videos): vertical, horizontal, circular. Although I have noticed that sometimes Ione does the third step in different directions, starting in different locations, or even in figure 8 designs. I don't think the order matters much (but I haven't tried this to compare) as long as all three steps are done. Hmmm... well, I was going to do an ITPS tonight... but maybe I'll have to test this... dang enablers!What order did you do your swirls?
So which one are you entering? I think the 2nd and 3rd are great attempts!These are my three attempts.
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