I love everybodys entrys the soaps look amazing!
SMF May 2023 Challenge: Spoon or Spatula Swirl
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Oh absolutely - that photo warrants forgiveness until the end of time ( but you already had that from your avatar pic
)Gah! I've got a feeling mine won't qualify. I may or may not have time for a second attempt tomorrow. It was unbelievable! I might've just made my ugliest soap yet! I did two colors. One color was fragranced and set up FAST while the unfragranced just would not trace beyond light/med despite my sb's very best high powered effort. It was like plopping turds in ketchup and then attempting to use a spoon just made everything so. much. worse. I chopped at all the bits with my spatula to make the best of it so at least I'll have a great smelling functional soap because I doubt I'll let anyone see this batch, family included!
Note to self: Dragon's Blood accelerates. I had read that DB discolors which is why I only fragranced the darker colored batter, but I had no idea it accerates or I would have planned accordingly.
Note to self: Dragon's Blood accelerates. I had read that DB discolors which is why I only fragranced the darker colored batter, but I had no idea it accerates or I would have planned accordingly.
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Good news, if you followed the rules, the soap qualifies as an entry whether it is ugly or not. I've submitted plenty of ugly entries in my day!
Oh man, I wish I wouldn't have taken a peak. It's even uglier than I imagined. I thought DB discolored to brown. That part is now dark green/brown! Looks to me like the top of a spinach pizza right now 
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Can't be that bad?Oh man, I wish I wouldn't have taken a peak. It's even uglier than I imagined. I thought DB discolored to brown. That part is now dark green/brown! Looks to me like the top of a spinach pizza right now
Give it a few more days and it will probably be brown.Oh man, I wish I wouldn't have taken a peak. It's even uglier than I imagined. I thought DB discolored to brown. That part is now dark green/brown! Looks to me like the top of a spinach pizza right now
I just took it out of the mold and pulled it out of the freezer paper. It looks like a brick of moldy cheese. I see a rebatch in my near future.
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If the color is the problem, how is rebatching going to fix it? It's going to continue to darken as it is exposed to the air, so you may end up liking it's final color.
I ask, because I hate doing a rebatch, myself. I'd rather do a confetti or ciaglia.
Whoa! Maybe not. I just cut an end piece and am shocked because it looks pretty cool. Certainly not what I planned or expected, but maybe not a complete fail, after all.
I not a huge rebatch fan, either, but I don't want to make an even bigger loaf of soap than this already is by making Ciaglia or confetti. I would've accomplished a more uniform bar of ugliness, I suppose.
@Servant4Christ you are being too hard on yourself. I don't think your soap looks ugly at all! It's not what you wanted or planned, but it's far from ugly. And I bet it smells great, and feels great on the skin, both of which make up for any disappointment in how it looks.
@Servant4Christ I really like your soap it has a cool marbled kind of look to it! I think it turned out pretty good. Ive been wondering what dragon blood smells like.
Thanks. One of the bars reminds me of a silhouette of a tree from one of those Nature channel documentary programs. The others make me think of lava or fire and brimstone.
Shoot I am not going to have an entry again this month, gosh darn it. Well, here is a spoon swirl I made before the challenge, I was thinking of doing a crab for my entry, but no embeds allowed. Then I was thinking of other designs, mostly at 3:00 am which is when my mind gears up every day with amazing soap ideas. But time slipped away. The entries are all beautiful!
Here is the spoon swirl with mica lines that doesn't qualify. Three shades of pink with gold mica lines between the layers, scented in Midnight Peony.
I love the look of mica lines in this type of spoon swirl very nice I tried this with my first batch and loved it. Yours looks very nice love those pinks.
Wow that was a little tricky to vote so many amazing entrys. So hard to choose so i kinda went with the soaps that have my favorite colors in them. I was so happy to see a lot of entrys this month.
Congrats, @Mobjack Bay and @basti!
This was a fun and pleasant challenge. Super proud of folks who participated in their first challenge this month!
This was a fun and pleasant challenge. Super proud of folks who participated in their first challenge this month!
Big congrats to all the winners, and to everyone who entered this month's challenge. I honestly liked every single soap and had a very hard time picking the top three!
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