SMF November 2024 Challenge - Hello Yellow!

[dibbles]

@GuacamoleSalad Welcome to the fun of divider techniques! Your soap is really lovely - I'm glad you decided to enter the challenge this month!
@Tammyfarms Beautiful soap, as usual! I like the tea speckles.
@Firefly24 I always love a pretty hanger swirl. I'm not always a fan of neons, but your yellow is
@MrsZ Your color choices are gorgeous, and the delicate swirls are so pretty!
@justsomeguy Your swirls turned out very nicely even with a portion of the batter getting thick. Thank you for sharing the amount of turmeric infused oil you used - that is helpful.

 

[CLMP]

Hi everyone looks like I get to make soap all my oils just arrived. My mold for the embeds didn't make it here on time though so I'm going to go a head and make my soap with out my embeds to decorate the top of my soap. So I will be very busy the next day or two. I love everybody's soaps very nice!

 

[Zing]

To enter the November 2024 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding your name and the next number at the bottom.

Sign-up list:
1. Ford....
2. Justsomeguy...
3. CLMP - Oh this will be fun!
4. Nona's Farm - have just the soap in mind
5.Firefly-
6. Tammyfarms - I love yellow in soap.
7. McKherring Farm
8.akseattle - I've been super busy at work and haven't soaped since August 31, but this seems low key enough that I can do this!!!
9. not_ally - Love yellow but don't think I've ever done a majority yellow soap. Also, @dibbles, I have ombre envy as usual when I see one of yours.
10. ScentimentallyYours - ️ need to browse for ideas!
11. Cindy D. Can't wait to see all the creations!
12. MrsZ - I think I'd like to join in this one!
13. Midnight_Sun - sure why not sounds fun!
14. GuacamoleSalad - first time entering a challenge, thanks for making it halfway-doable for a newb
14. @Zing Will be cutting it close to the deadline with that whole GMT conversion thang.

 

[Zing]

So many super cool entries but will single out @GuacamoleSalad , your first time you go with a divider?! Who does that? Nice work.

Today I made my essential oil slurry. Guess I'm committed now. Gotta watch the clock on this one. Some people, ahem, have a different definition of "November" than I do....

 

[MomInWA]

@dibbles thank you! I really had fun with the yellow and if it wasn't for the challenge I never would have thought of the bees. It took awhile to figure out how to make bees out of what I had. But they are pretty easy if anyone wants to make them. A half circle for the head, the rectangle shape 2 black and 1 yellow, and then the triangle for the tail, then the tear drop shape for the wing.
@Firefly24 thank you! It took longer to make the embeds than it did to make the soap, but it was mostly the flowers that kept falling apart.

@Cindy D. Your bees are the Bees Knees! Everyone's work this challenge is great!

 

[GuacamoleSalad]

So many super cool entries but will single out @GuacamoleSalad , your first time you go with a divider?! Who does that? Nice work.

Thanks, @Zing ! Y'all are so friendly and encouraging.

And all these entries look amazing. @McKherring Farm I love those colors. @Tammyfarms I don't know what a slurry is yet but I love the look of your soaps! @MrsZ I'm going to have to learn a feather mantra swirl I guess ... @Cindy D. incredible bees!! @Ford such sweet colors, I like that. @Firefly24 what a great hanger swirl. @justsomeguy rhubarb and turmeric, my word ... that's gorgeous.

 

[Tammyfarms]

I am loving everyone’s entries! Such great soaps.
@GuacamoleSalad a slurry is just a mixture of essential oils, kaolin clay, castor (or another) oil, and in this case, tea. Mix it up and let it sit for at least 24 hours. The theory is the slurry helps anchor the essential oil scent so it doesn’t fade.

 

[CLMP]

Well everybody I finished my soap at 4:00 am this morning went to bed and just woke up lol at least it's done now I just have to wait to cut it tomorrow. It's going to be a close call for me as well meeting the dead line. I don't know if my soap will turn out a slow moving FO I use seemed to speed up the trace usually it slows down. The only thing different I did was use almond oil in my recipe instead of rice bran oil. I also recall this happening last time I used almond oil in my swirling recipe and wonder if almond oil is really the slowest moving oil to use I feel I get better results using rice bran oil in my slow moving recipe than the almond oil. So anyways I might not have gotten the pattern I want because my soap batter thickened up to much so we will see.

 

[Midnight_Sun]

My micas still haven’t arrived, not sure I’ll make it hopefully I can soap tomorrow and fervently pray it hardens enough to slice and photo before the deadline on the 24th.

 

[Cindy D.]

Everyone's soaps are so beautiful and all those colors wow!
I've had several requests for the bee soap already and I don't sell soap.
It's a good thing there are/were 16 bars.

 

[dibbles]

@Nona'sFarm your lemon poppyseed soap looks good enough to eat! Nice mica lines too.

 

[Nona'sFarm]

@Nona'sFarm your lemon poppyseed soap looks good enough to eat! Nice mica lines too.

Awww, thank you. And thank you for hosting this month's challenge.
This is such a fun soap to make for anyone who loves citrus scents.

 

[not_ally]

Dibbles and everyone, I am so sorry, I think I have run out of time for this challenge, lots of stuff going on here right now. I hate signing up and not submitting an entry. All the entries are wonderful so far, too.

 

[Mobjack Bay]

Wow, wow, wow. Great soaps, everyone

 

[GuacamoleSalad]

Question for folks who've done this before. When I first submitted my entry, I attached the photo with two bars of soap first. For a few days it showed as the first photo. Now it looks like the last photo. I haven't changed anything.

Does this happen sometimes? Will people use the two-bar photo to judge, or will it be disqualified? I'm not particularly attached to competing, it was fun just to enter, but not sure what to do differently next time if photos can just move around of their own accord.

 

[AliOop]

Question for folks who've done this before. When I first submitted my entry, I attached the photo with two bars of soap first. For a few days it showed as the first photo. Now it looks like the last photo. I haven't changed anything.

Does this happen sometimes? Will people use the two-bar photo to judge, or will it be disqualified? I'm not particularly attached to competing, it was fun just to enter, but not sure what to do differently next time if photos can just move around of their own accord.

That's weird. @Relle can you fix this?

 

[dibbles]

Question for folks who've done this before. When I first submitted my entry, I attached the photo with two bars of soap first. For a few days it showed as the first photo. Now it looks like the last photo. I haven't changed anything.

Does this happen sometimes? Will people use the two-bar photo to judge, or will it be disqualified? I'm not particularly attached to competing, it was fun just to enter, but not sure what to do differently next time if photos can just move around of their own accord.

The guideline of the first photo being the one you want used for voting is really just an ask to make it easier for challenge hosts when creating the survey. If we have a question, there is a good chance the participant may not see it and respond in time. This is especially relevant in the cases where there is more than one photo of the finished bars. Just let me know which photo you would like me to use.

Also, the bar requirement for this challenge is 'at least two bars'. That is one of the things that can change each month, so it's something you should look for in future challenges.

 

[Relle]

That's weird. @Relle can you fix this?

No, I can't fix it, they can't move around by themselves You can check how it loaded with a preview before posting. You might try editing your post and deleting the photos and uploading again. Check that the 2 bar photos go first.

Question for folks who've done this before. When I first submitted my entry, I attached the photo with two bars of soap first. For a few days it showed as the first photo. Now it looks like the last photo. I haven't changed anything.

Does this happen sometimes? Will people use the two-bar photo to judge, or will it be disqualified? I'm not particularly attached to competing, it was fun just to enter, but not sure what to do differently next time if photos can just move around of their own accord.

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[bookworm42]

Sign-up list:
1. Ford....
2. Justsomeguy...
3. CLMP - Oh this will be fun!
4. Nona's Farm - have just the soap in mind
5.Firefly-
6. Tammyfarms - I love yellow in soap.
7. McKherring Farm
8.akseattle - I've been super busy at work and haven't soaped since August 31, but this seems low key enough that I can do this!!!
9. not_ally - Love yellow but don't think I've ever done a majority yellow soap. Also, @dibbles, I have ombre envy as usual when I see one of yours.
10. ScentimentallyYours - ️ need to browse for ideas!
11. Cindy D. Can't wait to see all the creations!
12. MrsZ - I think I'd like to join in this one!
13. Midnight_Sun - sure why not sounds fun!
14. GuacamoleSalad - first time entering a challenge, thanks for making it halfway-doable for a newb
14. @Zing Will be cutting it close to the deadline with that whole GMT conversion thang.
15. Bookworm42 - just going to sneak in here at the last minute

 

[CLMP]

Oh my I cut my soap and I'm having another problem I'm trying to take pictures in my newly renovated home and lighting is horrible for taking photos. My soap looks orange in the photos so I'm trying to figure out how to fix that problem.