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Welcome to October's SMF Soap Challenge!
PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THIS FIRST (and ALL Rules)-
General Rules:
1.The only members eligible to vote are those with their names on the sign up list - regardless of whether or not you have submitted an entry.
2. This months voting will be password locked. Passwords will be PM'ed to registered participants ONLY. So please check your PM's when the voting begins.
3. No posting your entry photos until the entry thread is made. Non entry photos are very welcome!
4. You are allowed to change your entry photo up until the entry thread closes. So if you decide after you post your entry you want another try, and you like the second better, you can change it up until the deadline.
NOW
This month’s challenge is the spoon swirl.
SMF Challenge Specific Rules
· You must use a loaf mold.
· You must use at least 2 colors, the base color counts as 1.
· You can pour in any method you choose.
· You must use a spoon (no skewers), to swirl your soap.
· You must spoon in each individual soap (not just a corner of the mold).
· For your entry, you must show one picture of all your soaps from the batch with the spoon you used and one picture of your favorite one soap from that batch which will be used for the survey.
· You may include information like colorants and fragrance used (though this isn't a requirement), and explanation of spoon technique used is greatly encouraged.
Challenge Entry Thread Opens October 14, 2016.
Challenge Entry Thread Closes October 24, 2016.
Survey for choosing the winning choices opens immediately the 24th.
Winners Announced October 31, 2016.
SMF Challenge General Rules
· To enter you must have a minimum of 50 posts and been a member for a month (sorry but no exceptions on this)
· Please add your name to the sign up list if you wish to participate (however, you don’t have to enter a soap at the end if you don’t feel happy with what you have produced)
· The challenge thread should be used to upload pictures of any of your challenge attempts where you can ask for advice and discuss the technique with other members.
· Constructive criticism is welcomed, but please try to keep your comments polite.
· Competition entries must be uploaded to the separate entry thread before the closing date. The thread will open on October 14, 2016 (Please follow the challenge specific rules as to what you need to enter)
· After the closing date October 24, 2016 the winning entry will be chosen using survey monkey and the winner announced on October 31, 2016. There is no prize attached to this challenge.
· If you fail to make the challenge deadline, you are still welcome to upload your soap onto the thread, but your entry will not be eligible for voting. We still love to see anything you have produced.
· Even though there is no prize, this is still a competition. If your entry is deemed not to fulfil the general rules or the rules specific to the challenge in any way, then you will be given the opportunity to amend your entry. If this is not possible then your entry will not be included in the voting.
· Newbie, Saponista, Lionproncess00, Sonya-m and GalaxyMLP reserve the right to have the final say on whether a soap is eligible for voting.
VIDEO 1 INTRO
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj0RFFqZC6E[/ame]
VIDEO 2 SPOON SWIRL SOAP 1
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blsf-TER-9g[/ame]
VIDEO 3 SPOON SWIRL SOAP 2
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rmwSYg42RY[/ame]
PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THIS FIRST (and ALL Rules)-
General Rules:
1.The only members eligible to vote are those with their names on the sign up list - regardless of whether or not you have submitted an entry.
2. This months voting will be password locked. Passwords will be PM'ed to registered participants ONLY. So please check your PM's when the voting begins.
3. No posting your entry photos until the entry thread is made. Non entry photos are very welcome!
4. You are allowed to change your entry photo up until the entry thread closes. So if you decide after you post your entry you want another try, and you like the second better, you can change it up until the deadline.
NOW
This month’s challenge is the spoon swirl.
SMF Challenge Specific Rules
· You must use a loaf mold.
· You must use at least 2 colors, the base color counts as 1.
· You can pour in any method you choose.
· You must use a spoon (no skewers), to swirl your soap.
· You must spoon in each individual soap (not just a corner of the mold).
· For your entry, you must show one picture of all your soaps from the batch with the spoon you used and one picture of your favorite one soap from that batch which will be used for the survey.
· You may include information like colorants and fragrance used (though this isn't a requirement), and explanation of spoon technique used is greatly encouraged.
Challenge Entry Thread Opens October 14, 2016.
Challenge Entry Thread Closes October 24, 2016.
Survey for choosing the winning choices opens immediately the 24th.
Winners Announced October 31, 2016.
SMF Challenge General Rules
· To enter you must have a minimum of 50 posts and been a member for a month (sorry but no exceptions on this)
· Please add your name to the sign up list if you wish to participate (however, you don’t have to enter a soap at the end if you don’t feel happy with what you have produced)
· The challenge thread should be used to upload pictures of any of your challenge attempts where you can ask for advice and discuss the technique with other members.
· Constructive criticism is welcomed, but please try to keep your comments polite.
· Competition entries must be uploaded to the separate entry thread before the closing date. The thread will open on October 14, 2016 (Please follow the challenge specific rules as to what you need to enter)
· After the closing date October 24, 2016 the winning entry will be chosen using survey monkey and the winner announced on October 31, 2016. There is no prize attached to this challenge.
· If you fail to make the challenge deadline, you are still welcome to upload your soap onto the thread, but your entry will not be eligible for voting. We still love to see anything you have produced.
· Even though there is no prize, this is still a competition. If your entry is deemed not to fulfil the general rules or the rules specific to the challenge in any way, then you will be given the opportunity to amend your entry. If this is not possible then your entry will not be included in the voting.
· Newbie, Saponista, Lionproncess00, Sonya-m and GalaxyMLP reserve the right to have the final say on whether a soap is eligible for voting.
VIDEO 1 INTRO
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj0RFFqZC6E[/ame]
VIDEO 2 SPOON SWIRL SOAP 1
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blsf-TER-9g[/ame]
VIDEO 3 SPOON SWIRL SOAP 2
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rmwSYg42RY[/ame]
minimum 50 posts and been a member for a month, so you're in!
