Swirl Success!!! Yay!!!

[topcat]

Hi all,

Here is my first successful swirl - I give credit for my inspiration to Soapmakerman - his beautiful TDay swirl soap is gorgeous and I really wanted to see those colours pop for me too!

I used an upright 1 litre milk carton and poured both colours at the same time slowly, then after a minute or two I used the handle of a wooden spoon to swirl around a little. The fragrance is BBs Clean Cotton - yum :wink:

So happy with my result

 

[Chay]

Great job, they're beautiful.

 

[Lindy]

TopCat! They are so pretty!

 

[ChrissyB]

TopCat they are wonderful, they look so great.
Where do you order your fragrance and colours from?

 

[heartsong]

soap

great job! love that pink!! is that the new neons? colors really POP!

 

[topcat]

Thanks for the nice comments people!

Heartsong, I used ultramarine pink for the pink and a blend of ultramarine pink and blue for the purple. I think I used a LOT....I haven't coloured this brightly before and will have to wait to see if my lather ends up colourful as well!!!

Chrissy, I order my Brambleberry FOs from Aussie Soap Supplies. I love using their FOs as they give great information on how they perform in soap (discolouration, acceleration, etc). Here is a link:- http://aussiesoapsupplies.com.au/

I got the ultramarines from a Tassie supplier, http://www.oilsandsoap.com.au/ , as I wanted to try their essential oils and needed colours as well; however you can get them from many other suppliers. One good one for price is Max at Escentials in Qld:- https://www.escentialsofaustralia.com/

Tanya

 

[Deda]

Wow! So pretty - that butterfly is amazing. I can NEVER get intricate molds to unmold with all the soap intact. I love the stamp!

 

[mandolyn]

Love the colors & the swirls are superb!!!

 

[topcat]

Wow! So pretty - that butterfly is amazing. I can NEVER get intricate molds to unmold with all the soap intact. I love the stamp!

I didn't take pics of the ones that stuck

I used a flexible daisy aloha mould for a couple of the soaps and they left a layer behind, so lesson learned there :wink:

The butterfly mould is a premium hard pvc mould and the soap comes out beautifully - I do place in freezer before unmoulding though.

 

[topcat]

Love the colors & the swirls are superb!!!

Thank you mandolyn - I was pretty proud of myself I admit once I cut into my soap and saw such pretty swirls. Here's hoping I can replicate it!

 

[mandolyn]

Love the colors & the swirls are superb!!!

Thank you mandolyn - I was pretty proud of myself I admit once I cut into my soap and saw such pretty swirls. Here's hoping I can replicate it!

I have no doubts you can do it again. Hooked on swirls yet? :twisted:

 

[topcat]

Love the colors & the swirls are superb!!!

Thank you mandolyn - I was pretty proud of myself I admit once I cut into my soap and saw such pretty swirls. Here's hoping I can replicate it!

I have no doubts you can do it again. Hooked on swirls yet? :twisted:

Absolutruely definitely. I am soaping today and doing my first in the pot swirl - so many new things to try! :wink: