Toil and Trouble

[Saponomancer]

My husband suggested a soap for me to make for halloween, including the scent and the name

And let me tell you when NS listed Cinders as accellerating I did not realize it meant this much. I got the batter all poured into the containers with the colours and it went completely solid

not to be twarted I got in there with my (gloved) hands and broke it up and kneeded the colours in while it heated up (ow) and pressed it into the mold by hand.

I think I actually like the look of the soap, even if it isn't exactly what I'd been aiming for

 

[KattChaos]

Oh my goodness, I love this so much! Good job!!

 

[dixiedragon]

LOVE IT. I would buy this bar at a craft show.

 

[toxikon]

Gorgeous! I never would've guessed it caused you so much trouble and toil.

 

[NsMar42111]

I was getting ready to inquire on your coloring technique when I saw the picture....nevermind, I like my hands not scalded LOL.

Looks GREAT!

 

[cmzaha]

I think it looks fabulous. Not sure you could have done a better Halloween themed if you planned every aspect colors, look, everything works

 

[KattChaos]

Everytime I look at this picture "Starry Starry Night" pops into my head!!

 

[dibbles]

Oh I love this DragonGirl - great save!

 

[Kittish]

It seriously looks like you meant to do that. Great Halloween soap!

 

[Saponomancer]

I'm actually giddy with all these complements, thank you guys! And yeah XD I don't know if I ever want to try to replicate this- scalding hot soap isn't fun! But! At least I know this works as far as a technique to deal with seizing!

 

[Susie]

Shhh....no one but us ever need to know that you did not exactly mean to do that!

Seriously perfect appearance for the name. and I am sure for the scent as well!

But be sure to tell folks it is a limited edition so you don't have to do it again.

 

[CTAnton]

To me, you struck GOLD on that soap....WOW...you go DragonGirl!!

 

[shunt2011]

I think it turned out awesome. Remember, you meant to do this.... Ha Ha! Perfect Halloween soap.

 

[bumbleklutz]

Talk about happy accidents! That soap is WOW! Just gorgeous! As others have said, it looks like you meant to do it just that way.

 

[0115d8cf]

Yeah, definitely looks like you did it on purpose. I know dipping your hand into hot soap wasn't fun, but you may have developed a nice technique here

 

[Saponomancer]

I do have enough of the fragrance for three more batches, so we'll see if I either refine the technique and make it a real thing, or become smart enough to use hot process instead!

 

[bathgeek]

Oh, well done with that even when it was accelerating! That looked like you meant to do it. Like everyone else says, what a happy accident!

I just soaped with Cinders a couple of days ago, and boy howdy did that thing race off. I managed this, and though I was very unhappy when I was molding, I thought the unmold pretty enough that I'm not super ashamed of it.

Not my best work, but it wasn't instantly tossed into the confetti pile either. It didn't hurt that a non-soaping friend who came by exclaimed over it. XD Like in here.

 

[Saponomancer]

I just soaped with Cinders a couple of days ago, and boy howdy did that thing race off. I managed this, and though I was very unhappy when I was molding, I thought the unmold pretty enough that I'm not super ashamed of it. View attachment 26115

Fire motif! nice!

Yeah like dude, that fragrance is so hard to work with, and I already have a really speedy recipe so it was like pchooo nope you have solid soap now.

 

[bathgeek]

Oops, double post. Darn app.

 

[bathgeek]

Fire motif! nice!



Yeah like dude, that fragrance is so hard to work with, and I already have a really speedy recipe so it was like pchooo nope you have solid soap now.

Thank you! I still haven't thought of a name for it yet. Suggestions welcome!

Oooh! See, I do 100% OO and so I'm not used to working quite that fast. XD That moment of "oh crap it's turning into soap on a stick!" got my heart racing about as fast as the soap batter. XD