VikingChick’s Soaps
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This is the soap that I made that was intended to be for the February challenge. I decided to play with the infused oils I made back in December - the yellow is annatto, the purple is alkanet (and while I’m chuffed at the pretty gray-purple, I was wishing it could’ve stayed the gorgeous deep red that the oil turned!), and if you can see any gray, it’s indigo which did not survive well. There’s also an uncolored component, which I think blended with the gray, making it unnoticeable.
I used some chrome green oxide to make those stems, then put the soap into the oven, not super happy with the result. A few seconds later, I had the genius idea to mix up some mica drizzle and use that to make a rose - so that there would be an actual design, lol. Where I DQ’d myself is that the rules states that the mica could be no more than 20% of your design. Between the stem and the flower, the design is probably 50/50. I wish I’d thought to make some red soap for the rose!
This batch also had a lot of air bubbles. Since I used colored oils, I had to mix separate batches and I didn’t intend to SB at all. Well, impatience got the better of me (as it often does), and there just wasn’t enough batter to not have air bubbles even though I tried to avoid them.
Anyway…..overall I do like how this soap turned out. Kinda vintage-looking.
I used some chrome green oxide to make those stems, then put the soap into the oven, not super happy with the result. A few seconds later, I had the genius idea to mix up some mica drizzle and use that to make a rose - so that there would be an actual design, lol. Where I DQ’d myself is that the rules states that the mica could be no more than 20% of your design. Between the stem and the flower, the design is probably 50/50. I wish I’d thought to make some red soap for the rose!
This batch also had a lot of air bubbles. Since I used colored oils, I had to mix separate batches and I didn’t intend to SB at all. Well, impatience got the better of me (as it often does), and there just wasn’t enough batter to not have air bubbles even though I tried to avoid them.
Anyway…..overall I do like how this soap turned out. Kinda vintage-looking.
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I really like it! I thought it was a rose before I read your post. I like that it is kind of abstract and that the stem is incorporated in the soap and that the bloom is drawn on.
Thank you!
So I was trying to do a spin swirl, and 4 of my 5 colors decided to accelerate! I had my soap batter at such a nice thin trace…..and then that dang FO accelerated, even though it wasn’t supposed to. I do know it was the FO because the white batter that had none kept a lovely thin trace for quite a while.
But regardless of my failed technique, I wanted to show these off, because overall, I actually really like how they turned out! And the naughty FO does smell good.
But regardless of my failed technique, I wanted to show these off, because overall, I actually really like how they turned out! And the naughty FO does smell good.
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@VikingChick Yeah, but still gorgeous! I had a spin swirl fail today; it turned into a chopstick figure-8 instead. We shall see tomorrow what it is. What was the naughty fragrance?So I was trying to do a spin swirl, and 4 of my 5 colors decided to accelerate! I had my soap batter at such a nice thin trace…..and then that dang FO accelerated, even though it wasn’t supposed to. I do know it was the FO because the white batter that had none kept a lovely thin trace for quite a while.
But regardless of my failed technique, I wanted to show these off, because overall, I actually really like how they turned out! And the naughty FO does smell good.
Shhhh! Don’t tell cause those are terrific 
It was Awaken from NS. I’ve had this bottle for a while and the label says to use at up to 6%. I used it at 5%. Right before I made it, I looked up reviews to see if anyone had had experience with acceleration or discoloration, only to find that it’s no longer recommended for CP soap (there were no CP reviews; I imagine they’ve been removed). I’m not sure why they no longer recommend its use for CP but am guessing it has to do with the new IFRA usage rates and the amount it would take to actually have any scent in the finished product. But I’ve soaped with it before, I don’t have sensitive skin, and I don’t sell, so for my personal use I’m not too worried about it.
This is the soap that was my entry into the Soap Challenge Club competition for June. I didn’t place and I didn’t expect to…..entering these challenge occasionally has strangely been a good lesson for me. I don’t have to be the best, but feeling like I can at least compete with some of the winners is so validating in a nonspecific way.
Having said that, I love this soap. It’s scented with WSP Love Spell, and it’s kinda dreamy.
Having said that, I love this soap. It’s scented with WSP Love Spell, and it’s kinda dreamy.
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I loved that soap - I didn’t realize it was yours. I agree with your attitude about entering the challenges, I have no expectations and just enjoy the learning.
