Week's work for Castorfan

[Guest]

Well, here is my week's work.

First, there is plain oatmeal (because I LIKE it!) I mixed the FO with the baby oatmeal before adding to the oils and it seems it stayed there -- the oat flakes look like they are holding oil? Maybe it will age-out, but then again, maybe those oats will help hold the scent.

Hubby said name it "bread" but I liked this better:

This is Honey & Almond. There are no almonds, just some honey & almond FO. The white things are soap chips from another batch.

I almost got a swirling technique down with this one (on the top anyway). The bottom part was done by making streaks of color in the pouring bowl and just pouring in the color.

I'm still tweaking my goat milk recipe and it's turning darker than I wanted now that it's sliced.

I hope you not eating -- if so, stop before you look at the last one! LOL

 

[Dixie]

YOu've been busy! Your also very creative with naming your soap lol. Looks great.

 

[soapbubble]

I love them all! You are very creative! What FOs did you use for the Mardi Gras, Potty Mouth and Old Goat soaps?

 

[Guest]

You have done it again , the soap and the labels are so cool . My hat is off to you in the names an labels department . You Rock .


Kitn

 

[heartsong]

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LOL!

the honey almond with the light colored slivers is perfectly done!

love the mardi gras colors, too-so carnival!!

ROFL-potty mouth!

looking forward to seeing the swirl top sliced.

that's a great "mess" of soap-really nice work!

you ROCK!

 

[Vic1963]

I love them........., what kind of colors did you use for the Mardi Gras ?

I also love how the almond soap looks like slivers of almonds, you are so creative .

 

[Milla]

Love the "kid" label! Great soaps! The first one reminds me of banana bread.

 

[Sibi]

Love all your soaps!!! And the creative names/labels you give them, what fun!

 

[Guest]

Your labels rock.....who does the artwork for you? I can not get over how gorgeous your soap is, especially the swirled one.

 

[Rosey]

I think you did great on the swirling!

What's in the potty mouth one? lol

I really like the almond one. Those white chunks look like there are almonds in them!

Fantastic!

 

[LJA]

Those are awesome. The mardi gras soap is to die for!!!

 

[gekko62]

LOL!! Castorfan,I so look forward to your latest creations-soaps & names alike! Puts a big old smile on my dial!

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the encouragement (as if I needed any LOL) I love soap!

Questions:
Mardi Gras soap: non-discoloring "Rain Dance" FO from Soap Supply
I colored the entire batch yellow as a base color in the pot.
In bowls, I mixed with yellow soap: blue, yellow & red mica.
I laid the soap pot down on its side (as much as I could without soap spilling out).
I laid out the streaks in the pot in this order, left to right and used a spatula to try and get the streaks mixed all the way to the bottom of the pot. Then poured the soap. The top was done with the last bit of the pour. I scraped out the individual color from the pot instead of mixing it and plopped it in the appropriate spots for the top.

Potty Mouth soap: Remember my "Artsy Fartsy" soap? Red oxide, yellow, blue and white? Well it was a test recipe that wasn't hardening like I wanted. I never throw soap away, so I knew it was a re-batch. I also know those colors in a rebatch would be a gray/brown crappy color. So I pushed the limit to make it even more crappy by adding other colored soap I wanted to rebatch (which wasn't too soft, so it would add hardness overall) and 2 T black oxide to the remelt (in an oven bag over boiling water). Crappy reminded me of Potty Mouth, so I went with it. Awful, isn't it? LOL I used my "Gallon Miscellaneous FO" and it smells nice, so people can say, "It looks like it, but least it doesn't smell like it." LOL

The goat milk soap is "Clean Cotton" FO
"Wild Oats" is "Country Clothesline" FO

I'm really partial to all the "clean" FOs: Eau de Sud, Lilac Breeze, Tranquil, baby powder, Spring Rain, Downey, Febreez, Rain Dance, etc. Y'all know more "fresh" scents I can try?

 

[twilightluver]

very nice

 

[knicelyr]

Great soaps castor!
I like the labels they are great!

Are you selling them locally?

I would love to buy some!

 

[xraygrl]

Great job Castorfan!

 

[craftgirl08]

Re: Soaps

WOW!! Your soaps look great! I really like the unique packaging too.

craftgirl08

 

[topcat]

Awesome soaps, awesome names and awesome labels.....so you are just AWESOME Castorfan!!!

Tanya