What soapy thing have you done today?

[Sonya-m]

congratulations on the blog )!



I have finished my ebru soap, in fourth attempt and I am kind of satisfied although what I intended to be leafs ended up looking like a wild group of trilobites instead

Just saw what must be your entry - it's lovely

 

[doriettefarm]

Love your cherry blossom take on the Ebru challenge! Also swooning over your beautiful cake and tattoo

 

[SoapSap]

This is soap I have made over the last three days.


The pinkish was a spoon swirl and fragrance is BB English Rose.

The other soap is BB Dragon's Blood. I did a pot swirl and for the first time tried Activated Charcoal for the black instead of the usual oxide powder I used for this soap before. I don't know if I like the AC yet or not.

 

[Sonya-m]

Love your cherry blossom take on the Ebru challenge! Also swooning over your beautiful cake and tattoo

Thank you!

I didn't post this but here's the inside of that cake

 

[janzo]

Looks like battenberg. Love that stuff but can't get it here. You are very talented Sonya

 

[ArtisanDesigns]

all those soaps are beautiful!! I wish I had half the talent! I have in the oven a CPOP Deluxe soap. It is 25% of Shea and cocoa butter. Very unassuming. no fragrance no color. Awesome for my friends with different skin issues. I have made quite a few batches of this one.

 

[ArtisanDesigns]

Here are a few of the last batches I have made in past few weeks. Not super pretty but very functional. I have been a victim of vanilla FOs lol. Why do I love that scent so much?

 

[biarine]

My new shampoo bar with 35% CO, 20% Avocado oil, 20% OO, 15% sweet almond, 10% castor and 8% superfat, but 3% cocoa and 3% Shea butter put at the end of cooking with 1 teaspoon French beige clay, 1 oz lavender and .5 rosemary. I really like it makes my hair soft and silky.

 

[dillsandwitch]

made a double batch of my strawberry and cream soap. Tried piping for the first time. Cant wait till I can cut it and see how it all came out

 

[jules92207]

Made a black raspberry vanilla topped with lemon verbena, I love these two together. Not sure the design came out how I planned, waiting to cut...impatiently.

 

[Sonya-m]

Had another attempt at the soap I tried to make last week when my FO accelerated. No acceleration this time but two of micas have completely morphed!!

 

[Saponista]

Where were they from sonya white ape?

 

[Sonya-m]

Yeah, I've had lots from there and these are the first that have done it. Have you had problems?

 

[Saponista]

No, they have all been ok. I just bought a brown/bronze, lime green and shiny carbon grey though. Which colours didn't work?

 

[snappyllama]

I remade my pine tar soap. Last week's PT batch was a flop. I think my lye had gotten old (it was the last of a container) and refused to set up. At least I didn't waste any FOs on it.

I also tried out WSP Coconut Lime Verbena. This is attempt# 3 of the easiest swirl that never comes out right for me... the drop swirl. Hopefully I poured from high enough this time. My colors morphed, but I've got my fingers crossed they morph back. They seemed to be settling back to normal. I'm also CPOPing it. I never do that so this is a fun experiment. Speaking of which, I better go check on it.

 

[jules92207]

I'm curious if the smell holds with cpop snappy. Let us know how it turns out.

 

[doriettefarm]

Yesterday I made a small batch with a new FO from Soapalooza (Aloe & Yucca). Was pretty excited about the scent OOB but boy did it accelerate on me! Almost didn't have time to add my green oxide but luckily no soap on a stick or ricing. I did CPOP it a little just to force gel and try to smooth out any air pockets. I was able to unmold and cut it barely 12 hrs later! Not sure if it's because I forced gel or what but now I've got this weird purplish discoloration around the bottom where the batter was uncolored. I'll try to post pics but thought I might get some feedback on the FO here.

Today I made another small batch with a new Fragrancebuddy FO. Also used a new-to-me alternative liquid and thought for a sec I might have to ditch the lye solution. It's pretty plain jane to look at but smells really awesome so can't wait to see how it cures out.

 

[soapmage]

I did a small craft show that yielded little money but a possible wholesale deal. Tomorrow I get the grand task of putting away all of the stuff I carried to the show... ugh.

 

[Sonya-m]

No, they have all been ok. I just bought a brown/bronze, lime green and shiny carbon grey though. Which colours didn't work?

Aubergine purple and Neptune blue although maybe the purple is ok, just darker than I thought

 

[Sonya-m]

I've cut it this morning, it's not good!