What soapy thing have you done today?

[snappyllama]

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

I have completely lost my sense of smell due to all the pine pollen here and home renovation dust, but people in my house that can smell report: a little lighter than my normal bars. Hopefully I'll regain my olfactory sense during cure and will let you know what I think.

I used .8 ppo, but haven't used WSP Coconut Lime Verbena before so I don't have a good basis for judging them. I've read that the FO is supposed to be strong though...

 

[Saponista]

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

Ok I will avoid those and let u know if I have probs with any of mine. The peacock blue, dragon fruit red and olive green work fine, except the olive goes a bit more of a teal colour than an olive.

I like their pigments as you get a lot for your money and you need to use a fair bit of mica to get nice vibrant colours.

 

[shunt2011]

Just finished 5 batches of shaving soap. Had my first market yesterday and it sucked. Wasn't supposed to rain so didn't pitch my tent low and behold halfway through it poured. What a cluster mess that was. Many of my labels the ink ran. Fortunately that was the worst of it. Ran to get my tent out of the car and 4 other vendors ran to help. Won't do that ever again. Lesson learned

 

[Sonya-m]

Ok I will avoid those and let u know if I have probs with any of mine. The peacock blue, dragon fruit red and olive green work fine, except the olive goes a bit more of a teal colour than an olive.

I like their pigments as you get a lot for your money and you need to use a fair bit of mica to get nice vibrant colours.

That's good to know, I have that red and green but not tried them yet

 

[galaxyMLP]

Sony, I thought your soap was beautiful the way it was (brown and all)! But slate grey can make an attractive soap as well!

I had a busy week! I sold $135 worth of product (mostly to family)! I packaged it today and sent it off! I'm hoping they like it! This is my extended family and they have lots of friends. I'm excited to get them talking!

 

[MorpheusPA]

No photos, but I've been down and busy for a while! I finally broke the soap-free period tonight.

First was a mostly-tallow laundry soap, 1% super fat, no color, no scent until I grate it (as I'd like the scent to stick). I'll mix with washing soda and a little borax to make a laundry "powder."

Second was a more-fun cherry scented tallow and olive (and a bit of coconut and a dash of castor) soap in white (titanium dioxide) and red (brick red oxide). This was a special request due to its popularity among friends, so I made well over 3 pounds of the stuff.

 

[LittleCrazyWolf]

I made a new bastille recipe I've been working on. I split the water in half and used aloe vera juice to dissolve the lye and added goats milk directly to the oils. I also infused my olive oil with calendula and chamomile. No scent or color. Hoping to get a creamy yellow from the caledula and goats milk.

I had a bastille that I loved, it was 80% OO, 10% CO, and 10% Castor. Awesome, dense, creamy lather but not a long lasting bar (I should've let it cure for more than 4 weeks though).

I made three other batches as well; lemongrass & green tea, green apple (my entire family loves this), and eucalyptus mint. I soaped a little warmer than usual and was pleasantly surprised that everything went so smoothly.

I will post pics if they turn out well...if they don't turn out well then I'm going to pretend that I never posted this! :grin:

 

[LittleCrazyWolf]

I cut the four batches I made yesterday, here is a pic. From left to right; bastille, lemongrass and green tea, apple, and eucalyptus mint.

When doing multiple batches I always try to throw in a simple one which is why I love the apple...one bright color and a fresh juicy scent, easy peasy. The lemongrass is really easy too.

 

[ArtisanDesigns]

Last few days I have bought supplies and lots of them. My first time ordering from any of the online companies other than essential depot. I got supplies from soapers choice, essential depot and ordered a slab mold and beveler/planer from a guy on etsy. I am really going through with this. Let the soaping really begin!

 

[dillsandwitch]

Made 10 x 500gm batches today after giving master-batching a go. So much fun but boy am I tired.

 

[ArtisanDesigns]

Found out yesterday that my Lard I ordered from Soapers Choice was destroyed on the way to my house. Then they said they did not deliver rest because my place of business was closed and since I was a business they would not deliver on Saturday. The customer service rep would never understand my business is my home!
Also I have now stated a blog. I have enjoyed readings others and thought what the heck and started mine. www.artisandesignsbykat.com

 

[nframe]

Watermelon soap

After watching the Soaping 101 video, I had to try it! Here is the result - naturally coloured with watermelon juice.

 

[jules92207]

Wha??? Crazy! Love the color!

 

[dneruck]

Cut my Beautiful Day soap. I think I finally got a butterfly swirl, yea!

 

[traderbren]

Oh my goodness, that's beautiful!

 

[not_ally]

Fantastic. Beautiful and Lucky Day!

 

[kumudini]

Made my first CP salt bar with coconut milk, 75%CO and 25%OO, 15%SF. Scented with eucalyptus and litsea cubeba. This is also my first time using two colors, kept it real simple and layered them with a simple swirl on top. Pictures to follow.

 

[ArtisanDesigns]

Made my first CP salt bar with coconut milk, 75%CO and 25%OO, 15%SF. Scented with eucalyptus and litsea cubeba. This is also my first time using two colors, kept it real simple and layered them with a simple swirl on top. Pictures to follow.

I made my first brine/salt bar today too!! Go us! Yours sounds fabulous

 

[ArtisanDesigns]

After watching the Soaping 101 video, I had to try it! Here is the result - naturally coloured with watermelon juice.

I have watermelon in fridge right now waiting for me to try it LOL. Yours looks great!

 

[kumudini]

I made my first brine/salt bar today too!! Go us! Yours sounds fabulous

Awesome. It's a new scent combo for me and it smells amazing.