What soapy thing have you done today?
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Well, I finally put to good use the silicone sea shell mold I made out of my sea shell collection. I also put to good use my new VanYulay ball-bearing/sprinkle mold as you can see from the soap 'pearls':
It's scented with Salty Sailor from Daystar (one of my favorite 'staple' FOs).
IrishLass
It's scented with Salty Sailor from Daystar (one of my favorite 'staple' FOs).
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So cute! I love these, and I love Salty Sailor fo!
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What soapy thing did I do today???
I got mad. I got rebellious. I got my soapattitude on, that's what I did!
This never-ending 2 week renovation is headed toward...FOUR months. With partially installed cabinets with painter's tape for handles, loose counter tops and piles of equipment (sitting unused for days at a time, I might add) I SHOVED their stuff into piles on the floor, cleared off some counter space and MADE SOAP!!
Moved the kitchen table/chairs back in too. When they decide to come back for the painting and molding, they'll have to move it again...and that's just their tough toasties!!
And...I liked it! :twisted: Might just make more tomorrow!!!
I got mad. I got rebellious. I got my soapattitude on, that's what I did!
This never-ending 2 week renovation is headed toward...FOUR months. With partially installed cabinets with painter's tape for handles, loose counter tops and piles of equipment (sitting unused for days at a time, I might add) I SHOVED their stuff into piles on the floor, cleared off some counter space and MADE SOAP!!
Moved the kitchen table/chairs back in too. When they decide to come back for the painting and molding, they'll have to move it again...and that's just their tough toasties!!
And...I liked it! :twisted: Might just make more tomorrow!!!
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Just dug through a surprise box of sample fo's a fellow soap forum member shared with me, I am so flipping excited!
One of the greatest gifts of this hobby is the amazing people you get to meet!
One of the greatest gifts of this hobby is the amazing people you get to meet!
Just unmolded, cut, beveled, and stamped this:
It's scented with Peak's Holiday Sparkle- a Christmas scent which smells awesome, by the way. It was a sample, but I like it so much that I am sorely tempted to buy a bigger bottle of it! The stamp was an afterthought. I hadn't planned on stamping it, but since I concentrated so much on making sure my swirling colors reached to the bottom, I ended up with very little color on the top, wouldn't you know it, and it just looked so naked up there that I felt I needed to add something extra to fill in the empty space. lol
The purple swirls are a mix of Brambleberry colorants: Fire Up Fuschia/Ultraviolet Blue/Bamboo Charcoal (it makes for a great purple!). And the gold swirls are 24K gold mica from Oregon Trails. I also dipped my stamp in the same gold mica before stamping.
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It's scented with Peak's Holiday Sparkle- a Christmas scent which smells awesome, by the way. It was a sample, but I like it so much that I am sorely tempted to buy a bigger bottle of it! The stamp was an afterthought. I hadn't planned on stamping it, but since I concentrated so much on making sure my swirling colors reached to the bottom, I ended up with very little color on the top, wouldn't you know it, and it just looked so naked up there that I felt I needed to add something extra to fill in the empty space. lol
The purple swirls are a mix of Brambleberry colorants: Fire Up Fuschia/Ultraviolet Blue/Bamboo Charcoal (it makes for a great purple!). And the gold swirls are 24K gold mica from Oregon Trails. I also dipped my stamp in the same gold mica before stamping.
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I cut into my latest soap, batch #6 for this noob. Please someone tell my to stop cutting before day 3, or better yet, day 4!!! I cut after 2 1/2 days and drag, mess up this edge, that corner. Forget the fact I'm also using a very ineffective knife. I need a cheese cutter!!!
Made 5 batches of soap. Made my facial bar, Lavender, Eucalyptus Mint and Red Clover Tea. Next on to solid lotion bars.
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Not really soap, but made with the same ingredients. Re-making some massage oil for a local massage therapist to beta test today!
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Made my first embedded soap--Sweet Meyer Lemon grounded with Litsea (per you fine forumites' suggestion), with adorbs little sparkly translucent MP embeds of orange and lime wedges and half-lemons in the top. They won't sink, the CP won't lose scent or go to partial gel, good lord willin' and the creek don't rise.
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I made 4 batches of soap so far this weekend. 2 are to get ahead of stock for upcoming shows. I tried my hand at liquid soap and made a variation of one of my staples as a test batch.
I'm going out tonight, but envision that Sunday will be full of soap as well.
The test batch I made last weekend with frankincense is holding scent, so I am going to make a production batch of that too.
I'm going out tonight, but envision that Sunday will be full of soap as well.
The test batch I made last weekend with frankincense is holding scent, so I am going to make a production batch of that too.
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Yesterday I made bb's spiced apple cider, used NurtureSoap red vibrance and pink mica to color a drop swirl, and curled some leftover bits of the spearmint/peppermint/euc eo soap from Friday to stick on top. Pleased with how it turned out, even though the red isn't red. It is appropriately autumn-like. Strangely enough, the spearmint works with the spiced apple cider scent.
Might be able to make even more soap today!
Might be able to make even more soap today!
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and makin soap...
i cut the first soap ive made in 2 years. its a oatmeal honey castille (Bunny's recipe if you know it) that i did in the crock pot. i think its going to be nice when it hardens up...and so im currently cooking another castille. (not sure why the pics are rotated...)
i cut the first soap ive made in 2 years. its a oatmeal honey castille (Bunny's recipe if you know it) that i did in the crock pot. i think its going to be nice when it hardens up...and so im currently cooking another castille. (not sure why the pics are rotated...)
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I love the seashells! Can I ask which beveler you are using?Well, I finally put to good use the silicone sea shell mold I made out of my sea shell collection. I also put to good use my new VanYulay ball-bearing/sprinkle mold as you can see from the soap 'pearls':
It's scented with Salty Sailor from Daystar (one of my favorite 'staple' FOs).
IrishLass
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I had a fun surprise when I cut my Santa's Forest today. I found a few butterflies!! Took a pair of soaps to show my 6 yr old granddaughter to see if she could see the butterfly. I soon as I stood them up she said, "butterflies". She loves and raises Painted Ladies and Monarch Butterflies.
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