What soapy thing have you done today?

[Misschief]

I cut my Valentine's soap and it is ugly. There is no other word for it. It looks like beef fat with bits of meat in it.

 

[jcandleattic]

I cut my Valentine's soap and it is ugly. There is no other word for it. It looks like beef fat with bits of meat in it.

Was it a red and white soap? I find that happens a lot with red and white swirled soaps. I try to always put in a bit of pink or purple in there to break up that beef/bacon look it gets...
Although, I'm sure it's not near as bad as you think...

 

[Hendejm]

I cut my Valentine's soap and it is ugly. There is no other word for it. It looks like beef fat with bits of meat in it.

LMAO....seriously....LMAO....tears in my eyes!

 

[Misschief]

I was going to call this one "Chocolate and Cherries". It was supposed to have a hidden heart swirl and just a light swirl of brown (coloured with cocoa and scented with Chocolate Fudge FO) and pink (coloured with Merlot Mica and scented with Black Cherry FO); the uncoloured part is unscented. The little hearts are made with M&P. The chocolate part ended up being plopped in as it accelerated more than the cherry part and the hidden heart is so hidden, you can't even see it.

The soap itself is lovely but it sure ain't romantic!

 

[jcandleattic]

@Misschief - If those are the ones you were talking about, they do NOT look like a slab of beef. LOL Crazy woman. I knew they wouldn't be as bad as you thought. Don't look at them for a minimum of 3 days, and when you come back and look at them you will view them differently I'm sure.

 

[Misschief]

@Misschief - If those are the ones you were talking about, they do NOT look like a slab of beef. LOL Crazy woman. I knew they wouldn't be as bad as you thought. Don't look at them for a minimum of 3 days, and when you come back and look at them you will view them differently I'm sure.

Thank you for that. I know that the chocolate part will darken somewhat (vanilla content). I think what it comes down to is that it doesn't look anything like the soap I had imagined.

 

[Hendejm]

The soap itself is lovely but it sure ain't romantic!

I have to agree with you....sorry! But yes - to me it does look like a piece of really fatty steak with a pink heart jabbed into the side of it.

Maybe call it “Where Lovers Meat” for Valentine’s Day.

 

[Misschief]

I have to agree with you....sorry! But yes - to me it does look like a piece of really fatty steak with a pink heart jabbed into the side of it.

Maybe call it “Where Lovers Meat” for Valentine’s Day.

LOL... my daughter suggested "I love you so much it hurts".

 

[Chris_S]

Had a week of so off so decided to soap tonight been playing about with candles and melts for the past week. Decided to make some soaps for a friend because she loves spearmint and i knew the eo behaved nicely for swirls, so iv told her she can have what she wants but i need some for myself and for testing. Looks better in person think there was some water on my phone camera lense so doesnt look very clear. Cant wait to unmold

 

[Lin19687]

LMAO....seriously....LMAO....tears in my eyes!

OMG ME TOO !!!!

Oh come on @Misschief it looks nothing like you said. I am disappointed

THIS is meat fat blobuals ... This is the rebatch I did the other day

 

[Lin19687]

I did 2 batches with a new recipe. Both were going to be a 32% Lye concentration but the 1st got bloby while I was pouring, I am sure it was the FO. I added some more Water to the 2nd and made it a 30% Lye Concentration and it was super slow to get trace . Le Sigh Not sure if it was the Charcoal or the tiny amount of EO that did that .

So love experimenting !

 

[Misschief]

Oh come on @Misschief it looks nothing like you said. I am disappointed

THIS is meat fat blobuals ... This is the rebatch I did the other day.
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Sorry to disappoint, Lin. LOL
Rebatches are never really pretty are they? I now have MORE soap to rebatch. yay.

Interestingly, my daughter and grandson love the fragrance but both my husband and daughter's partner hated it (chocolate fudge and black cherry).

 

[KiwiMoose]

@Misschief - I don’t think it looks like meat you silly billy!
I made @Zany_in_CO’s no-slime Castile with 10% CO and 5% castor. I used lavender EO at my sister’s request. Apparently everyone loves lavender??? *barf*

 

[Hendejm]

Apparently everyone lives lavender??? *barf*

I hate lavender too!!

 

[Misschief]

@Misschief - I don’t think it looks like meat you silly billy!
I made @Zany_in_CO’s no-slime Castile with 10% CO and 5% castor. I used lavender EO at my sister’s request. Apparently everyone loves lavender??? *barf*

lol... thanks Kiwi.

Apparently, lavender is one of those love it/hate it kind of fragrances. I happen to like it but in small doses.

 

[KiwiMoose]

I headed off down to the supermarket early this evening to buy some cocoa butter, olive oil and rice bran oil. I had a mild panic attack because I had nothing in the house with which to satisfy the 'hard' fats in a soap recipe. I was gonna try @dixiedragon's shea heavy recipe but then noticed I didn't have enough shea for that either. Luckily I could get some cocoa butter from the supermarket.

I have more shea and soy wax coming, but due to all the Christmas and new year's closures, I am unlikely to get it until Thursday or Friday this week, and I cannot possibly wait until then to make more soap!

 

[Hendejm]

I cannot possibly wait until then to make more soap

That’s why I love amazon! I can order most oils and get them the same day or next

 

[Chris_S]

That’s why I love amazon! I can order most oils and get them the same day or next

Amazon are a bunch of idiots they banned me from leaving reviews for breach of rules but doesnt say when what rules or anything but yet it still sends me emails to ask for reviews on stuff iv bought. So i try to avoid them as much as i possibly can now plus generally stuff is cheaper via the sellers websites than on amazon. They said i cant even appeal the decision to ban me from leaving reviews and orher community features so im not going to give them my money.

I unmolded last nights soap from the loafthought it was hard.enough but inside corners pulled away. But its come out far better than i expected and definatly the best iv done yet. @Misschief i did the pour at the same time thing you suggested and then did swirls because its a narrow mold i went from each end rather from sides thank you for the tips

 

[Hendejm]

I unmolded last nights soap from the loafthought it was hard.

I like it! Very nice color choices.

 

[Misschief]

@Chris_S Love the colours! Looks good!