Ohhhhh.such beautiful soap! They really do look like stones.....river rocks! I've never polished my soaps before, but i want to try it after seeing yours, scard! 
I attempted to make soap frosting so I could practice my piping techniques. I have some Russian piping tips and they are amazing! My frosting, however, was not. I think the recipe was fine...but the heat kept it from setting up properly. Ended up scooping most of it back into some IC molds, and kept a few flowers that actually looked like....something that might be a flower. LOL Tonight I made a sweet almond soap, (also with palm, palm kernel, coconut, castor and cocoa butter, along with heavy cream, aloe vera juice, and SWA infused with chamomile, calendula and tulsi rose tea.) Whitened it with a bit of zinc, titanium dioxide and made 2 other colors. It is now in the freezer. Sure hope it will feel gentle on the skin when it's cured. It was a fun 2 hours of soaping! But the heat surely is bad for soaping.....and breathing, moving around, and basically living. I hope the rest of you in hotter climates are surviving this crazy heat! Soapy hugs sent off to all the gals and guys here at SMF!
I attempted to make soap frosting so I could practice my piping techniques. I have some Russian piping tips and they are amazing! My frosting, however, was not.
I think the recipe was fine...but the heat kept it from setting up properly. Ended up scooping most of it back into some IC molds, and kept a few flowers that actually looked like....something that might be a flower. LOL Tonight I made a sweet almond soap, (also with palm, palm kernel, coconut, castor and cocoa butter, along with heavy cream, aloe vera juice, and SWA infused with chamomile, calendula and tulsi rose tea.) Whitened it with a bit of zinc, titanium dioxide and made 2 other colors. It is now in the freezer. Sure hope it will feel gentle on the skin when it's cured. It was a fun 2 hours of soaping! But the heat surely is bad for soaping.....and breathing, moving around, and basically living. I hope the rest of you in hotter climates are surviving this crazy heat! Soapy hugs sent off to all the gals and guys here at SMF!
I've been doing M&P and rebatch for years, always thinking "someday." And today was the day! I have a little silicone mold that will make a pound or so, so it's not overwhelming (I don't sell my soap, so my hope is to do small batches of a lot of different fragrances and recipes) and my little loaf of soap has hardened nicely and it will come out of the mold tomorrow.
They were too much fun to make!
