They turned out gorgeous! Just so you know, the obsession usually never ends 
What soapy thing have you done today?
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They turned out gorgeous! Just so you know, the obsession usually never ends
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Where did you get that mold? What’s the name of it?! It’s gorgeous!First success Goat Milk Soap! This is my 5th batch of soap and my 2nd attempt at goat milk soap. No one warned me that soaping is a straight up obsession! I go to sleep thinking about my next batch and wake up with so many ideas. So much soap, so little time
It is a pretty cool planet.
I beveled my very first kaleidoscope soap today. Huge thanks to @not_ally for sharing her notes. This batch would not have been nearly as pretty without you.
One unexpected thing that I should have thought of but didn’t, make an extra 200 grams or so of batter. I had planned to get 5 - 1 1/4” bars from each cylinder with about 1/2” trimmed off each end. I ended up with 4 bars and very little shaved off each end, which resulted in uneven cuts on the end. The batter in the bags from the squeeze bottles went into 10 guest soap molds so it wasn’t wasted.
Here are pictures of the finished product, the pull through tools and bevel key used for each.
One unexpected thing that I should have thought of but didn’t, make an extra 200 grams or so of batter. I had planned to get 5 - 1 1/4” bars from each cylinder with about 1/2” trimmed off each end. I ended up with 4 bars and very little shaved off each end, which resulted in uneven cuts on the end. The batter in the bags from the squeeze bottles went into 10 guest soap molds so it wasn’t wasted.
Here are pictures of the finished product, the pull through tools and bevel key used for each.
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Fantastic first try!!
Beautiful! Love the colors as well. It's a subaddiction within the (soaping) addiction, though be warned 
ETA: thanks for sharing which discs and beveling key you used as well. It is really hard to figure out what those are going to look like, so it is very useful.
ETA: thanks for sharing which discs and beveling key you used as well. It is really hard to figure out what those are going to look like, so it is very useful.
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Gorgeous soup @Tammyfarms! I’ve learned so much from making kaleidoscope soap. I just love it.
Thanks!
How do you make tiny soaps for camping from embed paper? Sounds intriguing…Thanks! I just received the paper today so will be getting a few printed, protected and sliding them on ...
Oh, you're right! I even have some of the embed paper. I bought it originally to make tiny soap strips for travel, camping etc., just never got around to doing it yet. The to-do list just seems to grow without every shrinking. lol I might have to give that a try if the waterslides are a bomb. Thanks for the suggestion!
Where are you seeing her soaps? I can’t see them-I wanna see too!
My plan at the time was to dip the paper in soap batter and hang it to dry from a corner. Once dry enough to cut I was going to use a wheel cutter to cut into square or rectangular pieces. I've seen that others are simply using tiny gummy/candy molds for travel/camping soaps. That seems a bit easier and wouldn't require the paper. So not sure now what I'll do with the paper. lol
Funny how I have a cabinet full of that kind of thing.
Your solution sounds nice, as you can get a decent sized thin bar, that will disappear upon use.
My sister does a lot of camping/hiking where she carries all her stuff on her back on her hikes and counts every ounce she has to carry. This sounds like a good solution. Thank you
Funny? I thought it was normal. PERFECTLY. NORMAL.
Oh, yes this might be a better solution for backpack type camping. Would love to hear if you try it out.
Hahaha! Normal does seem to be fitting!
Absolutely normal.
Master batched 36 pounds of lye water. 50/50 concentration. 24 pounds in a 2.5 gallon HDPE carboy, and 12 pound in 6 essential depot two pound lye bottles.
Now fighting the urge to make a new hanger swirl challenge entry...
Now fighting the urge to make a new hanger swirl challenge entry...
You make it sound like making more soap is a bad thing.
I pivoted and am trying @IrishLass 's cocoa shea GLS. But I'm waiting on polysorbate 80. Oh, and I'm using your write up of her write up. This is where I stoppedYou make it sound like making more soap is a bad thing.
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