What soapy thing have you done today?

[Appalasia]

Just finished these bad boys. Lemon and creamsicle

 

[Martha]

That’s the prettiest purple/lavender, @Martha - may I ask what you used?

I used Brambleberry's Queen's Purple mica (it is old, so not sure if they still have this color). I added a 1t. in a 2lb batch. I held back some batter to do the white swirl, but it wasn't much. Honestly it looked like murky mud when I made it and thought it was a fail. But then it went through gel and came out more purple than muddy. Whew!

 

[Zing]

I'm kind of afraid to make soap any more!

To be clear, I was not even in the area making soap. It was Some People's Kid commandeering using my soaping shop for their own "project."

 

[Martha]

I wanna know how you made that last one and pretty please post a picture when you cut it!

Whelp, you asked for it. I cut it and most were normal swirls, but then I got to these two. My facial bars. I seem to make creepy faces in soap. Here's a link to a thread on faces in soap. But since you asked, I just poured the orange and pink in lines down the mold at varying heights. Then swirled the top.

 

[Servant4Christ]

I made the Swirly Soap of Doom: Take 2 last night. I used my original method, thinking maybe the problems I had the first time were due to soaper error. Nope, I am convinced this FO accelerates and I will never use it again unless it's a one-color or uncolored soap.
I stickblended in very short bursts just til emulsion, grabbed my mold to pour, and everything turned to pudding in seconds. I stirred and poured all the soap batters in gallon freezer bags and cut a corner out of each and squeezed them into the divided portions of my mold and used spatulas to push it all in. Then, since everyone was in bed and I didn't want to wake them, I took the whole mold out to the garage (not attached to the house) and slam banged it on the ground multiple times to get out some of the air bubbles and level the batter as best as I could. Swirled a bit, brought the mold back inside and covered it up. We'll see how it turned out tonight. I knew I should've just made another unscented batch.

On a positive note: I found an Avery template that's compatible with my kraft labels from OnlineLabels! I already had my design in Avery and was able to easily transfer the design over to the new template and print a sheet this morning. Happy happy happy dance!

 

[Blue1969]

At last finished my apple soaps!