What soapy thing have you done today?

[Mobjack Bay]

Beautiful'

Thank you so much. I was really flying by the seat of my pants, acting like I knew what I was doing because company was watching.

 

[Mobjack Bay]

@Peachy Clean Soap @Catscankim Hey green team, nicely done!

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

@Peachy Clean Soap @Catscankim Hey green team, nicely done!

thx so much' lol

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Hear is a soap I created back in 7-5-21 I used "Ginger Tea Water" & Coco De Coconut "sweetened c-milk". notice the bubbles which I think contributed to the bubbles. I'm going for the wings design' or sunglass which ever you see' art is in the eyes of the beholder, as it's stated. colors are Peacock' Full throttle' liquid red' coral' green' & TD. scent is a combo of many but I think the ginger tea is ever so slightly detected. I can't recall who suggested using Ginger tea for more bubbles' but I remember a few of you chimed in believing it does' so had to try' & I gotta agree.

 

[TashaBird]

Prepped FOURTEEN batches of soap! 8 pull throughs and 6 for 7.5lb mold. Whew! Very last ingredient perfectly measured all 14 portions. Then realized it was poly80 and not SL!
Well, better now than after a few failed soap!
Tomorrow is a deep clean of the studio before the holiday soap making ensues.

 

[Zing]

No major soapiness to report today. I did turn my curing soaps (simple pleasure). We just got back from another trip to see my dad and sis. So excited Sis is finally using soap to wash with (what a concept) instead of to decorate with. Nice to re-visit old soaps. Some scents have faded -- BUT the lather is awesome. Long cures are awesometastic!
EDIT: P.S. I checked my calendar and realized 2 soaps were cured so I boxed them. I am absolutely thrilled to use again my all time favorite "Spring Clean" scented with rosemary/lemongrass! Shower time, here I come!

 

[Basil]

Sorry, I should not have laughed... that can be very scary as a female working at night. Glad you are being careful!!

Yikes I laughed too but ditto

 

[MellonFriend]

Prepped FOURTEEN batches of soap! 8 pull throughs and 6 for 7.5lb mold. Whew! Very last ingredient perfectly measured all 14 portions. Then realized it was poly80 and not SL!
Well, better now than after a few failed soap!
Tomorrow is a deep clean of the studio before the holiday soap making ensues.

Time to deep clean?! That looks pertty cleaned up to me! I want all those containers!

 

[Basil]

All I wanted today was to make my labels for my Wizard of oz soaps. Sounds simple doesnt it? Yeah, no. I wanted shapes so I had to use the cricut, which was fine until it started cutting the words out even though I flattened the imagine. so off to youtube university to troubleshoot that, got that fixed then discovered my printer wouldnt load my glossy label paper. I had that printer almost totally taken apart when I happened upon a video that mentioned the "Manual Feeder" never knew it had one. Finally got a page to load and my print came out ballooned. couldnt even read the words. An hour later, I figured out I had to turn the allow bleed setting off.

All day making one sheet of labels. I swear if I were rich Id have had them made.

I totally understand @msunnerstood !! I’ve been making labels with my cricut too and just today a friend and I were trying to do that with a label for her daughters baby shower. She’s giving some soap as gifts to the guests. It took us 4 hours to figure it out , mistakes all all! we just finished an hour ago!
ETA my daughter bought me a planner so I can organize better. I wrote in it “ plan a day for one label”

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

No major soapiness to report today. I did turn my curing soaps (simple pleasure). We just got back from another trip to see my dad and sis. So excited Sis is finally using soap to wash with (what a concept) instead of to decorate with. Nice to re-visit old soaps. Some scents have faded -- BUT the lather is awesome. Long cures are awesometastic!
EDIT: P.S. I checked my calendar and realized 2 soaps were cured so I boxed them. I am absolutely thrilled to use again my all time favorite "Spring Clean" scented with rosemary/lemongrass! Shower time, here I come!

"AWSOMETASTIC" love that word you created' says it all. Yes agree long cures are so "AWSOMETASTIC".

 

[LynetteO]

Thank you, you`re so sweet It is fun when things go well! (and not so fun when they don`t, lol..)

This is my soapsy ting today...
I got these tiny figurines that is for model trains. I wanted to have some for when I am taking pictures of my soaps when I get my blog up.

Yes, it is a bit of silly, but I want to do things my own way

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I love soap art! How wonderful. I also ADORE ADORE All things small. Inherited my grandmother’s hand made Knick Knack shelf that includes TREASURES. Those figurines fit into that category!

 

[TashaBird]

Time to deep clean?! That looks pertty cleaned up to me! I want all those containers!

I’ve been building my stash for awhile.

 

[LynetteO]

My soapy experience began yesterday & due to fast trace & not pre-dispersing mica in oil beforehand I ended with a purple polka dot mess. Then when cutting, I had crumbles.
Only good thing is found a tool I like to bevel edges. Posted ugly photo elsewhere with question about CA.

 

[Orebma]

So yesterday made my 1st soap in over a month' felt like it was forever. I made a mixture of different mint scents & it smells wonderful, in the soap recipe used coconut milk, goats milk & honey then kicked up the heat' lol "what was i thinking? of course it over heated & cracked, the fisher doesn't look that deep fingers crossed it isn't. As I designed this soap I had in mind trying to replicate a picture that reminds me of an experience from days of yesteryears for our Sept Soap Challenge' looking forward to cutting it' to see how close I got, this will be fun. I may post a picture depending how it looks' the two colors morphed to baby poo' & throw up' praying it morphs back to original colors it was intended, I'm remaining hopeful. It smells great & will have nice bubbles so all is not lost. I'll keep ya'll posted,
Thx for reading my post... .
Update: this soap should win "ugly duckling award' but on a positive note as expected it lathers & smells wonderful. It's name is " Bubble Mint" i'm leaving it in big blocks, the oval shape was left over that didn't fit in mold. ok w/ out further ado here it is.
3rd & final update' show the bubbles...

Great bubbles!

 

[Bubble Agent]

I love soap art! How wonderful. I also ADORE ADORE All things small. Inherited my grandmother’s hand made Knick Knack shelf that includes TREASURES. Those figurines fit into that category!

Thank you
Lucky you, how nice to get something so precious from your granny

I love anything miniature! I go gaga over anything that is made so tiny. (I think I may have a problem, but let us not dwell on that for to long, OK??)

My soapy thing for today is the same as @Zing and that is to go and sniff turn over my soaps. Usually I don`t have to do that, but I run out of space in my mesh curing baskets and had to put them on something that does not have holes.

And now I have to go and make dinner. At least I can use my dish soap to wash the pots with afterwards. That is a soapy thing too, right?

 

[Orebma]

Cut my line pour soaps...the lines are a little wonky (cause the mold slipped out of my hands). But I like them. I couldn't understand why the video did a gradient pour at the end...it might not have been her intention and completely planned that way, but for me it was because I was running out of white, which is. probably because I dropped the mold in the beginning. The scent is a 1/2 1/2 combo of Willow and Ivy from BB, and Champagne from NS. It smells so good!

I cut the one on the left regularly. Should be about 5oz after the cure. The rest of them I cut following @AliOop instructions. Right now they are about 4.25oz. Not sure if I followed the instructions properly. I also ended up with lots of soap scraps. It's not as easy to cut as the videos portray. But I like the way the smaller ones fit in my hand. It usually takes quite a few showers until I like the regular cut ones.

My kitchen is a disaster right now because I decided to do some houseplant duties. Its a forest in here LOL. I have a plant problem, which I didn't realize how many i had until I gathered them all into one room. Tried to crop most of it out.

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I LOVE these!

 

[Misschief]

I'm in the process of making a batch of Patchouli Orange Soap, just waiting for they lye to cool.

ETA: and it's in the mold. Patchouli Orange with an Eggplant purple mica line.

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Great bubbles!

Right' Thank Ü

 

[Mobjack Bay]

A real OT Peche de Vigne soap! The FO smells wonderful, just like peach, and not overbearing at 5%. I love the size of the mold, but need to get the hang of working within the “confined” area, especially with pipe dividers. I made a bit of a mess with drips and drops, but I think it turned out okay. The green will likely be a bit less olive if it morphs back to the planned color.

 

[Soaplizard]

Idk what I am doing (it wrote in kitten love) but I was trying to stamp my soap.