What soapy thing have you done today?
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One of my swirly top soaps from yesterday turned out really cute. It’s here with the swirly top intact. The other one had an FO issue, plus I slightly over mixed two of my colors when I decided they needed to be darker 
. If you’ve used BB Tobacco and Bay Leaf, please take a look and let me know what you think, here.
. If you’ve used BB Tobacco and Bay Leaf, please take a look and let me know what you think, here.
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O. M. Goodness! Not all according to plan. Had to spackle some air holes due to the accelerating FO. But I’m super happy! I love when my soaps make me giggle! And they do smell great! Autumn Equinox by NS. It DOES accelerate, for me.
bottom photo is air holes. The squeeze bottle technique would have prevented more of those if the batter had been more fluid.
bottom photo is air holes. The squeeze bottle technique would have prevented more of those if the batter had been more fluid.
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MellonFriend
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I thought you were just going to have a sasquatch in the middle of a colored bar! I had no idea it was going to be a WHOLE SCENE!!! Incredible job!!! 
heatherfarrahsmith@yahoo.
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Sadly I'm getting out of making soap. I spent my time pulling out my big ticket items and finding out what I paid for them and what they sell for now so that I can come up with fair prices when I list it all.
Wow those are beautiful!!!
Fantastic.
Peachy Clean Soap
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I made another batch of my Chocolate Espresso Soap. The entire loaf will go to the gal (and her husband) who is running the Knitting Retreat. Sadly, she is going to have to wait a few weeks to use it since I was a lazy butt.
Bramble Berry had a clearance on Ancient Sedona (out of stock)...since I had to pay the minimum shipping figured I might as well add a few trial sizes and chose...Blue Man, Kentucky Bourbon and Sweet Cardamom Chai as I am wanting to add some more 'manly' scents. Blue Man discolors to a medium brown, so I went with darker blue and silver swirl (unscented). Sweet Cardamom Chai discolors to a really light brown, but I just left it uncolored except for a brown mica swirl on the top. Figured I'll do the Kentucky Bourbon tomorrow.
Also made some Sweet Peach Guest Soaps. I used RE's Coral Mica, which isn't as dark as it looks, but added a touch of TD and got what I think is a 'ripe peach' color.
I've been wanting to plane and bevel the soaps I made a couple of weeks ago, but they are...'sticky' from all the heat and humidity. I'm thinking I might have to stick them in my daughter's room with a fan to get them to 'dry' out a little.
Bramble Berry had a clearance on Ancient Sedona (out of stock)...since I had to pay the minimum shipping figured I might as well add a few trial sizes and chose...Blue Man, Kentucky Bourbon and Sweet Cardamom Chai as I am wanting to add some more 'manly' scents. Blue Man discolors to a medium brown, so I went with darker blue and silver swirl (unscented). Sweet Cardamom Chai discolors to a really light brown, but I just left it uncolored except for a brown mica swirl on the top. Figured I'll do the Kentucky Bourbon tomorrow.
Also made some Sweet Peach Guest Soaps. I used RE's Coral Mica, which isn't as dark as it looks, but added a touch of TD and got what I think is a 'ripe peach' color.
I've been wanting to plane and bevel the soaps I made a couple of weeks ago, but they are...'sticky' from all the heat and humidity. I'm thinking I might have to stick them in my daughter's room with a fan to get them to 'dry' out a little.
Thanks! I’m so happy I made it a double batch! Figured if I was going to go to the effort, might as well make it worthwhile! Hope it makes a lot of folks smile this holiday season!Wow' your soap is just Fantastic Work Of Art!
@TashaBird, I love Sasquatch Santa! All the baby Sasquatches & Sasquatch wannabes will surely love him, too. They'll be lining up for those soaps & you'll wish you made a quadruple batch. Just incredible!
In 'invent the universe' spirit, my most recent soapy thing has been trying to make 3d printed moulds with silicone liners. The past few weeks have been full of setbacks, until I realised that the acetone I had ordered in specially couldn't possibly be pure acetone. Add luck would have it, I found an "extra strong" nail varnish remover in the chemist which was 98% acetone and that worked much better for smoothing the prints to hopefully get a flat surface.
Of course then I calculated not quite enough silicone to fill the gap, exacerbated by the fact that the bottom part was too thick in the model.
Finally, the 'blank' taking the place of the soap while pouring the silicone got very stuck in. I had to pull it out with pliers, in the course of which it came apart into several pieces...
Still, despite all of that I do now have a test mould with liner of a size to make a single bar of soap. I've done some tweaking of the model and hopefully will soon be in a position to scale up to 4- and 6-bar sized moulds.
Of course then I calculated not quite enough silicone to fill the gap, exacerbated by the fact that the bottom part was too thick in the model.
Finally, the 'blank' taking the place of the soap while pouring the silicone got very stuck in. I had to pull it out with pliers, in the course of which it came apart into several pieces...
Still, despite all of that I do now have a test mould with liner of a size to make a single bar of soap. I've done some tweaking of the model and hopefully will soon be in a position to scale up to 4- and 6-bar sized moulds.
Catscankim
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I made the soap challenge clubs melt and pour soap. Its resting peacefully in the fridge. Im not doing the challenge, but i saw a tutorial on a hybrid cp/clear soap, and this challenge popped up. I figured that i would give it a go using their recipe. So i bought the tutorial.
So far it looks pretty clear. Keeping my fingers crossed. Its a lot of steps and ingredients. Will probably never do this again. Its really out of my comfort zone. I guess just not my thing. Hopefully i can make something nice out of it for our challenge. I think these bars will sell for somewhere around $300 per bar. Like my whole bottle of SL, half a bottle of glycerin, a jug of sugar, pinch of lye, half container of 99% isopropyl, and a dollop of distilled water. Oh and a smidge of stearic acid. Thats all, i think lol.
More soapy dishes than i have ever created in my life LOL
So far it looks pretty clear. Keeping my fingers crossed. Its a lot of steps and ingredients. Will probably never do this again. Its really out of my comfort zone. I guess just not my thing. Hopefully i can make something nice out of it for our challenge. I think these bars will sell for somewhere around $300 per bar. Like my whole bottle of SL, half a bottle of glycerin, a jug of sugar, pinch of lye, half container of 99% isopropyl, and a dollop of distilled water. Oh and a smidge of stearic acid. Thats all, i think lol.
More soapy dishes than i have ever created in my life LOL
Today I worked on beveling some soap. There are several more bars to bevel and photograph; not sure how much of that I'll get done today, though.
I haven’t even made the clear yet. I have zero ideas how to use it yet! Hoping I get inspired by others creations. I probably won’t be motivated enough to make the clear until I have some kind of idea on how I want to use it. But, I’m super excited to see what everyone makes!
Guspuppy
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Tasha you're giving all those big name youtube soapers a run for their money with this one!!! It's FANTASTIC.
Catscankim
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Cut my homemade clear melt and pour. The bubbles were just ok. I tried to take a pic of my soapy hand and i dropped the block down the garbage disposer. It grinds up easy if thats a good soap property LMBO.
pretty pleased with the clarity, although it does look a little yellow now. I have never even used melt and pour before, so i have nothing to compare it too. I have read that it might clear up a bit after re-melting. If not, mica to the rescue!
Backdrop is my pineapple top for your pleasure. Egads i gotta plant that thing.
pretty pleased with the clarity, although it does look a little yellow now. I have never even used melt and pour before, so i have nothing to compare it too. I have read that it might clear up a bit after re-melting. If not, mica to the rescue!
Backdrop is my pineapple top for your pleasure. Egads i gotta plant that thing.
Work it is, It takes time to bevel and more time to photograph!
This is me, too. I have no idea what I would do with it.
This is really impressive. I can’t begin to imagine tackling this with all of the steps and ingredients involved.
Catscankim
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This is really impressive. I can’t begin to imagine tackling this with all of the steps and ingredients involved.
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Ingredients that i didnt have on hand lol. But once i broke the recipe down, it really only took about an hour. Its cheaper to just buy a block of mnp though. Havent done the math. i think that if i did it again, it might not be so hard…and less dishes!
This is really impressive. I can’t begin to imagine tackling this with all of the steps and ingredients involved.
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Ingredients that i didnt have on hand lol. But once i broke the recipe down, it really only took about an hour. Its cheaper to just buy a block of mnp though. Havent done the math. i think that if i did it again, it might not be so hard…and less dishes!
AAShillito
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I've been messing with holiday themes. Scented with Pumpkin Party by Nurture. Started out looking like a sweet potato & pumpkin pie and changed to this amazing thing I won't be able to duplicate ever. Looks like fudge and my daughter says smells like a cheap Bath & Body Works knockoff
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