New Soap Cutter

How do you thank someone who spent a ton of time making you a soap cutter?  You can't.  Everyone's time is precious to them and when someone shares their time it is a gift.  So thank you Byrdi and Z for my soap cutter.  I absolutely love it.

And I can thank Byrdi for the recipe also.  This is made with two of my favorite oils, rice bran and canola.  I called this Summer Lemonade and it smells nice.  I used all essential oils of pink grapefruit, Argentina lemon, sweet basil, sweet orange and a few drops of rosemary and patchouli that were left in the bottom of a bottle.  The texture on this soap is wonderful and it is two days old and making bubbles like crazy.  It gives you plenty of time to design.  This is definitely a ***** star recipe.  Thank you.

H8

This is a new recipe.  There is cream, silk and oatmeal in it.  I can't wait for it to cure so I can see how it lathers.  I like the colors but I sure got a crazy swirl.  You never know!

Year Anniversary

Next month will be one year since I started making soap.  I can really tell how much I have improved when I look back at some of my earlier soaps.  They were good soaps but just not as pretty and they didn't have all the good ingredients that I add now.

This is Juniper Jasmine.  The fragrance oil does accelerate but since I know that, I worked quickly and did a simple swirl.  I love the smell of this fragrance oil so it is worth the bother.  I put jasmine flowers and juniper berries on top.  You may not be able to see the purple swirled with the blue in the pic but it is there.  I left the base the natural color.  This is a sunflower oil recipe.

I call this soap Magic Carpet Ride because the colors remind me of that.  The base has no added color.  The color you are seeing is from Rhassoul clay.  It gives an earthy look to the soap.  These colors  in the swirls are deep enough that they fade on a light-colored washcloth but I really like the effect so I will have to live with that.  This could be called "ole hippy soap" because, for whatever reason, that's what came to mind when I was trying to name it.

I'm loving this hanger swirl technique.  It is easy, quick and effective.  I put calendula  petals on top.  The fragrance is patchouli, lavender and rosemary.  I know these essential oils do not fit the colors but I didn't plan it.  This soap sorta evolved but I like it.  I think it turned out very pretty and it bubbles like crazy and is so nourishing for the skin because this recipe is tallow and lard.  

Three new soaps

I saw this design on a Youtube video.  Her's was prettier but I did find out from Roberta how to get a great red.  You use brick oxide from BB and add a hot pink or florescent pink.  This soap overheated on me so I took it out of the mold trying to push the crack back together so I got ugly shaped bars but the crack isn't noticeable.  I guess I got the lesser of two evils.

I've never used these color combinations together before but I kinda like them.  I love the hanger swirl.  Such an easy way to get a pretty soap.

Now this soap is a whole different story.  My soap was too thin when I poured it so my activated charcoal ran into my coral so much that it wiped out the coral all together.  I put black and silver glitter on the top and all it reminds me of is salt and pepper.  I used Bourbon Geranium in this soap so it has a hint of rose to it.  Shame I lost all but the faintest hint of color.