Hello everyone!
When I read about soap challenges Amy was about to organize, I immediately knew I would be IN!
It's so interesting to see others' works on the same theme.
I've already visited her page (what you can do,as well) and seen so many great soap artists 'in action'.
I've tried this techinque before and I hoped for best. I decided to soap with no butters added, but in the first one I included avocado and sweet almond oil, along with 'great four of mine' (olive,coconut, castor, plam) and in the second sweet almond and sunflower oil.
I'm gonna say that I'm a real Murphy's friend, where he goes, there I am! Otherwise, I would have been able to make something like this.
First, I couldn't make to soap the whole week, then when I finally found a few perfect hours on Thursday night. I opted for essential oils (lavender and anise), what should have reduced a risk of premature setting up. The colours I wanted to achieve were not what I actually got. So, mix little bit of one here, little bit of other there,....and so on, until my batter started to thicken more and more. What I got is here:
I don't think it's something wrong with this soap, on the contrary, I find it pretty, but just not what I was going for.
Ok,that was on Thursday, I still had one day to give it another shut.
This time I used the fragrance oil I knew it would behave (a masculline, pino type fragrance) and pre-mixed the colours that I thought it would match my desirable colours. But, Murphy is with me again! My soap batter was setting up on me! WHAT?? I didn't use butters, but I had new palm oil (with higher melting point + lower soaping temperature), included in my recipe, so I suppose, it's the one to blame. So, I didn't have a chance to pour faux funnel, so I poured the soap lengthwise. Actually, I think the result is much more tiger-like than expected. First round went fine, the others, up to the end were scooped with a spoon.
What do you think?
When I read about soap challenges Amy was about to organize, I immediately knew I would be IN!
It's so interesting to see others' works on the same theme.
I've already visited her page (what you can do,as well) and seen so many great soap artists 'in action'.
I've tried this techinque before and I hoped for best. I decided to soap with no butters added, but in the first one I included avocado and sweet almond oil, along with 'great four of mine' (olive,coconut, castor, plam) and in the second sweet almond and sunflower oil.
I'm gonna say that I'm a real Murphy's friend, where he goes, there I am! Otherwise, I would have been able to make something like this.
First, I couldn't make to soap the whole week, then when I finally found a few perfect hours on Thursday night. I opted for essential oils (lavender and anise), what should have reduced a risk of premature setting up. The colours I wanted to achieve were not what I actually got. So, mix little bit of one here, little bit of other there,....and so on, until my batter started to thicken more and more. What I got is here:
I don't think it's something wrong with this soap, on the contrary, I find it pretty, but just not what I was going for.
Ok,that was on Thursday, I still had one day to give it another shut.
This time I used the fragrance oil I knew it would behave (a masculline, pino type fragrance) and pre-mixed the colours that I thought it would match my desirable colours. But, Murphy is with me again! My soap batter was setting up on me! WHAT?? I didn't use butters, but I had new palm oil (with higher melting point + lower soaping temperature), included in my recipe, so I suppose, it's the one to blame. So, I didn't have a chance to pour faux funnel, so I poured the soap lengthwise. Actually, I think the result is much more tiger-like than expected. First round went fine, the others, up to the end were scooped with a spoon.
What do you think?
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