'Moonstone'

Firstly, this is a picture heavy post!

Secondly, this soap is not what I had planned to post on at this moment, but I like so much how it turned out, that it won't wait for its turn to make its appearance  :-) ! This is what I call 'soap protectionism', lol!

I was aiming to different effect than I got, but overall, I'm thrilled with it. However, I'm going to do another batch, or two, to achieve what I had wanted to. 

And now,..... presenting.... the 'Moonstone'! 

Here it is a picture of the wet soap

Instagram photo

This soap is scented in Rice flower, which is gorgeous, feminine and luxury-smell fragrance. I simply adore it.

It's perfume like and I wished for a moment to make a ton of soap and all possible toiletries scented with it. It contains silk as an ultimate luxury touch.

A short ago, I made Lemon Verbena soap and I totally misunderstood the fragrance name. In fact, I thought it was Lemon + Verbena, I never knew there was a plant with the name Lemon Verbena. So, since the verbena is a type of flower, I thought it would be convenient to follow the colorite of the flowers. Of course, I was completely wrong, Lemon verbena is a plant with so small, white or yellow flowers,  totally different than I chose for my soap. 

So, this time I did a little google prep, to find out what Rice flower looks like. And this is what I found:

Rice flower- photo credit

That's where I started from. So, the colours were chosen. OK, the sky is not part of the plant, but it makes such a harmony with it, so I kept it. Additionally, I added black for the dramatic, striking effect and I'm glad I did.

I have taken soooo many photos of this soap, so excuse my showing off.

Then, I had no idea what name would be descriptive enough for this soap.

Here it is why it got this one:

The moonstone-  photo credit

This is the semi precious stone and I like to think it my soap resembles it.

What did I do? I poured the white at once and then poured the blue portion. I let it break through the white and then made a 'hanger swirl'. I did the same with all colours, making sure that my hanger goes shallower with every new pouring. 

What did I want? I wanted thinner, fine lines (but I knew they wouldn't be, as I had taken out too much of the batter for colour portions), going deeper through the soap. Maybe next time I get closer to that look. 

If you're still reading - thank you for staying with me till the end!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Состав / Ingredients: Сапонифицирани масла/ Saponified oils - Maслиново масло (Sodium olivate), Кокосово (Sodium Cocoate), Палмино (Sodium palmate), Рицинусово (Sodium Castorate), Ши путер (Sodium Shea butterate), Масло од маслодајна репка (Sodium Canolate),  природни пигменти (pigments), мирис (fragrance), природна свила (silk)