Soap Dilema

Good Afternoon All,

As I stated before that this blog isn't mainly about soap. That doesn't mean that I don't make soap. I just choose to focus on other bath and body products. So, what I plan to do is show you my evolution in soapmaking. I used to only dabble in Melt and Pour but this year I decided to mature and move on to creating soap using lye. So without further ado ....

 This is my first attempt at adding color to a soap. The fragrances are Lavender and Spanish Rosemary. I used waaay too much Black Oxide. I also tried to layer and then make a funnel swirl on top. The flash on the camera doesn't make it any better. Oh well on to the next disaster.

 

And this beauty in all of its faded glory is Lavender Lemon. I used some micas from Bramble Berry and as you can see they faded something terrible.

 

 

 So you can see the different soaps that I tried to create. The ones with red oxide are my Jasmine Dreams that went left on me in the mold. I will post a pic below of that heartache.

 

 

 This is the Jasmine Dreams in the shoe box mold that I had prepared. It poured just fine. It was wrapped just like any other of my batches. And here is what I got when I unmolded it and cut it.

 

 Ew! and then some. :( I had to rebatch this and got some really cool pics of it in the crock pot.

 

 Some of the suggested names from the Soaper's Retreat on Facebook were: Bloody Bully Beef Stew, Walking Dead, Zombie Vomit and Zombie Meatloaf. One of my dearest new Likers stated that I made her sick! :) I know that she wasn't being mean. I was a little taken aback by how gross this looked as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 This is it in the 2 lb mold.

 

 Cut pictures of the Zombie soap.

 

 

 This is my loaf of Shea and Mango butter soap. The loaf looks concave because some of it erupted out. I wrapped it really well and unfortunately either the Shea or Mango doesn't react well to insulation.

 

 Unscented Plain Jane soap bars. My best seller for some reason. The older generation really likes this one.

 

 Kentish Rain for Men. I was able to get the rain drop look in the soaps. I don't know if I will be able to duplicate this.

Well that is it for today but I will post more of my soaps later on in the week.