Each batch of soap ended up surprising me. When I expected everything to go smoothly, I ended up with some pretty rough looking soap. And when I kept the design very simple anticipating overheating, the soap didn't even gel. Before I get all whiny, I'll just shut my trap!!
Here are some pictures:
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| Scented with cedarwood, frankincense and grapefruit EO's Swirled with red sandalwood and wheatgrass powder Happy Surprise! EO blend worked beautifully! |
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| Madder root experiment. Scent blend: Palmarosa and Patchouli Almost seize situation. Embeds got wonky from banging the mold on the counter |
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| Plain Eucalyptus soap Colored with wheatgrass Went as planned, just couldn't do away with the soda ash |
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| Like the swirls, but had a very hard time with this soap. Mold lining bent, so not a perfect round. Scent blend: grapefruit and vanilla. Brown colored soap seized halfway into pouring! Yikes! Got some solid air pockets in some soaps. A lovely scent blend though!! |
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| Leftover special. Made with soap scraps and leftover essential oils. These soaps are just for me!! |
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| Vanilliscious! Scented with Vanilla fragrance oil. Things didn't go too smoothly this time. Controlled a slight volcano situation, by smoothing out the soap with a spatula :D |
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| Basil, lemongrass and citronella scent blend. Great blend!! A dash of neem oil. Seize-o-rama!! Scoop, glop, smooth!! Scoop, glop, smooth!! Design turned out not quite like planned, but not totally off either. |
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| Never in my wildest dreams did I expect Orange EO to misbehave. Scent blend: Orange, pimento berry. Jazzed up ever so slightly with calendula petals. |
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| Orange, cedarwood EO blend. Cocoa powder and turmeric swirls. I like it! |
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| Lemon-eucalyptus, lemongrass and rosemary. First batch of soap that I remade! (the earlier batch was a hot seller) |
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| Rosemary and peppermint soap with a dancing cocoa line! |
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| The superstar!!! B) |
There is yet another batch of soap in the mold and I am waiting for it to cool off. Hope everyone is having a great week!
~Nitya
