Cut and Curing

My apple pie soap loaf is cut and on the curing rack. They should be ready in about 3 weeks. This mold makes taller soap, so the slices are a little thinner than my other loaf.

I was just using up the extra icing, but I do like how they turned out.

The cupcakes turned out great! These will be ready in about 4 weeks.

Preppy Is Back In!

I love how these turned out! I scented the batch with Carnation and threw in a little spice since I love spicy Carnations! I was going to use these color for my Hydrangea soap, but the batch traced too fast and I didn't have enough time to mix in any colors.

Salad Anyone?

I colored the base with a light green and the smaller swirl with the same color, but more concentrated. It's scented with Avocado Mint!

Wasabi Anyone??

I'm having such a good time making soap! This soap is Cucumber Wasabi and Cilantro! I colored with with green and swirled in the yellow. I think it turned out great!

The last picture is right after it was poured. I like the finished color better.

Freshly Cut!

Freshly cut and will be ready in about 3 weeks!
Made with Fresh Grass and Tomato Leaf Fragrance Oils.
Any ideas on what I should name them??

More pictures of the process

Here are a few pictures that "vanished" when I was uploading yesterday. This picture is when I JUST turned on the stick blender. See the little bit of white around the stick? That's the first sign of the lye reacting to the oils










This is when I just put the mica in. It's such a pretty color!





















This is the mica. It comes in a powder and to mix it better, I took a few tablespoons of oils and mixed it all together in a little tub.

Fresh Cut Grass!

I had such a fun time making this soap! I was able to take some pictures along the way to show the process of making soap.
The first picture shows the beginning of melting the hard oils. I have Shea Butter and Palm Kernal Oil here.









Here's the Lye solution. It's cooling right now. What you don't see in the picture are the rubber gloves and safety goggles I am wearing.














You can see the oils are starting to melt here.















Hard oils are all melted. It doesn't take very long at all.
I have added the other oils to the pan. I have Olive Oil and Sunflower Oil here. JUST add the lye mixture to the oil mixture. You can see the change in the solution right away!












Starting to trace.


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Ready to pour!















Here it is! All tucked away. I took this picture right before I put the lid on, covered with some newspapers and a thick blanket. I can't wait to cut it tonight!!