topofmurrayhill Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Not a lot to see yet, but thought I'd share anyway. This is a tester out of my 2-bar mini mold. The way it looks and the way it smells are not meant to be related. It's part of my natural veggie soap project, which is keeping me and my little mold busy trying to do 3 things at once: 1 - Come up with an all-veggie oil formulation that's at least as good as my old signature recipe with animal fat. 2 - Learn about essential oils and blending. 3 - Learn about natural colorants. The swirl is just to try out a colorant, which you can guess in this case is activated charcoal for an easy-peasy black. I should dust off the SLR and start posting nicer pics again. Phone cameras are just so convenient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I love it! Must be tough to steer away from a tried and true recipe for soap. I do like the idea of all natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-GRAN-ONES Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 You have some lovely swirls going in there. .And it looks nice and creamy. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Great job on the swirl. I love the look of using charcoal in soap. I just hate working with it as I always make a mess just opening the bag of charcoal no matter how careful I am! Good luck with the veggie blend. Took me a while to perfect some all veggie recipes that I love as much as using lard or tallow. Veggie fats just don't feel the same-- but I embraced that and by using different combos found some simple recipes that really felt nice on my skin. I like that I can now offer all vegetable and even a couple vegan recipe soaps to my customers. Did you get SMR's sample collection of natural colorants? They have some really nice ones in that. Some of my favs are the clays, spirolina, and nettle leaf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Great job on the swirl. I love the look of using charcoal in soap. I just hate working with it as I always make a mess just opening the bag of charcoal no matter how careful I am! Good luck with the veggie blend. Took me a while to perfect some all veggie recipes that I love as much as using lard or tallow. Veggie fats just don't feel the same-- but I embraced that and by using different combos found some simple recipes that really felt nice on my skin. I like that I can now offer all vegetable and even a couple vegan recipe soaps to my customers. Did you get SMR's sample collection of natural colorants? They have some really nice ones in that. Some of my favs are the clays, spirolina, and nettle leaf. I never tried swirling in my little test mold before. It's just enough soap batter for 2 bars, so imagine separating 1/3 of it for a swirl. Without scraping it down, half your swirl portion would just stick to the bowl. On the matter of charcoal being messy, I plopped. Yes, I plopped my charcoal into the soap bowl. So of course, POOF! Cloud of charcoal dust. The coating all up the sides of the bowl was particularly rewarding. I haven't ordered the sampler kit. I want to create some different looks but not necessarily go too crazy coloring every fragrance. There could be swirls, solid colors, botanicals, scrub, or what have you. So far I've been picking and choosing colorants to try based on how desirable the results seem and how convenient they are to use. I've got charcoal, indigo, Moroccan red clay and annatto. Maybe I also didn't want to feel like I'm juggling too much, so I've approached the aesthetic matters gradually. I'm getting kind of excited about the veggie formulation. Even though it's harder to get a good balance without the animal fats, I think I might end up with a veggie recipe that's even better than the original. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trappeur Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Very clean cool looking soap. Love the colors! Trappeur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam W Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 That is a classy looking bar of soap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushie Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I like the colors a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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