GrandmaArial

WOW! Now that is eye catching! It looks like doodles to me, and I see an upside down happy face in the middle one, LOL. I'm sure you won't like it, but all i can think of is "Blue Doodles" LOL.

As always gorgeous.

Ok, I’m not sure about the scent, we usually take a bath to get rid of that smell, LOL, but they look great!

Pretty soap!

Great save, those look really nice.

What great swirls! Beautiful colors too!

How did I miss this? Very elegant looking!

Very NICE!

Natural? This is the most unnatural soap I’ve made! LOL. The closest to botanicals in it are a few drops of infused oils and the white tea I used for liquid. The specks on top and the grey swirls are silver mica. I was working on making a soap that doesn’t look rustic, LOL, just to be different. I guess I need to try harder, LOL.

You can send me a sample of that too... I'll give you all the feed back you can handle! I promse!

Me me me me me me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yay: :yay: I volunteer!

Yesterday I wasn’t thrilled with this; the ginger had taken over and couldn’t smell the gardenia, cinnamon or clove at all. What a difference a day can make. The gardenia has bloomed beautifully! With the undertones of the spices it’s a bold and brassy scent! Probably not for everyone, but definitely me! This is only the second batch of soap I’ve made that has no additives besides some white tea (for liquid) and the FOs. (gardenia, green tea and ginger, clove, and cinnamon). The other batch was my first try at CP and I wouldn’t up tossing it. This one I may make again. Maybe…it moved very fast, was a pain to get in the mold in time. The first attempt for this had white tea swirled in that turned a greenish, greenish black with the silver mica, then the un colored portion seized as I was pouring it into the mold. It actually broke into chunks! I tried to save it by tossing it all into the crock pot but the whole thing took a look of something you don’t want to bath with (think wrong end of a cow, and I’m not talking about the milk). That batch had more green tea and ginger, and infused oils of pepper and nutmeg (just a couple drops each).

Please feel free to PM any time. By sharing our experiences we can extend our knowledge and understanding of our conditions ways to deal with them.

Very bold! Beautiful colors!

Beautiful pictures! They show your soap off to thier best, which wouldn't be hard, as they are fantastic.

Those look great! That They are your first batches just makes them better!

I have multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome, and yes, some FOs cause me problems. And listen to lovelylathers. The assumption that because it’s “natural” it’s safe can be a dangerous mistake. I have found, that for me, getting the hydrocarbons out of my bathtub has helped lessen my sensitivities dramatically, and I am going slow introducing myself to FOs. Wear gloves to avid skin contact, and make sure your work space is well ventilated, just common sense, helps too. Welcome to the forum and good luck.

I don’t know why you aren’t please with the looks, I think it’s very pretty! Make sure you cure it with good air circulation, not to warm. Maybe it will absorb back in, I so hope so because I really want to try it!

You might try this, make them yellow, let set a day to dry out just a bit. Then use a blush brush, the big floppy kind and lightly dust with gold mica. Then melt clear MP to just melted and dip each item. set aside to dry then trim.

They look like magic!

Well, it is certainly nateral! The scent has compleatly faded, but I have to admit I still like it. It's good soap with a good feel to it. I even caught my husband useing it the other morning and he has been busily trying to convince me to not try anything new, that I only need the bay rum soap for men...

Your soap is beautiful. It is rustic, but that seems to be the nature of HP. From what I have seen few can get the fine texture and vibrant colors with HP that can be created with CP, and it takes years of practice. Your HP is much nicer than my HP, so I am in no way insulting your soap. I am amazed that you can make HP so attractive with no more practice than you have had yet. I think a year from now we will be seeing some really spectacular soaps from you.

They look like you painted them. So dramatic! I love the colors. If you can do a big one I can hang on the wall…

They both look pretty good to me, considering it’s HP. I have not tried strawberries my self, yet, or any fruit, but have read where some people have had trouble with mold with strawberry purée. You might want to set them back for a test. I think if it is well puréed and not more than about 1 or 2 % (less water) added it should be ok, or at least I haven’t had any problems with mold … yet. As for the cucumber, you can add the skin and seeds into your purée, at least I did. The skins will add a nice green tint to the soap and the lye breaks the finely puréed seeds down so nothing but a bit of fiber is left. Do make sure it is very finely ground. They both look nice, and I think your packaging is very attractive. I’m looking forward to trying your soap.

They are all wonderful, but I have to agree... the texture of the blue sugar makes it very special.