Firefly

They both look great.

They look perfect for summertime.

Nice soaps

Barbara,

Thanks for the tip about the ash.

Thanks.

candlemama,

Yes the whole bar it melt and pour and I just kept mixing it. It didn't turn out at all the way I planned.

The soaps are great and I like the Green Tweed one. You have nice swirlies going on.

Very cool, I love the Satsuma one but they are all pretty.

It looks wonderful, I'm ready to jump in there and start soaping. I like the cover below the soaping table too. I'm always curious to see where people soap.

This was a bit of a disaster that turned out really well and I took lots of photos of it:

In the mold:

Out of the mold:

2 Soaps shot:

5 soaps shot:

Not sure I could ever duplicate this again.

Thanks everyone.

Scented,

I'm hand forming my balls. There is a soaper that makes perfect soap balls and I don't know how unless maybe she is using a mold to form them. It took me awhile to get them pretty even and my palms were quite sore. I can only make so many at a time and then I take a break and come back to it.

If I make this combo again I'll know what to expect as I had a really cool design idea with a three colour swirl and I just couldn't do what I wanted. Next time I'll just make a simple batch knowing I don't have much time to work with this scent. I'm not sure the scent is going to stick very well but I'll know more in 6 weeks. I used too much Bergamot I think which I know really fades in CP and I would up the Cinnamon. I had my mom and sister sniff as I was creating it and they would give me great feedback saying it was too heavy or needed a little of this and that.

It's gorgeous as always.

These are beautiful.

Loulougirl,

Thanks.

Here is the cut photo of Lemongrass:

Thank you everyone. The only problem with doing a soap like this is no soap after that seems to compare. I've made 3 since this batch and I go oh that's nice but not like the 15 swirl one.

Pretty, I like the layered colours.

This one was a new custom blend I made and the soap traced so fast I could barely get it in the mold. It has: Benzoin, Balsalm of Peru, Cinnamon, Bergamot, Rosewood and a few others I can't remember. I made it after Chelsea Market in New York City as I was in New York on holidays recently and loved that market. Here it is in the mold:

Here are the cut photos. I'm dying to try this one out to see what it's like:

Lemongrass in the mold, my sister had fun designing the top:

I'm hoping to unmold this after work.

Ummm, did you know that one of the Seven Dwarfs is hiding in your soap?? Look at the first pic (of entire mold) -- middle row, 2nd bar down. You can see his eyes, nose, and hood!!!

No, I didn't realize that. I'll have to look at it more closely and pick up my cut bars too see it.

Thanks, I used ultramarine blue but also used an aqua blue mica that turned purple:

Here is the Ocean in the mold:

Wow you have been busy. I like the Sandalwood Vanilla one.

Thanks for the lovely comments. Yes, I am dying to use a bar.

Here it is out of the mold:

Each bar looks unique.

They last a long time depending how often you use them. I liked one of their scents and my sister bought me a few bars to try out. Their scents don't smell as pure as mine though so after trying it once or twice I didn't like it as much anymore. For example I liked their rock star one (think that's the name) but in the shower there is a backlash or some under lying smell I don't like. Probably all the chemicals (hahaha).

Two week-ends ago at the market I sell at a girl bought one of my Headache Relief Oils and she said she worked at Lush. I just smiled.

I've always used shrink wrap for CP (even salt bars) and M&P. The wrap does shrink after time but I just zap them with my heat gun. I use clear labels over the shrink wrap.

number2or7,

Oh that red is divine. I've never got a red like that with red oxide. Your hubby did a great job.

Oh I love them all, that pink sugar one is very cool looking.