Made The Banana Soap

[thecandlespastore]

I scented this one with the Ripe Banana Fo from Herbal Soaps by RJ, yummy fragrance, very true to banana. Pureed 2 small chiquita bananas and added 4 tablespoons at trace. It went into instant gel after that:

[Crafty1]

nice job.

[thecandlespastore]

Thanks for looking!

[dcroome2005]

Looks good!

[HeavenScentU]

That looks awesome!!! I bet it smells yummy!!

[AnitaG]

I bet that smells yummy.

[CareBear]

Nice! I love the textured tops you too!

[Carriegsxr6]

Yum, I bet they smell great.

Hey how do you make the background of the photo white like that?

[Scented]

I'm sniffing ... I can't help myself lol! Yeah I love your textured tops. I need a class

[thecandlespastore]

Hehe, thank you for looking. For the white background I have one of these that I got a few years ago when I was feeling spendy:

http://www.sharpics.com/Products/featured.html

You can easily make one with a box and some white kraft paper and clip on lights.

The textured top is created first by me making a kind of side to side design with my small spatula. Then I take a bamboo skewer and go the opposite direction:grin2:

[Scented]

You make that sound a little too easy! Someone told me that once too and I'm still not getting it all that well

[soapbuddy]

I bet it smells awesome!

[maryann]

LUV IT!!!

So for 4 tbsp of banana how many lbs of oils/butter??

[Kaybee23]

Very nice....it looks much nicer than mine did and prolly smells better too. I wasn't happy with my banana experience, but may try again soon.

[thecandlespastore]

Aww, dont give up, it was a fun experience:wink2:

I used 4 tablespoons for 36 oz of oils/butters.

[thecandlespastore]

You make that sound a little too easy! Someone told me that once too and I'm still not getting it all that well

About what, the light box or the textured top? For the textured top I will have to see if DH will video me one day while I do it. The lightbox is really easy, here is a cool tutorial:

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent/

[elitenaildesign]

Those are some good looking bars! Yum

[malaki]

i made some the other day 2 but im not sure i like it yet i scented mine with stawberry 2 make strawberry with real bananas i used 6 tbsp for 6lb batch. it smell pretty good but its very soft so i hope it drys out. but yours looks great.

[Meridith]

Oohhhhh. It looks so creamy and smooth. Good job. About 16 years ago, the Body Shop used to sell a banana conditioner made with real bananas for the hair that was really nice. The bananas made my hair feel so soft. I'll bet that soap will feel nice.

[thecandlespastore]

Ohh, some guy says he uses the inside of his fridge to make the white background. So I tried it, took a sheet of paper, put it at the back of the frige so it curved and then placed the soap on the bottom half. Results:

Did a good job! No editing, no flash, one shot. I might have to start using my fridge for this, lol.

[thecandlespastore]

i made some the other day 2 but im not sure i like it yet i scented mine with stawberry 2 make strawberry with real bananas i used 6 tbsp for 6lb batch. it smell pretty good but its very soft so i hope it drys out. but yours looks great.

Mmm, that sounds like a yummy dessert:drool:

Thanks for looking everyone!

[Steph in tx]

Those Banana Bars look GRRRREAT!!!!

[Marisa]

I love anything banana, very nice soaps.. i would love to hear how the scent holds up in a couple of weeks..mine seem to really fade but I havet used that companies banana

[lindsaycb]

Z!!! You just HAD to rub it in.

How big of a batch did that turn out to be? I need to go buy more bananas. Mine are always really BIG.

[thecandlespastore]

:laugh2:It is a 35 oz oil batch, made 12 nice sized bars:)