Angel91805 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 :whoohoo: :whoohoo: And it only took 6 batches! ROFL! I CP'd cold. Meaning, I used ice cubes with my lye. Then I used the method Eugenia posted the other day. I added my FO to my oils. I mixed in, by hand, the lye. When it was mixed in, I removed some. Then I colored my base with Select Shades and SB'd it to a light-medium trace. Then I SB'd the uncolored part to medium trace. Swirled in the mold. I must say, I'm pretty damned proud of myself! ROFL. We'll see what it looks like tomorrow when I cut it.Hugs,Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcroome2005 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I would be very proud too. Great job!!!! :yay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Beautiful soap...can't wait to see it cut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazeforsoap Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Congratulations, love that color! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Lilac Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovelyLathers Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Beautiful swirls. The color is great. I love my select shades. Congrats on a great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysj Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I would be proud too!!! Great job beautiful color & swirls. Okay I want to know about the ice cubes this is a new one to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel91805 Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 Ahhh...the ice cubes....something I picked up from one of CareBear's casual comments. I tell you....I am like a sponge at times! My first two miserably failed batches, both had the FO seize on me. Through lots of Q&A's by the good folks here...some thought maybe either the lye water or the oils were too hot. SO, I switched to room temp soaping...and things got better. But then I'd have to make the lye water and then leave it sit on the counter <gasp> for a few hours to come to room temp. In some thread someone mentioned chilled water. So, I stuck my bottles of distilled water in the fridge in the garage, for next time. Then in a different thread, CareBear mentioned using ice and then she wouldn't have to wait for the lye to cool down. Made sense, everyone talks about freezing goat's milk, so why not freezing the water?? Duh! (I have those moments alot!) SO....I forget what I needed today...something like 15 oz of water or something like that....I used about 12 oz of ice cubes and then poured in the rest of chilled water. Took the whole mess outside and then started pouring in the lye. You kind of have to do a little at a time until the lye starts melting the ice....and it took for-freaking-ever for the water to get clear....I finally gave up on that....and by the time my other stuff was ready to go, the lye water was mostly clear. Kind of thick...but mostly clear. But...when I added the lye to my room temp oils, the lye water was still chilled to the touch. I didn't let my soap gel...never even got warm in the mold, so we'll see what happens tomorrow afternoon!Sorry to prattle on there!Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliZona Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 WOW that's a beauty! You should be very proud, can't wait to see some cut pictures tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirloomoriginals Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Very nice!Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 That's beautiful soap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaG Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Very pretty & great looking swirls:yay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 That looks totally awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryinCary Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 You should be proud. Looks like a perfect swirl to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystical_angel1219 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Great looking soap, can't wait to see the cut pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondk Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Really pretty soap and great swirls. Hmmmmmm, do we have cut pics yet? :tiptoe: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyy Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 It looks GREAT!!! Fantastic swirls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon WY Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Ditto what everyone else said!!!!! Great job:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel91805 Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 Well...I'm just not sure what happened....*faint* Let us not forget that I failed Chemistry...not once...but TWICE! ROFL!So, I soaped cold...chilled actually (the lye anyway). I did a no no with the Select Shades and that might have been the problem. I didn't mix the colors separately. Not sure what I was thinking, but I added one color directly to the soap and then added the second. All sorts of swirls happening in the pot with that! Well...after the chilly start...7 hours after I poured, the soap started to gel. So I slapped a cutting board over if. Figured if it was gonna gel, by God, I wanted it to gel to the edges! LOL. The next morning, I got this:The color is definately different...more aqua-y than the pastel green it was when I poured it. And the uncolored parts are darker too. But then some of the original green came back. I'm thinking it's the Select Shades boo boo. <sigh> So....inadvertantly, I think I got a three color soap! LOL. And here it is cut...but not cleaned up....Eh...there it is....Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthygirl Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I like the way it came out! Aren't booboo's great sometimes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azmommy Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EMercier Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Really nice. I'll swirl one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Looks wonderful in the first post. Not too bad in the others, but not sure why you got some color differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I love it. This is one of my most popular scents. The frgrance is as awesome as your soap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodle Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 THAT LOOKS GREAT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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