tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83666120277838426432024-03-18T20:34:41.199-07:00The Soap BoxxAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-11771608313802360592015-11-12T01:59:00.001-08:002015-11-12T01:59:46.347-08:00Soap Challenge Club - The Tall Skinny ShimmyWell....it has been a while since I have entered a challenge. Life certainly has got in the way this year, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to learn this technique...it looked so cool!<br />
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First thing I decided to do was go to design seeds and pick a colour pallette. I ended up choosing two, as I couldn't decide which one I liked more!!<br />
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So, I ended up doing 2 soaps! I had 2 tall skinny moulds, so I figured I may as well! First one I did was the pink/blue colours. I made a rookie mistake and added titanium dioxide to the lye water, which meant I had to blend it a bit more then I would have liked, and therefore my batter got a bit thick.....but I still kind of like the effect! Scented with Lovely in Lace from NG.<br />
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Next one worked a bit bitter. The batter stayed more fluid, and I was much happier at the end. This one is scented with Yuzu from NG.<br />
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I really enjoyed this technique, and will definitely do it again. Thanks to Tatiana for showing us how to do this, and for the instructions on how to make the corflute mould....I am sure this will come in handy one day :)<br />
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Dianne :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-17431203358036891832015-04-17T22:30:00.001-07:002015-04-17T22:30:46.179-07:00April Soap Challenge - The Spinning SwirlIt has been a while since i have done a challenge. Life has gotten in the way a bit, but I wanted to make time for this one, as it is a new technique to me. Not too keen on slab molds, or the having to cut horizontally, but I put all that aside and plugged on!!<br />
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I decided to do my rainbow soap, as I needed to make some more, and lets face it, this soap seems to get reincarnated every time there is a challenge!! It is scented with a mixture of Kumquat & Energy Fragrance oils. These are all my colours before I started pouring.<br />
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No photos of the during stage, but I do have some of pre - spin and post - spin! My batter got a little thick by the end, so the middle didn't really spin!! <br />
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I used a cardboard box as my mold, as the only slab mold I have I am not fond of! It seemed to work well.<br />
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While not completely happy with how they turned out, due to the batter thickening too much, I am pretty pleased with how they turned out. Due to my aversion to slab molds, and cutting horizontally however, I don't think I will do this again for a while!! :)<br />
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Thanks Amy for another great challenge....and good luck to everyone...<br />
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Until next time, take care<br />
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Dianne :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-75782343458995759492015-01-20T21:35:00.000-08:002015-01-20T21:35:25.007-08:00Butterfly Swirl - January Soap Challenge 2015Happy New Year everyone. Here's hoping 2015 will be a great one! <br />
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The Challenge this month is the butterfly swirl, and boy, did I chew up my data watching those videos over and over again!! Basically, it is a kind of drop swirl, then you get your hanger tool and do some fancy moves with it to get the butterfly. When 2 soaps are placed side by side, they should look like a butterfly! Hmmmmm.....I got some aliens, and some bug like creatures....not sure about butterflies!! The best butterfly I got was in my test run....1 colour, Lavender patchouli Essential oils......<br />
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So , after my success with my practice run, I got a little ambitious, and decided that I would do a rainbow butterfly! Yes......6 colours....one of them the base colour and the rest I used as the swirl colours.<br />
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Here is my hanger tool.....I used electrical tape to tape chopsticks to my hanger.....worked a treat!<br />
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So my Rainbow Soap is fragranced with a mix of Energy and Kumquat FO's. I used the following micas:</div>
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Red: Ruby Red</div>
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Orange: Peach sunset</div>
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Here are my colours all mixed and ready. I used the yellow as my base colour and the rest for the swirls.</div>
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Here are the results. I must say I am quite pleased with how this turned out....not really sure if they are butterflies or not, but the effect is pretty cool.</div>
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I like the way you get a totally different picture depending on which way you put the soaps together...the next 2 photos are the same pair of soaps.<br />
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This one kind of looks lie a skull in the middle! :)<br />
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Scented in Black Linen and Amber, I used Black Oxide, Tangerine Wow Pigment, Fizzy lemonade pigment and a white base. During photos are non-existent (again!)<br />
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Here is the top.....<br />
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I was very nervous about this one, because I had done the spoon swirl so many times, I think it made it worse! But I am very happy with how it turned out. Thanks Amy for another challenge. Good luck everyone, and MERRY CHRISTMAS :)<br />
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Dianne :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-64631787625698646242014-11-13T17:04:00.000-08:002014-11-13T17:04:14.872-08:00Great Cakes Soapworks November Soap Challenge - Combing TechniquesHi everyone! Finally I have been able to participate in another soap challenge. Life has gotten in the way of the last few challenges! I was a bit excited about this challenge, as I loved the peacock swirl one that we did right at the start. I considered doing another peacock, and then decided to try the Serpentine Swirl.<br />
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I decided everything in kind of a hurry, as I had a limited window, with no kids around and no hubby to distract me!! I chose a fragrance called Birds of Paradise, and from the description I was pretty sure it would discolour, but for this challenge, that did not matter.<br />
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I chose my colours: Blue, Yellow, Green and White.....and used micas to get these colours. Blue Kamikaze, Lemon Mica, Golden Green and Rutile Sheen for the white.<br />
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I actually weighed my soap into the squeeze bottles, so that the colours were even, added my FO to the rest, and put that in the mould.<br />
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Then it was the colours: First the green....<br />
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Now....I will confess that I couldn't make a combing tool, as I didn't have enough skewers, so I just did all the lines one by one......time consuming, but I did say that this was a spur of the moment thing, so I didn't really have a choice! The next photo shows the first lot of lines....</div>
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And here is the finished Serpentine Swirl! I was very happy with how this turned out :)<br />
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I decided to just jump in and try a 6 colour rainbow swirl....why not, hey?<br />
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* Ruby Red Mica - Red<br />
* Peach Sunset Mica - Orange<br />
* Lemon Mica - Yellow<br />
* Golden Green Mica - Green<br />
* Blue Kamikaze Mica - Blue<br />
* Cosmo Martini Mica - Purple<br />
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I guess everything went according to plan except the taking of photos during the process....I always forget to do this. I scented with a mix of Kumquat and Energy Fragrance oils. Here is the top:<br />
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And here is the finished soap.....please forgive all the air bubbles....my old trusty stick blender died and I had to use another one that puts a lot of bubble into the mix! I'm not convinced about the ITP swirl being easy....I just can't seem to get a handle on it! A couple of bars don't look too bad, but I think I will stick to other swirling techniques!!<br />
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Dianne :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-72040983831398568062014-03-18T19:08:00.000-07:002014-03-19T03:25:26.965-07:00Soap Challenge: The Drop SwirlHi there....it's is time again for a new Soap Challenge from Amy warden at <a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/" target="_blank">Greatcakes Soapworks</a>. This month, the technique is the Drop Swirl. I had done a few drop swirls before the challenge, but it was good to see a new video, and take on how to do it. This challenge has renewed my love of the Drop swirl....you get so many cool designs from it. I did quite a few drop swirls in the lead up to reveal day, and here are the two that I had the most trouble choosing between! Will let you know at the end of the post which one I have chosen to enter!<br />
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First one I did was with the fragrance Sweet Orange and Chili Pepper. Oh how I love this fragrance, and it plays quite nicely too. I chose Red, Orange, Yellow and White as my colours. I used micas to achieve the colours. Here it is. I got a lot of comments about this soap on my facebook page...people saw something in the soap...can you see it? :)<br />
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Next I decided to do a rainbow drop swirl. I regularly make a Rainbow Soap using the tiger stripe method, which I sell as fundraiser soap for Autism awareness. So I decided to change the design for a one off time, and do it Drop Swirl style. I am pretty stoked with how it turned out, and I think it will be a bit of a winner with my regular customers. <br />
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Even writing this post I was still undecided as to which one to enter! Wish I could do both!! Anyway, I flipped a coin and the rainbow soap won, so I guess that one is my entry! Hope you all like it! Can't wait to see what everyone else has come up with. I love these Challenges, and can't wait for the next one :)<br />
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Dianne :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-408986559415472512014-02-19T16:27:00.000-08:002014-02-19T16:27:33.398-08:00Soap Challenge : EmbedsHello everyone! Time again for another soap challenge from <a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/" target="_blank">Greatcakes Soapworks</a>. I always have so much fun doing these challenges, and this month's challenge of "Embeds" was no different. I have done embed soaps before, but decided to give this challenge a go anyway. <br />
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I made 2 soaps in the end. One with balls, and one with a long embed.<br />
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For the ball embed soap. I made several different colored soaps, and made some balls of singular colors, and some balls that were several different colors. I then rolled some in gold mica, and some in black mica. The fragrance I chose for this was "Glitter" from NG. Supposedly it was meant to rice, but I added my fragrance to the oils before the lye mix, and it behaved perfectly! Anyway it smells absolutely gorgeous! Here is the finished soap.<br />
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I have called this one Glitter Balls!<br />
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My next soap I made was with a fragrance called Stormy Nights. I had an image in my head of what I wanted this soap to look like. I have a star embed tube mold, so I filled this with white soap and waited for a few days before I could unmold it. Then I mad some more soap, split it into 3 parts, and colored one part with Activated Charcoal, one part with Blue Ultra Marine, and one part with Titanium dioxide. I then mixed several different colors together using these colors, to hopefully represent a stormy night sky, and layered them into the mold. Here is what I did with the top. At Christmas time I made a soap that I put mica dots down one side and turned them into stars using a skewer. This time I covered the whole top in gold mica dots :)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-1114097390079811982014-01-15T22:05:00.001-08:002014-01-15T22:05:55.943-08:00Soap Challenge: Taiwan SwirlWell, it is Soap Challenge time again! I can honestly say, this is the first one that almost had me beat! I made two attempts, and I can say, that if the second attempt had not been acceptable I don't think I would have tried it again!<br />
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My first attempt was a bit of a disaster. My batter thickened up way too much, and I didn't think that any sort of pattern would show up at all. It did, but only just! This one was scented with a mixture of strawberry and Raspberry, and the brown is Chocolate Fragrance....smells a bit yummy!<br />
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So then on to my second attempt! Changed my recipe, and chose to use an Essential Oil blend this time of Lime, sweet Orange, Litsea Cubea, Tea Tree, and a smidge of Lemon Eucalyptus.....wow...smells good! Chose my colours, orange and green and used micas, so I wouldn't have to blend them too much to get them to mix in.<br />
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Thanks for reading! Thanks Amy for yet another Challenge that has made me step out of my comfort zone, and good luck everyone :)<br />
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Dianne :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-50855793127419156172013-12-10T23:13:00.001-08:002013-12-10T23:13:35.197-08:00Soap Challenge : Column PourHi there! Well it's the silly season, and I wasn't sure I would have time to do this month's challenge from Great Cakes Soapworks, but I made time!! I had tried the column pour on one occasion before this challenge, and it was a total disaster! So I was pretty excited to see this as the challenge soap for this month. I will admit, my first attempt was not so great, mixture got really thick by the end, and it got really bad glycerin rivers......I had to try again.<br />
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This is where I tell you that I totally forgot to take during photos of the process! I chose an Essential Oil blend of Lavender, Lime and Lemon. With this blend I was able to choose the colors of purple, yellow and green. I chose a recipe with Coconut, Palm, Olive and Sunflower Oils, and it stayed a nice fluid consistency the whole pour! For my colors I used micas, Cosmo Martini, Lemon and Shamrock Green. Covered one of the kid's blocks in plastic and placed it it the mold. Here it is after the skewer pull through....<br />
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I was pretty pleased with how it looked at this stage, crossed my fingers, and put it to bed for a few days while we went away for the weekend! Then came the unmolding and the cutting, and I was pleasantly surprised! The bars look really quite good, all different, and the colors look good together! Here are a few photos of the cut bars.....</div>
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I had so much fun doing this technique, and I think I would do it again, now I have a proper slab mold. Thanks Amy for putting on the challenge.....had a ball! Can't wait to see everyone else's creations, and have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS everybody! Catch you all in 2014.<br />
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Dianne :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-55970545470103098522013-10-16T18:46:00.001-07:002013-10-16T18:46:19.620-07:00Dandelion Zebra Swirl Soap ChallengeHi there......another soap challenge is over and done with! This month for the Greatcakes Soapworks Challenge, we had to create a soap with what is called the dandelion zebra swirl, which is named after the very talented soaper Vinvela Ebony and explained on her blog <a href="http://seifee.blogspot.co.at/" target="_blank">Dandelion SeiFee</a>.<br />
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I used a slow moving recipe, but an unknown fragrance (silly, I know!), a fragrance called Kismet. The colours I chose were a pale yellow for the base colour, with black (activated charcoal), white (titanium dioxide), purple (cosmo martini mica) and orange (orange heaven mica).<br />
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With the colours all mixed, and the flexible cutting mat in the mold it was going pretty well, but I did notice that my soap batter did get quite thick by the end. But I kept going, and the end result is not too bad. Did a pretty swirl on top, and put it to bed.<br />
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So the end result of the dandelion zebra swirl......quite enjoyed doing it, and quite like the effect. <br />
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I did do another one....this time with Black Raspberry Vanilla Fragrance, and all micas as the colours, so I didn't have to stick blend any of the colours in. this time it was almost too fluid! But the end result was quite nice as well...I just like the colours of my first one better!<br />
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So....that is it for another challenge. Thanks once again to Amy Warden for organizing these challenges, and for everyone who participates....I just love seeing the amazing talent of all of you. <br />
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Until next time<br />
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Dianne :)<br />
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This month the challenge was to create a Multi-coloured gradient soap. The easiest way to describe this technique, is taking three colours and creating seven layers of soap, mixing them in between, so that the colours blend into each other<span style="color: #373737; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">.</span></span> Now this might seem easier then it is! I can't tell you how many times I watched the video, and read and re-read the notes, trying to get my head around the quantities for each colour! In the end I winged it! And I had also decided, that no matter what this soap turned out like, that I was not going to attempt another one! This was it!!<br />
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The first step of this challenge was to pick three colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel....or you could choose the primary colours of yellow, red and blue.<br />
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After much deliberation....and trying to decide what colours would go with the fragrances I had in the cupboard, I decided to go with the primary colours. I also chose a fragrance oil from Bramble Berry called Coconut Citrus Sorbet. I have previously used this FO to make a soap called "Island Sunset" . This soap is a white base with blue, yellow and pink swirls in it. But I thought I could create a "sunset" look with the gradient, soap.....so for a limited number of soaps, "Island Sunset" now has a new look!!<br />
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So I got all my equipment together and mixed my soap batter, and divided it into the required quantities needed for the different colours.<br />
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Here are my colours....blue, yellow and red.<br />
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Then came the confusing layering bit. Needless to say there are no photos of this stage of the process, as i needed to concentrate too much on what I was doing. At the end, I thought the top looked a little plain, so I decided to do a gold mica swirl on top!<br />
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And after about 24 hours I was able to cut my soap. I was pleasantly surprised! It looked OK, a little wonky in places, and the layers are uneven and curved, but all in all I am quite pleased with how it turned out. So here it is ......"Island Sunset".....the water, the sand and the sunset sky :)<br />
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DianneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-26374521347408048552013-09-09T22:59:00.001-07:002013-09-09T22:59:13.617-07:00Soap Crafting - My prizeHi there. I am a bit excited! I received my prize for winning the <a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/" target="_blank">Greatcakes Soapworks</a> Soap Challenge last month. I would like to thank Amy Warden for putting these challenges on for all of us Soap makers. For me it is about trying new techniques, and pushing myself out of my comfort zone. I would also like to thank <a href="http://www.soapqueen.com/" target="_blank">Anne - Marie Faiola</a> from Bramble Berry for providing the prize.<br />
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There are quite a few techniques in the book that I can't wait to try.....and to help me do this I have finally bought myself a slab mold, with dividers! Can't wait for it to turn up!<br />
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Bye Bye<br />
Dianne :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-58086086706613243572013-08-14T21:26:00.001-07:002013-08-14T21:26:36.869-07:00Soap Challenge #3.......The "HollySwirl"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, it's that time of the month again! Soap Challenge time courtesy of Amy Warden and <a href="http://greatcakessoapworks.com/" target="_blank">Greatcakes Soapworks</a>.<br />
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This month the challenge was to recreate the "Holly Swirl", so named after a swirl that Holly from <a href="http://missouririversoap.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Missouri River Soaps</a> did in one of her You-tube videos.<br />
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I will admit I tried this 3 times! The first one was not too bad, but suffered badly from glycerin rivers. the second one was not too bad either, it's just that the colours did not pop enough to see the inner swirl.<br />
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My last try, I used Black Raspberry Vanilla Fragrance from Bramble berry. I decided to use a red base colour and black and white for the inner swirl. I chose a new recipe that I have been working on, that is slow to trace, and it worked a treat! I used Ruby Red Mica for the red colour and Activated Charcoal for the black and Titanium Dioxide for the White. I poured the white and the black soap mix into another jug and did a bit of a swirl. then I poured the red base mix into the mould. From a height I poured the black/white soap into the mould, and then changed heights until all of it was in the mould. I forgot to take photos of this process!! Ooooops! I then did a bit of a swirl on top, sprayed with alcohol, and put it to bed.<br />
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Next day I cut it and got the best surprise! It looked good!! So here is the final photos of my "Holly Swirl", scented with BRV (love that smell!).<br />
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Thanks for looking! Until next time....<br />
Bye Bye<br />
Dianne :)<br />
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Hi there! Been a while between posts! I would just like to tell you all about a little project I have begun working on.<br />
In my extended family we have 2 children who have Autism. I have watched these two families cope with this for a number of years, and often wondered how I would have coped had it of been me. About a month ago I got to thinking....what if I make a soap specifically to try and raise a bit of money for Autism Awareness. I had decided while I was lying in bed thinking about it that it had to be a Rainbow Soap. My next step was to contact both families and find out if they thought it was a good idea, and also if I could use their sons' names in the name of the soap. Luckily enough for me they both thought it was a fantastic idea!<br />
My next step was to try and formulate a recipe that would be slow moving enough for me to work with the 6 colours for the rainbow. As my normal soap recipe can sometimes move a bit quickly on me, I had to think of something else! I devised a good one that is working so far for me! I also had to find fragrances that would not discolour or accelerate trace on me.....Energy and Kumquat from Brambleberry were perfect...and can I just say they smell divine!<br />
My plan is to sell the soap and donate $1 from every bar sold to an Autism Charity.....so far the response has been awesome, and I had to make another bigger batch today! Hopefully I can make a reasonable amount of money for Autism Awareness.....I guess it comes down to how much rainbow soap I can make!!<br />
So here is the first batch of Josh's Rainbow and Dexter's Rainbow (I will alternate the names, if you know what I mean)! <br />
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The top of the first batch, scented with Kumquat Fragrance Oil.<br />
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This is how it turned out....used micas for all of the colours.<br />
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And the top of the second batch I just made.....this one is scented with Energy Fragrance Oil.<br />
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So that's it for now.....hopefully I will be able to donate heaps of money to this worthy cause.<br />
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See you all later :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-66006048994800629642013-07-09T17:50:00.000-07:002013-07-09T17:50:31.292-07:00The Mantra Swirl - Soap Making Challenge ClubWell it's that time of the month again....time for another of <a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/">Amy Warden's</a> Soap Making Challenge Club challenges! This month we had to try the Mantra Swirl. We could choose to do either the Original Mantra, or the Modified Mantra. I chose the Modified Mantra, so I wouldn't have to try and cut my soap differently!! Yes, that is pretty much the only reason!<br />
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I chose Lavender and Spearmint Essential Oils to scent my soap. I have wanted to do this combination for a while, and this seemed the perfect time to try it out, as I thought the colour combination of Purple, White and Green would look nice in the Mantra Swirl.<br />
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So on the day, I made some dividers for my mould, and some nifty divider holders, as I would not have any help with the pouring of the soap. I also taped a chopstick to my hanger to make it a bit "wider". It all went pretty smoothly, I got to the emulsion stage and divided out my colours, then started to pour them into the mould.......this part was quite tricky, even with the nifty divider holders!! <br />
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This was after the pour....it is quite messy, I had soap everywhere, as well as in the mould! Luckily enough, most of it ended up where it was meant to be!<br />
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This is how it looked after I did the internal Hanger Swirl, and the the Mantra Swirl with the chopstick on the surface. At this stage I was extremely pleased with my effort! Then I put it to bed and left it for the night. During that time I think it may have overheated a bit, because when I cut the bars the next day, inside looked a bit weird!, but it still looks fairly cool and I am still pleased with my effort!<br />
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So that is my Lavender Mint Mantra Swirl. This was another awesome experience. I would like to thank Amy for doing these challenges. They have made me try new techniques, that I would probably not have tried, as I would have put them in the "too hard basket". So THANK YOU Amy, and I hope you like it!! Hopefully I can participate in the next one!<br />
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Have a nice day... <br />
Dianne :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-5299253050361931312013-06-14T01:51:00.001-07:002013-06-14T01:52:11.198-07:00Peacock Swirl.....First try and third try!! These are the ones that didn't make the cut!Hi there...as promised....here is an overview of the two other peacock swirls I did when I was trying to get one to enter in the competition.<br />
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My first attempt was a total bust. A combination of skewers too close together in the tool I made, and the soap batter being a bit thick.....this is the end result....<br />
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And here are the cut bars after I steamed the ash off.....<br />
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I guess...after all that they don't look too bad! They smell yummy...Black Raspberry Vanilla Fragrance Oil.<br />
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The whole peacock thing was doing my head in, and I decided to try once more to see if I could do it any better. This time I just did 3 colors, and chose a different fragrance, Eden's Garden from Bramble Berry.<br />
Everything went amazingly well...still used my single skewer! And the end result looked fantastic.....until the next day when it was covered in popped air bubbles! So here it is...peacock #3....<br />
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Here it is after the initial skewer pass through....<br />
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Here it is after the S - Curves.....was really really pleased with how it looked....it was much neater then my original one!<br />
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And here it is with the air bubbles the next day...total disappointment....<br />
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And finally...cut...they smell pretty good, and if I can work out how to get the top layer off without a planer, they will look excellent!!<br />
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So that's the peacock for a while.....don't know if I will ever do it again, as cleanup was total hell...but for limited editions, it might be OK. See you all later :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-78494485659350131382013-06-10T20:15:00.001-07:002013-06-10T20:15:33.496-07:00The Peacock Swirl - Soap Challenge ClubHi everyone.....the time has come to tell you all how my peacock swirl experience went! I used the recipe off the website, which was:<br />
35% Olive Oil<br />
30% Palm Oil<br />
25% Coconut Oil<br />
10% Rice Bran Oil<br />
5% superfat<br />
I used a fragrance I had not used yet Black Raspberry Vanilla from BB. All I can say is YUM!!<br />
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Anyway, back to it. My first attempt was a total bust. Soap thickened too much, and I had my skewers too close together in the tool I made to do the pass through.....long story short...all my pretty colours got mixed together!<br />
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But it got the better of me and I tried again that afternoon. I used the colours: Red, Yellow, White and Black. Put my fragrance in the rest of the soap batter and into the mold. I squeezed the colours alternately into the mold in stripes. Then I got my SINGLE SKEWER!! Wasn't game enough to use the tool again, so I used a single skewer to do the initial pull through:<br />
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Then came the confusing S curves! Got the skewer again and drew the s curves through the soap batter....wasn't that neat, but it turned out OK in the end:<br />
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And here are the cut bars. I think for a first attempt it turned out OK.... I was definitely out of my comfort zone, and I am so glad I did this challenge....can't wait for the next one :)<br />
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Oh I should add that I had to spend about 2 hours steaming ash off the cut bars....silly ash!!<br />
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Well that's it...will do a post later about my failed attempt and my third attempt, that was really good until the next day when I looked at it and it had tine popped air bubbles along the s curve lines! :(<br />
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Bye for now...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-84477979758234037772013-06-03T21:24:00.002-07:002013-06-03T21:24:19.779-07:00The Creative side of SoapingAs a soap maker, I guess being creative is part and parcel of the job. But occasionally, you are made to think even more creatively when a challenge is set. I am a member of The Soap Making Forum on the internet, and for a few months running we had a monthly soap challenge with a specific theme. I was pretty keen to take part in these challenges, as it made me think outside the box a bit, and made me steer away from my normal swirls and patterns.<br />
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The first one I took part in was "A soap depicting a song from the year you were born". When I saw the theme for this one, i couldn't even begin to get my head around how to depict a song! So I hit GOOGLE, and finally came up with "Moondance" by Van Morrison. ( The year by the way is 1970.) So then my next mission was to figure out what to do. I made a white embed in an old gladwrap tube. Then I mixed some different shades of blue, in what I hoped would end up looking like a night sky.....then I put it all together, and the end result was the following soap. I scented it with Love Spell, as I thought it kind of went with the mood of the song!<br />
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The next challenge I participated in, was the theme of "Mythology". Now this one had me stumped! So once again I hit GOOGLE, and almost instantly I found a Greek Myth that I thought I could work with. It was the myth of PERSEPHONE - Queen of the Underworld. She was the goddess of Spring Growth alongside her mother Demeter. One day she was seized by Haides and taken to the Underworld to be his bride. Her frantic mother searched everywhere for her, and finally discovered that her husband Zeus had conspired in her abduction. She was furious, and refused to let the earth fruit until Persephone was released. They relented, but because Persephone had already tasted the fruit of Haides, Pomegranate Seeds, she was forced forever to spend a part of the year in the Underworld. Her annual return to earth in Spring is marked by flowering of meadows and new growth, and her return to the Underworld in Winter sees the dying down of plants and the halting of growth.<br />
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This I thought I could work with....so I planned my soap......predominantly black for the Underworld, with bright colours representing the colours of Spring Growth, and scented with Pomegranate Fragrance Oil. So here is "Persephone - Queen of the Underworld"<br />
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The last one I participated in was create a soap depicting your LOCALE. Well I had thousands of ideas running through my head for this one....it was just a matter of getting them all into one soap!! As I have mentioned, I live in Central Queensland in Australia. In our region we have Coal Mining, Cattle Grazing, Crop Farming and Dairy Farming. I wanted to put all of these into my soap. So I added a little bit of Cow's Milk to my recipe for a start! I scented the soap with Lemon Eucalyptus Essential Oil ( because I figured that Eucalyptus is a good Australian scent) and the I put a black layer on the bottom, depicting the Coal Mining, then a layer of green, depicting Cattle Grazing, but I also put a pinch of ground oats in this layer for the Crop Farming part as well! Lastly I did a white layer with some black blobs, which were meant to look like the Dairy Cow.....and here it is....."Callide Valley"<br />
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The main reason for this post is that I have entered Amy Warden's Soap Making Challenge Club, and this Month it is the "Peacock Swirl". I will update you all on how that went soon. These previous challenges helped me get the confidence I needed to be able to say....Hell yes, I can do this! I'll let you know how I go! <br />
Bye :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706275222045018509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366612027783842643.post-33265467259533582222013-05-29T21:09:00.004-07:002013-05-29T21:09:53.987-07:00Hello....and welcomeHi everyone, my name is Dianne and I am a soap maker from Queensland in Australia. Have decided to start this blog as an extension of my facebook page, I guess like a diary of sorts, to let you all know what I have been up to, and what is planned for the future.<br />
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So, a little bit about myself. I have a loving partner, who I have been with now for 10 years,and two beautiful children, Chloe who is 5 and Lachlan who is 2. I have been making soap now for over 10 years, originally making it for myself and family, and giving it away to friends. Last year I decided that I needed something to do, as I am a stay-at-home mum. Then it hit me! Maybe people might actually pay money for my soaps! So I set about making my first lot of soaps for a local market. I didn't have any pretty colours or anything yet, just the basics from the kitchen cupboard, but I did OK! Here are a few of my first soaps that I made......<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">With the money I made from my first market I invested in some pretty colours, and some fragrance oils as well (all of the first soaps I made were Essential Oils). I had never had to try and make my soaps look pretty before as they were made only for personal use and for gifts...this was a new challenge for me! So I watched dozens of youtube videos on different swirling techniques and tried my hand at a few of them for my next lot of soaps, and the results were pretty good!</span></div>
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This is Candy Cane....done with hanger swirl<br />
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This is Island Sunset.....done using the "Celine Swirl"<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So that was my first couple of months of soaping and trying to sell it! Will post more photos later of some of my new works of art!!</span></div>
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