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Sep. 29th, 2006
Soap, again
Sep. 29th, 2006 11:18 pmI'm back in the soap-making business. I made one tonight that I sooooooo hope will turn out because it looks absolutely gorgeous poured in the mold. I used mica color but this time, mixed the main color right into the lye water, and the swirl, with some oil to disperse things better. In the past I've had problems with the mica color not mixing well, and then bleeding out when the soap is used.
I haven't got a name for this yet, but it's a sweet, slightly woody blend of oakmoss, rosewood, and sandalwood, with a coppery base color and cappucino swirled in the pot:
The lighter color should darken a bit because there's some vanilla in the sandalwood fragrance.
I also played around more with micas while waiting for the oils to cool, and tried dipping my soap stamp in gold mica, then stamping one of the end pieces of the oatmeal cookie soap I made about 10 days ago:
It's hard to see from this photo just how shiny and iridescent the stamp mark is. I like it!
I need to get back into regular soapmaking, for Christmas presents, and to sell a bit on the side and make spending money for my winter trip to Mexico. Unfortunately I'm nearly out of some of the basic oils and need to head to Zenith Supply for some Palm and Coconut oils.
I haven't got a name for this yet, but it's a sweet, slightly woody blend of oakmoss, rosewood, and sandalwood, with a coppery base color and cappucino swirled in the pot:
The lighter color should darken a bit because there's some vanilla in the sandalwood fragrance.
I also played around more with micas while waiting for the oils to cool, and tried dipping my soap stamp in gold mica, then stamping one of the end pieces of the oatmeal cookie soap I made about 10 days ago:
It's hard to see from this photo just how shiny and iridescent the stamp mark is. I like it!
I need to get back into regular soapmaking, for Christmas presents, and to sell a bit on the side and make spending money for my winter trip to Mexico. Unfortunately I'm nearly out of some of the basic oils and need to head to Zenith Supply for some Palm and Coconut oils.