tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86939190155424356112024-03-13T21:32:06.892-07:00Bearprint SoapsMargo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-31481611623583994952020-06-29T14:05:00.000-07:002020-06-29T14:15:13.628-07:00One Pot Wonder Soap Challenge<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
The June 2020 Soap Challenge offered by Amy Warden of Great Cakes Soapworks is called "One Pot Wonder".</div>
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Here are the description and rules of the 2 different categories we can choose from to make the soap:</div>
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<b>REGULAR CATEGORY:</b> Your entire soap must be made with cold process or cold process/oven process to create a “one pot wonder” design only in a log mold by pouring no more than 4 layers of colors in your pot, then pouring back and forth along the long side of the mold to create the design in one pouring session. Tops can be decorated however you wish, but no added embellishments after the soap is cut<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div>
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<b>ADVANCED CATEGORY:</b> Your entire soap must be made with cold process or cold process/oven process to create a “one pot wonder” design only in a log mold by pouring 5 or more layers of colors in your pot, then pouring back and forth along the long side of the mold to create the design in one pouring session. The soap must be colored and fragranced with 100% natural ingredients (not nature identical or created in a lab – listed in the tips & tricks section below). Tops can be decorated however you wish, but no added embellishments after the soap is cut.</div>
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Amy's inspiration for this month's challenge came from a video that Tania of Soapish posted on her Instagram account. Thank you Tania for sharing this technique for the challenge this month, and also Amy for teaching us.</div>
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The soap I am entering for the challenge will be for the regular category. The colors for my entry were neon colors from Mad Micas. Pink was "Tickled Pink", orange was "Cheesy Poof", purple was "Grape Ape", and for the white I used Titanium Dioxide. The fragrance I used was Plum Tea from Bramble Berry, I love this fragrance and it was nice to work with, it has been discontinued and I am hoping one day they will bring it back in stock.</div>
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The second soap I made was a Red, White, and Blue soap. I fragranced it with Spiced Apple Cider from Bramble Berry also. And the red was from Nurture Soap "Really Red, White was "Titanium Dioxide" and the Blue was "Union City Blue" from Soap Making Colorants. This soap got thick really quick so I was not able to get the smooth wispy design, and I added the soap stars I made using a column mold. I really love this soap design and plan on using this technique to make it a regular item in my line of soaps.</div>
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The third soap I made I used these colors from Nurture Soaps: Amaranth Pink and Purple Vibrance, from Mad Oils Peacock, and from Wholesale Supply Plus Sparkle Light Gold mica. The fragrance is Ginger Ale from Bramble Berry.</div>
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I hope you enjoy the pictures of my entry soap and the other 2 other batches I made.</div>
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Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-89667455418551367142017-12-16T10:26:00.001-08:002017-12-16T10:39:29.110-08:00December 2017 Soap Challenge"Straight Lines Design"<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This month's
soap challenge offered by Amy Worden of Great Cakes Soapworks is called <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Straight Lines Design".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This soap challenge will be the last
challenge by Amy as she has an exciting business opportunity, I am so happy for
her, yet sad for not having another one to look forward to. I want to give a
BIG thanks to Amy for making all these challenges available to us, I know it
took a lot of work on her behalf. I also would like to thank all the people
that stepped forward to teach us some really awesome techniques. I don't want
to miss thanking all the sponsors each month and their generosity, and the
monthly judges of each contest. I started Amy's challenges way back on March
2012 and it has been a fun opportunity and loved seeing all the other talented soap
makers beautiful creations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This is the
instruction for this challenge: "</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif";">
Your soap must be made with cold process or cold process/oven process only,
featuring straight lines in the majority of the soap. They may be horizontal,
diagonal, or a combination of both. They must all be poured in one “session”.
No embeds. You may have as many or as few straight lines as you wish, depending
on your skill level and how the lines will best serve the overall design. The
goals are straight lines and multiple layers, in that order." </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Well that
sounds easy enough, but that turned out not to be as easy as it sounds. The
hard part for me was waiting for each layer to set up so I could move on to the
next color. It took a total of 5 hours just to get the layers poured on my 1st
soap. Yes you read right, my 1st soap. I made a second soap and the results did
not turn out as well as the first soap but that will be explained in a bit. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">For my entry I
chose Bramble Berry's "Pearberry" fragrance oil and it smells
AMAZING! For my colors I used the following mica's: Super Pearly White,
Cappuccino both from Bramble Berry, and Teal Vibrance from Nutures Soap
Supplies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I am calling
my soap entry for this challenge "Journey's End". ! I just can't
thank Amy enough and I wish you all the best! As I shared my journey with
everyone I hope you all have enjoyed it</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Introducing my "Journey's End"</span><br />
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mentioning the second soap I made. I wanted to put a gold mica line between
each layer, but it did not work well on the first layer so I stirred the gold mica into
the soap instead. Then the second layer of white <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>seemed set up enough to pour on the black and
poured the white layer blended into the black layer so I tried swirling the two layers together and it took forever for this to set up enough to continue with the other layers. The next 4 layers
went on like they were supposed to, but the very last layer of black did not
set up correctly at all and I ended up planning most of it off. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day I will give this color scheme another
try but here is the end result.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Challenge offered by Amy Worden of <strong><a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/" target="_blank">Great Cakes Soapworks</a></strong> is "Tiger Stripe".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1. Definition of Experienced Soapmaker: You have been making soap for at least
2 years OR you have made more than 50 batches. A newbie MAY enter the
experienced category if he/she wishes.<br />
2. Your soap is made with cold process only, featuring Tiger Stripe techniques
in the majority of your soap, using a log mold. You poured your soap in lines
from one end of the mold to the other. You may have manipulated the soap after
the pours were made, but it is still apparent that there are stripes throughout
the soap.<br />
3. Your soap has at least 2 different colors.<br />
4. Your soap has been cut normally, in vertical slices.<br />
5. The photo you are submitting has soap(s) from ONE batch only, with the only
editing being for lighting and color adjustments to best represent what the
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I have wanted to make a tiger stripe soap and incorporate a bright pink color into
the mix of colors for a long time, so this was the perfect time to give it a try. For my
colors I chose<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Activated Charcoal"
for the black, and "Titanium Dioxide" for the white (both from
Bramble Berry), and I used a pink called "Day Glo Pink" . <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The soap is scented with "Pink Berry
Mimosa" fragrance oil from Wholesale Supple Plus. I used a wavy divider that
I had purchased quite a while back and wanted<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>to see how it would affect the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>different
colors I chose for each side of the mold, both sides will have the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tiger stripe. When cut the only difference
that showed was that each side had different widths of the colored sections and
the other side of the bar had just the opposite widths of colors than the other
side. I think this wavy divider would actually be better suited for a
horizontal cut of each soap bar (my next experiment), but since the challenge
rules were to cut the bars vertical that is what I did. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still like how they turned out and enjoyed
experimenting. </span><br />
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techniques that I normally would not know how to do, or to do them differently.
Thank you Amy Worden for sharing with all of us some pretty awesome ways to
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am calling it "Pink meets Wild".</span></td></tr>
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Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-8970969520474724912016-10-15T11:14:00.002-07:002016-10-15T11:36:17.578-07:00October Soap Challenge "Wood Grain Soap" <br />
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this challenge is to get our soap to look like a natural wood grain. The
textures, colors, and feel of a piece of wood can vary from tree to tree, and
the look of the wood will also change depending on the finishes and stains, or
paint that is used on it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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synthetic. In order to enter your soap in the all-natural category, it must not
contain any synthetic ingredients. No fragrance oils, micas, pigments, oxides
(including <a href="http://www.bulkapothecary.com/product/raw-ingredients/other-ingredients-and-chemicals/zinc-oxide/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">zinc oxide</span></a> and <a href="http://www.icis.com/resources/news/2007/11/07/9076547/titanium-dioxide-tio2-production-and-manufacturing-process/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">titanium dioxide</span></a>) or dyes. A list of ingredients as you would
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category. These may be listed in the caption or blog post that you link to, not
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I decided I would like to make a soap that looked like weathered wood and started
searching for images on Google for pictures and found some good examples and
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small amount of the white and teal for part of the design. Everything went really
well at first, the soap stayed very fluid for the pour, but when I actually
started turning the mold back and forth to get the wood texture look a bunch of
soap spilled out over the top of the mold, what a mess that was. Well I got
that cleaned up and then I pressed a wood grain texture mat onto the top of the
soap in the mold. Well there was a bunch of air bubbles under the mat and no
matter what I tried I could not get most of them smoothed out. When I unmolded
the soap the air holes looked awful so when the soap was hard enough to handle
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use the "Russian Piping Tips" that I had ordered a few months
previously so the timing for this challenge was perfect. I went on YouTube
and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>watched several video's of using the
tips on real cupcakes (not soap cupcakes) and fell in love with the
"Russian Ball Tips" so I ordered a set of those also from Amazon. I
thought they would come relatively soon but as <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the days kept ticking by and they did not
arrive in the mail I was getting a bit nervous that I would not get the time
needed to do the challenge and get pictures taken. Well they finally arrived on
Sept. 14th so I started my project on Thursday, September 15th with fingers
crossed that all would go well with the process, no time to give it a second go
if they did not turn out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is waiting for the soap batter for the piping to get hard enough to pipe onto
the tops of the cupcakes and hold its shape without collapsing. I separated my
batter for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 different projects, one for
some square bars of soap using the Rosebud Russian Tip, and then the cupcakes
using the Ball Russian Tip that I had ordered on Amazon. On the rosebud tip my
frosting was not set up enough and the petals did not stand up enough. I have
never made leaves before and I definitely need a lot more practice on them. I
waited until I finished with the cupcakes to pipe the leaves and by then the
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ball tip. As you are piping the frosting with this tip you are twisting your
wrist back and forth and it creates the pretty ribbon look. When you lift off
the tip it leaves the top with a hole and I used <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the open star tip to fill that in, boy was it
messy getting the soap out of the bag and into another bag even though I rolled
up the original frosting soap in saran wrap. On the frosting YouTube video's I
watched they made it look so easy, next time I will make a separate bag just
for that part of the process and have it ready. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have chosen to enter my rainbow cupcake
soaps for the challenge, but will also post some pictures of my rosebud soap
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in love with the Russian Tips. I want to practice more with them and thought
maybe I should just make some frosting cupcakes for practicing with and
could<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>give them to the grandkids to
enjoy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you Amy and can't wait to
see what the next challenges will be.</span></div>
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<br />Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-69927630941657574032016-08-07T23:43:00.002-07:002016-08-07T23:43:29.283-07:00My adventures making the "Dancing Funnel" Soap Challenge.<br />
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Serko of Creative Soap by Steso. She is
so talented and I never get tired of looking
at all of her awesome creations. I am so grateful that she would share
with us just how to make this soap design along with the helpful tips. Also I
would like to thank Amy for all her information and the video tutorial of her making the soap. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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requires that you have a very fluid soap
batter and it is recommended that we do not use our stick blender to bring the
soap to a light trace, and instead stir
the soap enough to establish an emulsion so the oils and water/lye mixture will
not separate. I was very nervous that I
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am happy with the results and will submit for the Challenge. It is scented with Lavender fragrance oil from Bramble Berry. The color I used for the rim is a dark purple mica, the other two colors were a pink and a lavender mica (used the same purple as the rim and added some white mica to lighten it). </span></div>
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My color choices.</div>
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The finished soap in the mold.</div>
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Here it is unmolded and ready to cut into bars of soap.</div>
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fragrance oil, I added the fragrance to
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and within a few minutes the soap started to quickly get really thick. I hurried
and separated out some of the soap and colored it white, and colored the rest
yellow and globed it into the mold alternating colors and mixed it a bit to
make a swirl and stuck it into the warm oven to gel. I did get some nice bars
of soap so was happy with that, and they smell really nice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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colors I chose for this one was a red for the outer ring, black for one center
color, and red for the other center color. At first everything was going great as
I was making all the different colored centers, then the colors seemed to be taking on a
shape of their own, and that is when I noticed that the soap oils seemed to be
seeping to the top of the soap and the colors were traveling away from the
design. I decided to just add the rest of the colors try swirling the top layer that had seeped the oil
and put it into the warm oven and see what happens. The oils did absorb back into
the soap batter as it gelled....whew. I went ahead and planed the bottom part
of the soaps just to see what the dancing funnel colors looked like, and I could see that the colors were actually traveling away from the design. Looks like we have us some soap to use for our family, and it really
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colors. This time the soap stayed together for the entire pour and I decided to
see how it would turn out if I did not gel the soap. I was a softer soap than
the ones that I gelled and I had to wait longer to plane the tops but other
than that all went well. I am pleased how it turned out, the colors remind me of candy corn (except for the teal)......now that has me thinking of a possible soap to make if a vendor has that fragrance oil.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Time for another
Soap Challenge. This month is a "Drop Swirl"
offered by Amy Warden of Great Cakes Soapworks. It is a fairly simple method,
and the results are fabulous. It is best to have a fluid soap so that the
colors will pour easily into the main soap color for your drop swirl. I like to
pour my different colors pouring them<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a
bit high into the main soap that I have already poured into the mold, then the
colors will go all the way down to the bottom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">For the soap I
am entering <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>into the soap challenge I used
Bubblegum Pink mica from The Conservatorie for the base color. For my three swirl
colors I used two different purples, Purple Rainbow from Nutures Soap Supply,
and Passionate Purple from The Conservatorie. I used Titanium Dioxide for the
white. The fragrance I chose was Love Spell from Bramble Berry, I have worked
with this fragrance several times and knew it would soap really well, and it
smells wonderful also. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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easily accomplished as the first soap. I used a fragrance oil from Bramble
Berry, Passionfruit Rose. I had not soaped with it before and was not sure if
it would accelerate in the soap. Well it did accelerate trace in my soap, which
made the soap a bit thick for this type of a swirl, it was more like a
"Plop Swirl" but I managed to get it into the mold before it
thickened too much. This is a new mold for me and I was anxious to try it out.
I love the roses on the top (which is actually the bottom of the mold). And
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Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-22239405523889747392014-02-16T12:35:00.002-08:002014-02-18T20:30:05.347-08:00Soap Challenge Club - Embed Soaps 1-16-14<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Soaps" offered by Amy Warden of Great Cakes Soapworks. I can't wait to see the
creations from all the other talented soap makers, I love looking at their
soaps as much as I enjoy making my soaps. Please don't forget to go to Amy's
blog page </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/greatcakessoapworks/app_9953271133" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> to enjoy everyone's soap entries,
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<span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I love looking at pictures of soaps with embeds. You
may be asking just what is an "Embed", according to Merriam-Webster
Dictionary</span><span style="color: #656565;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on its web
site <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embed" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">HERE</span></a></span> it is described as</span>:" em·bed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>verb <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>\im-ˈbed\: to place or set (something) firmly
in something else.<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I have decided that I wanted to make two different
soaps, one for the girls and one for the boys. For the girls I will be
embedding hearts,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and for the boys
mustaches. I had to make the embeds for the soaps a few days before I made the
actual soap, that way<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they had time to
set up enough to get them out of the molds. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The soap I am entering in this month's Soap Challenge
will be the girls soap with heart embeds. I love how<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the red hearts just pop out in the white
& black swirled soap. I think they will make a nice gift for Mother's Day,
and would be a perfect soap for Valentine's Day also.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recently I read<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jennifer's Handmade Soap blog and she wrote a
tutorial on how to make a " Dusted Embed Soap".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got pretty excited reading about how to do
it, it was perfect timing for my heart embed soap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jennifer gave me permission to share the link
to her blog and her great instructions. You will enjoy seeing her beautiful
soaps and the instructions <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://networkedblogs.com/TwsLf" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">HERE</span></a></span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I used a fragrance from Wholesale Supply Plus in this
soap "Pink Berry Mimosa", and for colors I used Titanium Dioxide for the
white and Activated Charcoal for the black. The small heart embed mold I
purchased on Etsy, and the larger heart I purchased from <a href="http://www.brambleberry.com/Mini-Heart-Silicone-Column-Mold-P5811.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Bramble Berry</span></a>. I loved
how easy the hearts released from the molds, if you plan on making a soap using
embeds I would recommend purchasing this type of a mold. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Embeds out of the molds. OK lets get to making some soap.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Coated in the Activated Charcoal.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Messy, messy, messy!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j9Ymn-2xPBo/UwEH5FUeZKI/AAAAAAAAA0w/63ogatnEz7s/s1600/2014-02-08+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j9Ymn-2xPBo/UwEH5FUeZKI/AAAAAAAAA0w/63ogatnEz7s/s1600/2014-02-08+021.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here I have added the first heart embed. Next I will add the last </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">heart embed and the remaining swirled soap.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VPbEbsO7DJQ/UwEICvktPQI/AAAAAAAAA04/BJsEkJZ6nLQ/s1600/2014-02-08+022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VPbEbsO7DJQ/UwEICvktPQI/AAAAAAAAA04/BJsEkJZ6nLQ/s1600/2014-02-08+022.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I added a layer of white soap base and some soap dots, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">that I will turn into a heart design....</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Inserted my tiny heart embeds onto the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">black hearts I made with the soap dots.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love close up pictures of the tops!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unmolded soap log, I can't wait to cut it</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">and see what the inside looks like.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Very excited on how the soap turned out.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is so neat that with a swirled soap that every bar of soap</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Look at the soap on the left, the swirling</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">made a white heart next to the red one, I love it.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">For the man's
soap I used a fragrance from Bramble Berry called "Blue Man". I knew
it would discolor the soap so for the swirl color I chose "Blue Vibrance Mica",
I wanted the blue to pop out in the soap after it discolored. The Moustaches I used <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Activated Charcoal for the black.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aren't they so cute. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Makes you smile just looking at them.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I usually have a hard time lining up my embeds so that when</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I cut the soap they are spaced equally,</span><span style="font-size: small;"> so I taped some dental </span></div>
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Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-62620191052526954802014-01-16T23:11:00.002-08:002014-01-16T23:11:51.102-08:00Soap Challenge Club - Taiwan Swirl 1-16-14<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Well here it
is another month and a new year. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things
have settled down after the holidays and what a better way to start out 2014
than with another <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>new soap challenge
offered by Amy Worden of<span style="color: #595959;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/" target="_blank">Great Cakes Soapworks</a></span>.<span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>I thoroughly enjoyed this one which is
called the "Taiwan Swirl". It is not a hard swirl to do if you have a
soap that does not come to trace too fast, and the results are fabulous. The
hardest part of this swirl for me was choosing what colors I would use, and
what would be a safe fragrance that would behave in the soap long enough for me to complete the swirl.<span style="color: #595959;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I made 2 different
soaps using this technique, and also used 2 different fragrances. For the soap
that I chose to enter into the challenge I used a fragrance from <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.naturesgardencandles.com/" target="_blank">Natures Garden Candle & Soap Supplies</a></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>called "<span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.naturesgardencandles.com/candlemaking-soap-supplies/item/hbunny/-Honey-Bunny-Fragrance-Oil.html" target="_blank">Honey Bunny</a></span>". Here is their description of this fragrance: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"This fragrance oil by Natures Garden
opens with sparkling notes of bergamot, sweet orange, and crisp apple; followed
by rich, golden honey nectar, toffee bits, and soft white musk mingling
together to create a sweet treat as natural as sunshine." </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The colors I decided on for this soap were: Fired
Up Fuchsia, and Brown Oxide from <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.brambleberry.com/" target="_blank">Bramble Berry</a></span>,
and for the white I used Titanium Dioxide. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I decided to try an In-The-Pot swirl with the 2 pink colors and see how that would turn out. Lets see what happens.......</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">to remove the dividers so I can do the swirl. Notice the </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just finishing the first step of the swirl.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here I have completed the Taiwan Swirl.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I really like the In-The-Pot swirl with the two pink colors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">For my second
soap I used a fragrance from Aroma Haven called "Pomegranate & Ginger".
In this soap I wanted to have a teal, a purple, a white, and a black. For the teal I used some
liquid colors from Select Shades. With these
colors they have a color chart to choose what color you want, then you mix other
colors to obtain that color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see
in my pictures of the soap in the mold that the teal is more of a green color rather than a teal. My first reaction was that
these colors don't really work, but as the soap cured it turned a lovely teal,
just the color I was aiming for. I can't wait to make more soap using their
colors. For the purple I used Nuture Soap Supplies Purple Rainbow Mica with a
tad bit of Ultra Marine Blue Oxide added to get a darker purple, Activated
Charcoal for black, and Titanium Dioxide for white.</span></div>
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Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-59401883908522046322013-12-13T22:00:00.000-08:002013-12-13T22:00:05.581-08:00Soap Challenge Club - Column Pour 12-13-13<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This
month's soap challenge offered by Amy Worden of </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.networkedblogs.com/blog/great_cakes_soapworks" target="_blank">Great Cakes Soapworks</a></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
is called <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Column Pour", or Column Swirl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I
have been waiting for a long time to do this technique. I found a star shaped
ceramic candle holder at a Goodwill store a while back and thought it would be
perfect for a column swirl and couldn't wait to try it. As a soaper<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look at a lot of things differently now, I
am constantly looking at things and wonder if I can use it for soaping, or will
it make a good soap mold. Some of my finds have worked really well, while others
have not. I think this star shaped candle holder worked out perfectly for a
column pour </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">and will save it for future soap batches<span style="color: #595959;">. I
don't think it will ever see a candle again, but lots of soap<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>:)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I
used Bramble Berry's "Kumquat" fragrance oil and it is AMAZING! It
does not accelerate in the soap and gave me plenty of time to accomplish the
column pour. Beside behaving in the soaping process it also smells wonderful.
For my colors I used Titanium Dioxide, and the following mica's: Magic Pink,
Apple Green, Luster Grey, and Melon Orange. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">One
day while reading <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.otionsoap.com/blog/" target="_blank">Otion's Soap Blog</a></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> they had featured a column swirl created by Kat, it was so
beautiful, you can check it out </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.otionsoap.com/blog/2011/06/22/kats-column-swirl-attempt-1-2/" target="_blank">here</a></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">. She used a circular pattern for the
swirl. I love it so much I decided to give it a try also. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mine did not even come close to being as nice
as Kat's, but I sure had fun doing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is the picture of Kat's Column Swirled soap, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">which was the inspiration for my soap.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p>Now here are the pictures of my soaps, I hope you will enjoy them also.</o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My colors are mixed and ready to pour.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is the first pour of each color of the soap.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have now completed the circular part of the swirl.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It sure looks different after they are cut into bars of soap.</span></td></tr>
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Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-30470393768030878862013-11-15T21:56:00.000-08:002013-11-15T21:56:12.534-08:00Soap Challenge Club - Squeeze Bottle Design 11-15-13
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This
month's soap challenge offered by Amy Worden of </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/greatcakessoapworks/app_9953271133" target="_blank">Great Cakes Soapworks</a></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
is called <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Squeeze Bottle Design".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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make this month's soap we decide on a design or draw a design and use it as a
template on the bottom of the soap mold with piece of butcher paper liner over the
top of the design, and use squeeze bottles (similar to ketchup or mustard squirt
bottle) with our soap colors to create the design on the bottom of the soap
mold using the template as our guide. My mold is silicone so I put the design on the bottom
of the wood support for my silicone mold and put my silicone mold on top of the
design. I found a scroll design online and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>made several copies of it to fit across my mold. </span><br />
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after I mixed up the colors and added them into the very small squeeze bottles
(they were only 4" tall from the bottom to the top of the tip) and started on my pattern. I quickly found out
that the lines were too intricate and I could not get my soap lines as fine as
I wanted them to be, I also could not add all the lines in the pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are a few pictures of the making of my
soap. I scented it with Lavender Lemon and used mica's from The Conservatorie
and Nurture Soap Supplies.</span><br />
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me, this challenge was harder than I thought it would be. I plan on making more
soap using this technique and try to perfect the process. Thank you Amy for the
challenge, I love learning all the new ways to make soap and cannot wait for
next month's challenge. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The cute little squirt bottles with the colors added.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The design is completed the best I could do.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I would have loved to had the very fine lines over these thick lines</span></td></tr>
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Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-27470558850453196982013-10-19T08:53:00.002-07:002013-11-14T22:44:51.705-08:00Soap Challenge Club - Dandelion Tiger Swirl <span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This
month's soap challenge offered by Amy Worden of <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/greatcakessoapworks/app_9953271133" target="_blank">Great </a></span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/greatcakessoapworks/app_9953271133" target="_blank">CakesSoapworks</a></span></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> is called the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Dandelion Tiger Swirl".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This technique was introduced to soapers by
Vinvela Ebony, if you want to see her beautiful soaps please visit her blog </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://seifee.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">dandelion SeiFee</a></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is so talented and I love looking at
all of her creations.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This
technique requires that you have a fluid soap batter that you will color and
pour down a platform of some type that you <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>insert into your soap mold to create the swirl.
On my first batch I used Black Raspberry Vanilla fragrance from Natures Garden.
My colors for the swirl are black, red & white. On this soap I used a
plastic cutting mat to pour the colors into the soap. As I was pouring the
colors the soap batter started to thicken which made it harder to do the swirl.
I more or less had to sort of glob it on towards the end. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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my second attempt I used a piece of plexiglass cut to fit my soap mold. I liked
how easily the soap flowed down the plexiglass to create the swirl. The fragrance
oil I used on this batch was Vetyver from Bramble Berry. This is the first time
I have soaped using this fragrance and it behaved really well and did not
thicken the soap, the colors flowed so much better. For the colors I used Green
Oxide, Super Pearly White Mica both from Bramble Berry and Magic Yellow Mica and
Cosmo Martini Mica both from The Conservatory. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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enjoyed this challenge and I will be planning some of my future soaps
incorporating this technique. I want to thank Amy Worden for putting on each monthly
soap challenge, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and especially all her
hard work in making the video tutorials for each<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>challenge. I have learned so much by participating
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Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-1391687102256024112013-08-09T10:37:00.001-07:002013-08-09T11:11:44.598-07:00Soap Challenge Club - Holly Swirl <br />
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This
month's soap challenge offered by Amy Worden of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/" target="_blank"><strong><em>Great CakesSoapworks</em></strong></a></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> is the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Holly
Swirl". I have admired all the soaps made by Holly from </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Missouri
River Soap</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> and am so excited to try her technique. Please take the
time to go visit her web site </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://missouririversoap.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank"><strong><em>here</em></strong></a></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">,</span> her Facebook page </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Missouri-River-Soap/264348723577234" target="_blank"><strong><em>here</em></strong></a></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">,</span>
along with her YouTube page </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Sparklebrook/videos" target="_blank"><strong><em>here</em></strong></a></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> where she shows us how she creates
her wonderful soaps. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I
had such fun doing the "Holly" swirl that I made 2 different batches
of soap. The first batch that I made was the Lavender/Lemon. On this one I used
Bramble Berry's Essential Oils, Lavender 40/42 and Lemongrass. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the
colors I used Titanium Dioxide, Magic Violet & Magic Yellow.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">On
the second batch I used Bramble Berry's Cherry Almond fragrance oil. I love this
fragrance and on this batch it soaped very well for me. The colors I used were
Titanium Dioxide, Burgundy Oxide, and Cosmic Fluorescent Pink. I also used gold
mica for a very faint pencil line.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I
can't wait to see everyone else's version of their "Holly Swirl" in
this challenge. I know they will all look great. I want to thank Amy for
offering this soap challenge along with Holly for being so willing to share her
talents with us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I hope you enjoy the pictures of the 2 soaps and the process of me making them.</span></div>
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Here are pictures of my first soap and the process. </div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This
month's soap challenge is the 'Mantra Swirl'. I have wanted to try this
technique ever since I saw some of the beautiful soaps made by other soapers and fell
in love with the swirls and the beautiful colors. You want your soap batter to
stay very fluid to accomplish this swirl so I and use more soft oils in my recipe, you also
need to use a fragrance that does not move fast, <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pink Sangria from WSP</span>. When you cut the soap you cut
it horizontally instead of the usual vertical cut so the swirl shows up on all
the bars. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Worden of </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/greatcakessoapworks/app_9953271133" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Great Cakes Soapworks</span></a></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">, showed a great video on 2 different
ways to do the Mantra Swirl, the "Original" version and the "Advanced/Modified"
version. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am a visual person so her
video's really helped me to understand the whole process. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After watching both of the video's (twice),
I was ready to jump right in and give it a try. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided to do the Advanced/Modified version,
after all this is a "Challenge" right...................fingers crossed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I
saw a Modified Mantra swirl displayed on a Facebook page that was made
by </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ramy.sanchez.5"><b><span style="color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ramy Sanchez</span></b></a>, that
soap was so amazing! She was so gracious to post a picture tutorial showing
us the process that she used to create it, needless to say we were all so
excited. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can visit her blog </span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://jabonesramy.blogspot.fr/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> and see all the fabulous soaps that
she makes. Thank you Ramy for sharing your talents and technique with us. Here
is a picture of one of Ramy's soap that inspired the design of my soap. Isn't it so pretty.</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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can use to make future batches. Amy I loved this challenge and can't wait for
the next one you have planned for us. I love all the other soaps made by the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have everything ready to start the soap. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I have printed out some pictures of Ramy's soaps, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The colors I used are Titanium Dioxide, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Fluorescent Pink (WSP), Activated Charcoal.</span></td></tr>
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Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-452915249936828522013-06-11T23:41:00.000-07:002013-06-11T23:41:09.966-07:00The Soap Challenge Club - Peacock Swirl
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I am happy to be participating in the NEW Soap Challenge put on by Amy Worden
of Great Cakes Soapworks. This challenge is a bit different than the previous
ones. With these challenges we have to register to participate and pay a small
fee, and we can choose which ones we want to participate in each month. Well worth the
small expense, in my opinion, for Amy's time and effort that makes it possible
for us to do this, besides all the great instructions, tips and even a nice
recipe that will give us the time needed to accomplish this swirl. Beside
getting the opportunity to learn, there is also a chance to win some great
prizes with each challenge. The people who sign up for each challenge will have the opportunity to
vote on their favorite 3 entries, and that is what will determine who will win
the prize. I can't wait to see the other contestants soaps, I know they will be great!</span><br />
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for a very long time and this is just the incentive I needed to give it a try.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The fragrance I chose for this soap is "Summer Melon Spritzer" from Bramble Berry. It has some great reviews from other soapers about how well it behaves while soaping and the smell is <u>amazing</u>. </span>I am happy to share with you some pictures
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My colors are all mixed up, bottles ready for the </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here I added some gold mica mixed in olive oil to</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here I am dragging the rake through the soap. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here it is all swirled, boy it sure made me dizzy </span><span style="font-size: small;">looking </span><span style="font-size: small;">at the soap </span><br />
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Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-53020510313612770802013-04-27T15:57:00.002-07:002013-04-27T15:57:56.002-07:00Soap Challenge Week Four. 2013<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Well this is the last soap challenge for this year and I again
am sad to have it end, but I must admit I have thoroughly<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>enjoyed every minute of it. I also want to
thank Amy Worden of Great Cakes Soapworks<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for giving us so much of her time and the opportunity
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so excited to try this technique
and could hardly wait for Amy to post her tutorial. So I decided to do a Google
search for Leopard Spot soaps and found the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://oilandbutter.blogspot.com/2013/01/leopard-spotted-soap.html" target="_blank">Oil & Butter blog</a></i> where she showed her beautiful pink leopard spotted soap,
along with a YouTube video on making a cake with Leopard Spots. Well that was
just what I needed to get me started. Later when Amy posted the tutorial of her making her
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I decided to make a girls and a boys leopard spotted soap and was
so inspired by the pink leopard spotted soap made by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://oilandbutter.blogspot.com/2013/01/leopard-spotted-soap.html" target="_blank">Oil & Butter</a></i> I thought I would use those colors for the girls
version and blue colors for the boys. I made the girls version before Amy posted
her tutorial for us (I was just too excited to try it to wait), <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but I did wait for Amy to posted her<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tutorial before making
the boys version. I wanted to see if there was another way to make it other
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girls I used a brown oxide and a fluorescent pink pigment, for the boys a blue mica
and activated charcoal. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did not add fragrance
into the colored portion of the soap as I did not want it to thicken up too fast on me
where I would not be able to pipe it onto the soap. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The fragrance I selected for the girls soap is <em>Strawberry
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Stripe</i></b> soaps, and my girls and boys version of my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Camo</i></b> soaps. I am also thinking
of making a soap gift basket that will include one of each of the 5 soaps and
call it a "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Safari Hunters Gift
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making these darling soaps. And don't forget to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>go to Amy's blog and see all the other leopard
spotted soaps at: </span><a href="http://networkedblogs.com/KH26d" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #4dd83c;">GreatCakes Soapworks</span></span></a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are my mica colors all mixed up. Notice the tea infuser, it has</span><br />
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called "Elemental Swirls". <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amy
Worden from Great Cakes Soapworks described it like this, " in-the-pot
swirls divided by a pencil line. You will need to divide your soap into eight
equal parts – 3 colored parts with similar tones + 1 uncolored part for each
layer". I decided that I wanted to try this method using my Upright Vertical
Mold instead of pouring it into a regular loaf mold. My thought was to pour the
2 different 'in-the-pot swirls' on each side of this mold and before removing
the center divider to twist it 180 degrees and that would make the color transfer
to the opposite side of the mold and create a circle in the middle of the soap.
Well one thing I have learned with soap making is you don't always get what you
planned. In this case my soap was setting up too fast after adding the
fragrance and I did not get a fluid pour, more like I just better hurry and
glob it into the mold pour. My circles of colors are a bit lopsided due to the
soap setting up so fast but I still like how the soaps turned out, each one has
its own personality. Can soaps have personalities, or maybe I should say their own
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The fragrance I used was "Pearberry" and I again
printed off pictures of fruit and berries to plan out my colors. For the pear
colors I used Apple Green Mica and Yellow Mica, for the berries I used Magic
Blue Mica, and the red I mixed Red #4 and Red Lake #7 and mixed in a bit of
Valentine Red (TKB trading).</span><br />
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you but the soap started setting up way to fast so I hurried to get it into the
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<span style="font-size: small;">I would have </span><span style="font-size: small;">liked to have seen more of the natural soap base but </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I had some soap batter left over and I poured it into a small loaf mold. </span><br />
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Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-9197624322640233822013-03-30T09:14:00.001-07:002013-03-30T09:23:14.528-07:00Week 1 Soap Challenge 2013<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I am very excited to again be
participating in another one of Amy Worden of </span><a href="http://networkedblogs.com/JNBf4" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #4dd83c;">GreatCakes Soapworks</span></span></a><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Soap Challenge".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the second year she has offered people
to sign up and "challenge" themselves to try new soaping techniques
and post their results. This year I didn't even have to give it a second
thought and committed right away. I am of course hoping it will be a yearly
event, you know like this would be the "2nd annual Great Cakes Soapworks
Challenge" (hint, hint Amy).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">On last year's challenge I learned so
much and expanded my soap making skills. All the other participants were so
talented and some of the nicest people to take the journey with. The pictures
of everyone's soaps were amazing and so fun to look at. I never get tired of
looking at other peoples soaps....may seem strange to some, but not to us
soapers. We call it "soap porn".<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This week's soap challenge is to make a soap using a technique
called "Tiger Stripes". I was very excited to be doing this one. Let
me explain, you see I live in a very small town in Oregon called Yamhill, which
is a farming community. The population is around 700, the town consists of a
small strip of businesses which includes a small country store, one gas
station, post office, bank, 3 small restaurants, and a few other businesses.
Our bordering town is Carlton and the kids from both cities go to school together.
The Elementary school is located in Carlton, the Junior High and High School
are in Yamhill. You are probably wondering what all this has to do with me be
so excited about making a "Tiger Stripe" soap, well the High School's
mascot is none other than a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TIGER</b>!
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here you can see that I have pictures of tigers that I printed </span><span style="font-size: small;">as my</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> inspiration for my colors and I have my colors selected ready to mix.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Colors are mixed, gloves are on, I am ready to get started. Oh yes and</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have started pouring my colors. I poured a thin line of color 1,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">then poured a thin line of color 2, then a thin line of color 3. I </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">continue </span><span style="font-size: small;">pouring each color this way until the mold is full.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I textured the top and put on a bit of glitter. </span><br />
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make a "Watermelon Soap" for a long time. You would think that it not be too hard
to do. Well for starters I will need to find the perfect watermelon color,
sounds like it would be pretty simple doesn't it. I have found that to get<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a good red is really hard to accomplish in a
cold process soap. First you start out with a white to cream colored soap base, and when adding a
red colorant to that you get pink, add more red you get a darker pink. Getting the perfect watermelon color will be my biggest
challenge. I have seen pictures of soaps that <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have a really nice red in their cold process
soaps, I really envy the soapmaker for knowing the secret to getting that red. I don't feel that watermelon is a really bright red, to me that it has
more of a reddish/coral coloring to it.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Lake Dye #7<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Lake Dye #22<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Lake Dye #40<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Bordeaux Mica<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Queen Kathryn Mica<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Ruby Rose Mica<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here are some of the test colors mixed up. I brushed some </span><span style="font-size: small;">of </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here they are out of the molds, you can see some slight </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I just could not help myself, I had to go pruchase a watermelon </span><span style="font-size: small;">to be sure </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now for the bottom row. The only color I felt come</span><span style="font-size: small;"> close is </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This one is looking real close to the right </span><span style="font-size: small;">color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And here they are out of the mold and cut. They are scented</span></div>
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</div>Margo Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444876424434412860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693919015542435611.post-56845960744992906512012-07-14T10:53:00.002-07:002012-07-14T10:53:38.039-07:00Soap Challenge Soap Swap<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">I was sorry to have the "Soap
Challenge" come to an end. I had a lot of fun trying new methods of soap
making, but I think my favorite part was getting to see everyone else's soaps
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a 'Soap Swap" with the other participants, we just had to let her know if
we were interested. Boy I jumped on that right away. How fun would that be! For
the swap Amy teamed us up with another soap maker that had also signed up and
we were to send one or two bars of soap that we made to each other. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">I would like to share the soaps that I
received from Lisa of <a href="http://www.willowmoonsoaps.com/"><strong>Willow Moon Botanical Bodycare</strong>.</a>
They all smell so good and I cannot wait to try
them all. I received a bar of her "Cocoa Mint Bliss" which was from
her in the pot swirl challenge, along with one of her popular bars from her
regular soap line "Comfrey, Oats & Aloe". As a special treat I
also received some sample bars of soaps, "Earth Dance", Lemongrass
& Ginger", "Rosemary Nettle" shampoo bar, Lavender & Tea
Tree, and Apple Harvest".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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she put into this series of soap challenges for all of us to enjoy, learn more skills, and to connect us with
other talented soap makers. I also would like to thank Lisa as my "Soap
Challenge Swap Partner". This has been a fun adventure for me, if you were to ask me if I would do this again my answer would be "In a heartbeat, YES". If you ever
get the chance to participate in something like this I would encourage you to
jump at the chance, you will not regret it!</span></div>
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"All Natural Soap". So what exactly does that mean, <span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">no synthetic fragrances or colors can be
added. You could use plant-based essential oils for scent or no scent added at
all. </span>I looked to see what I had on hand that I could
use and decided on a calendula soap using a peppermint and spearmint essential
oil blend for the fragrance. The first step in making this soap was to infuse
the calendula in olive oil. To speed up the infusing process I used a crock pot
(dedicated to soap making only) and added the calendula and olive oil and
heated it on a low temperature for about 4 hours. I then strained the mixture using
a coffee filter to remove the calendula petals. I used 1/2 aloe vera juice and 1/2 water to mix with my lye . After making the soap base and
mixing in the EO I divided out some of the soap base into 2 measuring cups for
the top and set aside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the
remainder of the soap I added some dried calendula and mixed it with the stick
blender and poured that into the soap mold. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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wanted to use paprika as my natural colorant. In one of the measuring cups I
added 1/2 tsp. of the paprika to the soap base and mixed, I wanted it darker so
I kept adding 1/2 tsp. at a time until I liked the color. I ended up using a
total of 1 1/2 tsp. I was afraid if I used too much it would be too scratchy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted a nice red color to go along with
the peppermint EO but when I put the color on the top it reminded me more a tomato
soup color. With the other measuring cup I left it the natural soap color and I
will use this as a color to put on top of the paprika color and swirl. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am happy how the color did turned darker
after the soap went through the gel phase The next time I try paprika as a
natural colorant I think I will go ahead and add more to the soap and see what
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am not sure if Amy will be offering more challenges after her busy summer
season, if she does I will be very excited to participate in doing more. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amy I would like to thank you for all your
hard work putting this challenge together for us and I cannot even begin to
tell you how much I have learned and how grateful I am that you would share
your awesome skills with us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Please to go to </span><a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #4dd83c;">Great
Cakes Soapworks</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">and see Amy's beautiful soaps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"Landscape Soap". The first challenge for me in even doing this soap
was to think of a landscape that I thought I would be capable of doing. I have
been thinking about it for a couple of weeks as I knew I would need to do my
embeds for this soap ahead of time, so I decided <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to do a sunrise scene. I wanted the soap to look
like a slice of the earth (like you see in gardening books showing your
planting layers). The week before I made extra soap base so I could create the
sun ahead of time. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">For my colors I used a brown mica for the
ground, green oxide for the grass, for the sky I used ultra marine blue and
added a blue mica, for the clouds I added a white mica to the natural soap
base. I scented the soap using a "Eucalyptus & Spearmint"
fragrance oil. I was not sure how this fragrance would behave so I added some to
each layer as I did them, instead of to the whole batch. When I sliced the soap
on my cutter it was a bit hard to get through the sun part in the soap since it
was made the week before and was quite a bit harder, but it did cut it without
breaking the cutting wire.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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to try this again and hopefully my imagination can come up with something with
a lot more detail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I will share some of the pictures of the
process and the finished soap. I hope you will all go to </span><a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #4dd83c;">Great
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here is the tube I used to make the sun. I tried something new to plug the bottome of the pipe, I poured some heated melt & pour soap base in the small plastic container and while it was still melted I put the pipe in and let the soap base cool before I added my cp soap base. It worked really well and I did not have to worry about the bottom leaking, plus when I pushed my soap out of the tube I was pushing against the melt & our base and not the actual soap embed.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">plastic and I don't like the wrinkles it created on the sides.</span><br />
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Soap". This is not a new technique for me and after watching the video Amy
mentioned by Holly of <a href="http://missouririversoap.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Missouri River Soap Blog"><span style="color: #595959;">Missouri
River Soap</span></a>, I decided to try Holly's method. The peaks on the video looked
interesting and I would be able to attempt something completely different than my usual texture for the
top of my soap. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">For my swirl colorant I am using a Green Oxide.
The fragrance I chose for this soap is "White Gardenia", I love this
fragrance but in a previous batch it did trace fast (as a lot
of floral scents seem to do when I use them), so I was mentally prepared to
move fast if needed to get the soap into the mold. I chose to do the "room
temperature" method of soaping. This method is to get all my oils heated
and mixed together and my water/lye solution mixed the night before then when I
soap the next day they are both at the same temperature (hence room
temperature). Well to my surprise the soap behaved really well with the
fragrance and I did not have a fast <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>trace. I was able to achieve a nice swirl, and
the peaks worked out great for the top. This soap was so fun to make, besides
smelling <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">wonderful!</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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process and the finished soap. I hope you will all go to </span><a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #4dd83c;">Great
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have no idea what a "Landscape Soap" is and just the thought of
trying to create a landscape soap seems very intimidating. Well I guess we will
see what that is all about next week. Hope you come back and see what happens.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Swirl completed and ready for the top.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Starting the first row of the peaked top.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Row two and everything is going well.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">This week's soap challenge is to create a gradient
colored soap. This technique is new to me and I am very excited to try my hand
at it. The idea is to have your colors start out one color and gradually
lighten or darken<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with each pour. Amy Warden
from Great Cakes Soapworks shared a great video showing a good technique to
accomplish this, starting with a darker color as the bottom pour and lighten
the soap as you pour each layer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">I decided to use burgundy oxide for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my base color and gradually lighten it for
each additional pour. I fragranced this soap with <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Black Raspberry Vanilla". I love
this fragrance and can't resist smelling it every time I go into the curing. I wanted to also try doing a color line between my color layer
and my white top layer, for that I used cocoa powder, applied with a tea
infuser strainer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Basically</span></i></b><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"> the soaping
process went very well, the recipe stayed fluid to get a good pour and the
fragrance oil did not accelerate the trace. Did you notice that I said it <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"Basically"</i></b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">went
well</i></b>.......the first mishap was when I was dusting the cocoa powder on
the last colored layer and was almost done when I lost my grip on the tea
infuser strainer, and of course it had to plop right into the soap. Well I
fixed that the best I could then sprinkled on more cocoa powder. OK, now onto
cleaning the cocoa powder dust from the soap mold so there won't be any of the dust getting
onto the sides of the white soap base for the top. With a damp paper towel I cleaned
around all the edges and it was looking really good, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">then</i></b>..... I dropped the
paper towel right in the middle of the soap again, gurr. Fixed the soap again
and sprinkled more cocoa powder onto the soap. Now for the white top color,
that I spooned on gently so it would not mess up the cocoa powder line (after
all I tried to mess it up twice and did not want any more mishaps). I am happy
to say that went well, I had some pink left over and could not resist adding
a swirl to the top (I really love swirls).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">To me the burgundy color seemed too dark
for the bottom layer and did not show much of a color difference in the next
two pours, but then I could really notice the color differences in the
remaining pours. I loved doing this technique and already have some other
projects planned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Here are some pictures of the process and
the finished soap. Please go to this link: </span><a href="http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #4dd83c;">Great
Cakes Soapworks</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. </span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">to see all the other beautiful
soaps that everyone else has made. Next week's challenge: Salt Bars, please check
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The completed swirl...did I mention how much I love swirls?</span></td></tr>
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