This is my third batch of soap for the Soapmaking Challenge Club. The May challenge is to create a soap using a combing tool for the design. This time, instead of doing a “peacock” swirl, I decided to try a spiral (French Curl) in the middle of each bar. I’m…
I made a second batch of soap for the May Soapmaking Challenge. The challenge is to make a soap using a combing tool for the design. I decided to use my recipe from last month’s challenge. All ingredients, scent and colors are the same – only the design is different….
The Soapmaker Challenge Club’s challenge for May is to make a soap using a combing tool. I just got a new 3D Printer a few days before making this soap, so I created a combing tool to use. However, the prongs on the tool were a bit too close together,…
This soap combines the fragrances of bergamot and mandarin oranges, for a fresh-squeezed scent. The orange, green & white design is a Circling Taiwan Swirl. I made this soap for my 4th attempt using a Circling Taiwan Swirl technique for the April Soap Challenge Club. I’m not sure if this…
For my third attempt at making a soap to enter in the Soap Challenge Club, I chose a fragrance blend of Acai Berries & Satin. The April 2023 challenge is to create a soap using the Circling Taiwan Swirl. For this, you pour different colors of soap into divided areas…
This is my second attempt to create a soap using the Circling Taiwan Swirl Technique. I’ve been practicing for the Soap Club Challenge for April 2023. (CLICK HERE to read about other batches of soap I’ve made for this competition.) The challenge is to use the Circling Taiwan Swirl, which…
Using natural colorants (activated charcoal, rhassoul clay, and sea clay) for the layers, the scent of this soap is an earthy blend of oakmoss and sandalwood with tonka bean, cedarwood, lemon and petitgrain. This soap makes a great gift for the man in your life when paired with our Oakmoss Sandalwood…
Not at all how I imagined this soap would turn out when I was planning the design. I had thoughts of adding it to our “Ugly Soap” basket, but it smells so good!!! The scent seems to be more fruity than it is woodsy, and it is not overpowering at…
Rugged enough for a cowboy but smells good enough for a night on the town.