I didn't pipe the soap in, I spooned it in gently in lines. My feeling is that if I try to make it look too perfect, it won't look natural. Now that I'm staring at it, it looks like a sleepy face... if I turned it upside-down, it looks like an awake face. Darn, now that's all I can see! Haha oh well, until next time!
So here is my friend, Leo. He smells like lemon sugar and is colored with natural colorants turmeric and cocoa powder. As part of the Great Cakes Soapworks challenges, he is the final attempt for 2013. Yay! I've had a lot of fun making these challenges. I was particularly excited for this one as it was one that I had never tried before, and I loved how it looked. Of course, I had to push the envelope and use colorants and a fragrance I had never used before either. Fortunately, the fragrance behaved wonderfully, but the turmeric isn't as vibrant as it was when I first poured (think bright red-orange!). It's still pretty, but not as contrast-y as I wanted it to be. However, since I had redone the mica swirl challenge 4 times, I decided that I was happy enough with this one to not reattempt it. I will probably do it again in the future, but Leo is good enough for me for now :)
I didn't pipe the soap in, I spooned it in gently in lines. My feeling is that if I try to make it look too perfect, it won't look natural. Now that I'm staring at it, it looks like a sleepy face... if I turned it upside-down, it looks like an awake face. Darn, now that's all I can see! Haha oh well, until next time!
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Terry
4/27/2013 01:41:01 am
Try Paprika next time or more of either. Turmeric turns a deep rusty brown, but Paprika stays very orange. 2-3 Tablespoons in 3 cups of soap turns really dark orange.
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Head 2 Toe
4/27/2013 02:04:50 am
really like the way it turned out.
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Carol-Soaplicity
4/27/2013 10:33:23 am
I saw the sleepy face too! :-) I love your use of natural colorants-very nice.
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Cris
4/27/2013 12:09:43 pm
really nice!
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4/30/2013 01:14:18 am
Awesome leopard spots! You were brave to take on new colors & fragrance! I bet it smells super yummy too!
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