This is a video tutorial from Youtube for doing a butterfly swirl in CP soap. The soapmaker is Roberta, who is on one of the mailing lists that I'm on. Very cool idea!
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Goat's Milk Soap - CPOP
This is my 2nd attempt at a CPOP. It' a new batch of my pina colada, which was the 2nd batch I ever did, and one of my testers loved it so much that she specifically requested it again. This is a goat's milk soap with tussah silk. Turned out beautiful!
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
My first soap rocks
Earlier I posted about a great M&P soap rock tutorial by Soapsmith at Artfire. I did try the tutorial last week and I'm pleased with the results!
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Great tutorial on making soap rocks (not mine hah!)
Someone on a forum pointed me towards this great tutorial on making soap rocks. I have very minimal experience in using M&P but the artistry of this really speaks to me. I'm going to give it a try this weekend!
That soaper is really talented.
My first CPOP and Tussah Silk Soap
Tried CPOP for the first time the other night. Turned out great!
I was struggling with how to add tussah silk when I use goat's milk for my liquid and freeze it, then add lye to the slushy frozen GM to melt it, which makes my lye liquid not warm enough to melt the silk.
My total liquid amount in my standard formula is 17.68 ounces. So now I am using 16 oz of GM and 1.68 oz of distilled water. I nuked the water in a small dish in the microwave until it was steaming, then added the silk to that. It mostly dissolved and then I added it to my warm oils to finish the dissolve that way.
For the CPOP, I made my soap as usual and then preheated my oven to 170 degrees Fahrenheit (the lowest it would go). I turned it off as soon as it was preheated and then put the soap mold in. I left it overnight.
When it came out, it was slightly oily. I wasn't sure if that was due to the silk or the CPOP. It sounds like it was the CPOP that was the culprit, though, after talking to other soapers who do CPOP.
The soap was firm enough to cut after 8 hours in the oven, and smells/looks great. This is a take on the song "Midnight Blue" by Melissa Manchester. The scent is White Tea & Ginger, because I like the unexpected (delicate fragrance with a strong color).
Think I'll be doing CPOP going forward. This soap should be fine to use within a week.
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