September 2017 | Kentish Rain | KCK Soapery

This batch was scented with Kentish Rain fragrance oil from Brambleberry.  They described the fragrance as rainy, salty mist green notes made up of basil, green leaf and ozone notes with added notes of muguet lily, rose and jasmine bring out the touch of violet in the blend for sweetness. Our perfumer added bottom notes of Sandalwood and tonka to round out the earthy, coast like feel.

White using titanium dioxide and black using activated charcoal and a blue mica.

My favorite recipe of coconut oil, olive oil, rice bran oil, palm oil, mango butter, and castor oil.

Divided the batter into the small colored cups and two containers for the white.

Poured white for the base.

Blue line in the middle.

Alternately poured black, blue and white on the same middle line.

This was how it looked after I poured most of the colors.  The batter thickened faster than I was expecting.

As usual, I love covering my colors and hide the design.  Just to have something more to look forward to when cutting the loaf.

Sprinkled the leftover colors.

Made random chopstick swirl on the top.

Off the mold the next day.

Since the batter thickened faster than I anticipated, I did not get the effect I was going for.  But this turned out good as well.

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September 2017 | Mistletoe and Ivy | KCK Soapery

This batch was inspired by it being September, which reminds me that Christmas is just around the corner.   Fragrance oil used was Mistletoe and Ivy which is described as blends of cedar leaf, Siberian fir, English holly, holiday mistletoe, cooling camphor, trailing ivy, sandalwood, vetiver, and frosted musk.

White plastic bowl contained olive oil, rice bran oil and castor oil.  Glass bowl contained melted coconut oil, palm oil, mango butter and lye solution in the small plastic container.

Colors used were green, red and white

I used a cardboard as a divider for the mold.  One side was intentionally made bigger than the other.

After pouring the white base, I alternately poured green and red on the smaller side.

Slowly added the white to balance the amount of soap batter on both sides.

Removing the cardboard.

It was exactly how I intended the soap to look like after cardboard was removed.

Poured all the rest of the soap batter.

Using a chopstick, I drew little circles that cross over the white batter.

The loaf looked the way I envisioned.

It was still a little tacky and did not cut as smoothly as I wanted.  The bars have some rough surfaces where some soap got stuck onto the cutter.

But over all, I am very happy with how the soap turned out.

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March 2015 | Gingered Bergamot | KCK Soapery

 

This in-the-pot swirl is becoming a favorite swirl technique.  The color pattern is different everytime.  Every bar is different yet similar.

 

 

Ingredients Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Castor Oil, Shea Butter and Mango Butter.  Gingered Bergamot fragrance oil described as an exotic fragrance with citrus top notes of bergamot surrounded with nuances of freshly ground ginger combined with notes of sandalwood, cedar, Indian patchouli, and sweet basil.

 

 

Colors used were liquid pink, yellow, green and white titanium dioxide.

 

 

As always, I covered the in-the-pot swirl with white batter and top the soap with mantra swirl.

 

 

Yummy wet soap.

 

 

Happy Soaping!

Glynith

 



January 2015 | Goodies from Bramble Berry | KCK Soapery

 

These were the goodies I received for finally getting up the courage to post a picture of my soap in Bramble Berry's facebook page.  Thank you very much Bramble Berry.

 

Four bottles of fragrance oil, 1 Woodland Elves, 2.Wildflower Honey, 3. a mixture of Spiced Amber Ale, Pumpkin Lager and Sandalwood and 4. Sunny Herb Garden and Crisp Anjou Pear.

 

What an inspiration!  Can't wait to cut the first batch I made using one of these fragrance oils.



November 2014 | Winterland | KCK Soapery

Soap interpretation of the winter season with snowmen and snowflakes.

 

 

Oils used were Coconut, Palm, Olive, Rice Bran, Castor and Mango Butter.  The snowmen and snowflakes were made using melt and pour soap base.

 

 

White was achieved using titanium dioxide, green was a mixture of woodland green and green shimmer mica and the red was a hodgepodge of different reds I have including stained glass red, strawberry red and apple red with red glitter as well.

 

 

 A modified hanger swirl alternating red, green and white and trying to keep the colors in the middle of the mold.

 

 

Poured the rest of the white on top and ran the wire in the middle a few times for hanger swirl effect.

 

 

Textured and blend the colors on top using spoon.

 

 

Added the snowmen and snowflakes when the soap was hard enough for them to stay put.

 

 

Sprinkled the whole batch with iridescent glitter.

 

 

I waited 48 hours before unmolding the loaf.  It was still a little tacky but held its shape.

 

 

This batch was scented with Mistletoe and Ivy, described as a fragrance blend of cedar leaf, Siberian fir, English holly, holiday mistletoe, cooling camphor, trailing ivy, sandalwood, vetiver, and frosted musk.

 

 

Happy Soaping!

 



October 2014 | Gingered Bergamot | KCK Soapery

 

Gingered bergamot is an exotic fragrance with citrus top notes of bergamot surrounded with nuances of freshly ground ginger combined with notes of sandalwood, cedar, Indian patchouli, and sweet basil.

 

 

 Drop swirl of the green, white and yellow (look orange when wet, hopefully it will turn yellow as it cures).  This was then swirled with chopstick.

 

 

Covered the chopstick swirl with white and poured the leftover batter randomly on top.

 

 

Swirled the top using chopstick.  This swirl technique is so fun to do it is becoming a favorite. 

 

 

Iridescent glitter sprinkled on top.

 

 

Love the look of this loaf.

 

This is the back of the loaf.

 



 

Every bar is so different and I think I just found a swirling technique I love doing repeatedly.

 

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