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.

Thank you for stopping by.

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 | Mistletoe & Ivy | KCK Soapery

Second set of Mistletoe and Ivy scented soap bars.  The fragrance oil is describe as blends of cedar leaf, Siberian fir, English holly, holiday mistletoe, cooling camphor, trailing ivy, sandalwood, vetiver, and frosted musk.

 

 

Trees were made using Melt and Pour clear base and colored with green and glitters.

 

 

I had hope for these colors to stay like this after mixing and saponification process.

 

 

Red and Green drop swirl hidden under this creamy white top.  I like hiding the swirls, it adds to the excitement and anticipation for the cutting process.

 

 

The trees were added when the soap base batter was hard enough to hold the trees upright.

 

 

Sprinkled some green glitters on top for more Christmas feel.  Notice the crack on the far end of the loaf?  That happened to both ends, huge chunks of soap stuck to the mold.

 

 

I waited two days before unmolding this batch.  Most of the green morphed into a different shade and the soap cracked.  Since I can't wait to see the swirls inside, I cut into the loaf even when it was still a little tacky and streaks of white followed down with the cutter.

 

If these bars are not going to look better after the curing period, I will need to come up with something to do with them.

 

Happy Soaping!