December 2014 | Amazing Grace | KCK Soapery

 

Tuesday started out great, so I decided to try a new design technique using five colors for the first time.  However, it did not happen.  The soap batter hardened faster than expected and the video ran out of battery.  I ended up having an "Abstract" design.

 

 

First time using a lot of colors, Titanium Dioxide for white, woodland green, ultramarine blue, red oxide and activated charcoal for black.

 

 

The hubby can't stop sniffing at the soap, he said it has a "subtle - cool - menthol - like scent".  This was scented with "Amazing Grace" fragrance oil which is described as a blend of Italian bergamot and sparkling lemon sweetened with freshly picked citron and neroli.  A white floral jasmine, orange blossom and rose are blended with sheer musk and cedarwood. 

 

 

 The batch was made using Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Castor Oil, Shea Butter and Mango Butter.

 

 

I hope you enjoy these design.

 

Happy Soaping!!!

September 2014 | Eucalyptus & Spearmint | KCK Soapery

I was informed that a guy who had tried one of my giveaways (grandpa's 90th birthday party) enjoyed the soap and would like to have a full size bar of it.

 

 

This recipe includes Coconut oil, Olive oil, Rice Bran oil, Mango butter, Palm oil and Castor oil.  Scented with Eucalyptus/Spearmint blend.  Additives were Tussah silk, White Kaolin clay, colloidal oatmeal and aloe vera.  I sure hope he would like this new recipe which include more skin loving ingredients than before.

 

 

Ready for cutting.  Colors were woodland green and titanium dioxide for white.

 

 

This was an in the pot swirl and drop swirled into the mold.

 

 



September 2014 | Bergamot/Tarragon | KCK Soapery

 

I was told that some people really love the scent of Bergamot.  I ordered the fragrance oil and made a small batch with it using my smaller mold since the other mold was busy with a camo batch.

 

 

Ingredients were Coconut oil, Olive oil, Rice Bran oil, Mango butter, Palm oil and Castor oil.  Colors were stained glass lemon yellow, woodland green and titanium dioxide.  The yellow started out looking more like peach color but it turned more yellow after 24 hours.

 

 

I added tussah silk, aloe vera powder, colloidal oatmeal and kaolin clay.

 

 

It was a little on the soft side when I cut the bars this morning.  Although I like how the colors turned out just the way I wanted, I am not so thrilled with the swirling.

 

 

September 2014 | Unscented Camo 2 | KCK Soapery

 

The hubby has been asking for another camo soap for the past couple of weeks.   I was hesitant because I was afraid I might not be able to do an exact duplicate of my previous camo soaps.  With the hunting season already here I had to produce.  So here is my second unscented camo soap.

 

 

Ingredients include Coconut oil, Olive oil, Rice Bran oil, Palm oil, Mango Butter, Castor oil and Avocado oil.  Colored with woodland green, activated charcoal, titanium dioxide and cappuccino mica.  Since even hunters will enjoy good skin loving additives I added Tussah silk, colloidal oatmeal and Kaolin clay.

 

 

I am quite happy with how the colors turned out.  

 



September 2014 | Avobath In The Pot | KCK Soapery

 

Always up for a new challenge so when I received a request for an Avocado base soap I quickly studied what might work and this is what my friend who likes playing with food recipes and I came up with.

 

 

Love pictures of a newly molded soaps and I got the lighting just right for this one.  Ingredients suggested was of course Avocado oil and Sweet Almond oil.  I found a recipe online with Palm oil, Palm Kernel oil and I added my favorite ingredients Mango Butter and Coconut oil.

 

 

Colors used were woodland green, stained glass yellow and titanium dioxide.    Additives added were my newly found favorite Tussah silk, colloidal oatmeal and kaolin clay.

 

 

Fragranced with Avobath and we used the "in the pot" swirl for this batch.

 

 

The hubby described the scent as "lemony clean".  I liked the creaminess of the look and the glide of the soap loaf.  It is so shiny and smooth.  But with tiny specks of white which we realized (after watching the video) was due to the fact that we did not do enough blending after we transferred the titanium dioxide to the main soap batter.  Since I add titanium dioxide only for making the soap white, let's just pretend the specks were intentional.

 

 

Over all we are happy with what we produced.  Can't wait for this batch to completely cure so we can check out how it will perform in the shower or bath.

 

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