June 2017 | Fifty Shades of Grey | KCK Soapery

My supplier described this fragrance oil as "seductive marriage of tainted rose and wild geranium with addictive, "can't live without it" notes of bergamot and gold amber."

Reviewers mentioned it as appealing to both men and women.

I decided to make another camouflage design since the hubby is running low on his soap supply.

Oils of Coconut, Olive, Rice Bran, Palm, Castor and Mango butter.

Soap batter with the following colors white, brown, green and black for a manly camouflage look.

Drop the different colors by teaspoonfuls.

Until all the soap batter was used up.

Off the mold.

Another view of the soap loaf.

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May 2017 | Gardener's Soap | KCK Soapery

I mentioned to a friend at work that I will make a Gardener's soap for her since she is starting her garden and herb farm again.

As I search for the perfect gardener's soap recipe, I noticed two recipes that caught my fancy.  I used the recipe from soap-making-resource  since I have all the ingredients on hand and try to make the soap look like the one from Brambleberry's soap queen's super gardener's soap.  I also combine additives like rose clay, lavender buds, activated charcoal and titanium dioxide from both sources.

Oils used were coconut oil, palm kernel oil, olive oil, avocado oil and castor oil.  This soap is chuck full of essential oils of Lavender, Rosemary and Tea Tree essential oils.

This is the largest amount of oils, essential oils and additives I have ever used.

I decided to add the lavender buds to the white soap batter and poured it first to be the base of the soap.

In went the rose clay layer.

Last layer was the soap batter mixed with coffee grounds.

Topped with white I set aside and lined with some leftover rose clay soap batter.  As you can see, some of the batter start hardening as I was spooning the batter.

Managed to swirl it before the top completely harden.

Off the mold.

This is the biggest soap bar I have ever made.

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May 2017 | Abalone and Sea | KCK Soapery

The design was inspired by the name of the fragrance oil used.  Two shades of  blue and white swirled and textured to look like the sea.

Oils used were the usual, coconut, olive, rice bran, palm, castor and mango butter.

The darker blue have more blue powder.  White is done using titanium dioxide.

Then I alternately poured the different colors in the pot.

Once all the colors were in the pot.  I then poured the soap batter into the mold.

Topped with the darker blue on one side with the white in the middle and the lighter blue on the other side.

Swirled the top using chopsticks.  I could just have stop here, but my vision was for a sea.

So I textured the top with a teaspoon to give the look of waves. 

Off the mold.

Hope you like the final look. 

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May 2017 | Agave | KCK Soapery

This was made for a friend who ordered for candles in "Agave" scent.  Of course I have to make a soap version of it as well. She did not give me a deadline and I have been procrastinating a little bit. I made this a couple weeks ago, just was not able to post yet. Months of April and May just came and almost gone so fast.

Saponified oils of Coconut, Olive, Rice Bran, Palm and Castor added with Mango butter.

Green, yellow and white colors.

White used as the base and green and yellow alternately poured in the middle.

Gave the yellow a little swirl.

Topped with white then poured leftover yellow and green in the middle.

Off the mold.

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March 2017 | Lavender Essential Oil and Shea Butter "Butterfly Swirl" | KCK Soapery

This batch was specially made for a friend who loves Lavender Essential oil.  Thank you "M" for your order.  "M" wants her soap to be colorful and the addition of shea butter made the soap feels great to the skin and visually look so creamy.

Colors used were brown, white, green, yellow, pink and lavender. Scented with Lavender Essential oil.

After pouring the white base, I alternate the different colors in the middle of the mold.

Covered the colors with white so the colors are not seen on top and will allow me to play with the top without disturbing the design inside.  Then using the kids regular straw size play thing that I know they will not miss, I inserted the straw thingy and drag out a little swirl with it.

I have no definite reason about the way I colored the top.  This is what my instinct told me to do and I just added the different colors the way I brain told me.

This was how the colors end up after I used up all the leftover soap batter.

Gave the colors a little swirl through out the mold.

Made another swirl diagonally.

Removed the soap after two days in the mold just to be sure they come out intact.  Nothing got stuck.

I am so happy with how it turned out.  Hope "M" is happy with them, too!