As my youngest nephews grow older, I feel less apprehension at making soaps that look like food. However, I made the strawberries for this soap small enough that anyone would know they are not real. My previous strawberry soap had almost life size strawberries. I found the fragrance for that soap too sweet though, so… Continue reading Strawberry soap
Shortly after making my first Starry Night Soap, I decided one day I would make a version of it on a loaf mold. That was a year and a half ago, and the idea was still sitting on my "Soap Ideas" list, somewhere towards the bottom of it. Well, the time has come and I… Continue reading Starry Night Soap in Loaf Mold
Teddy Bear embed in Soap The first of the Valentine Soaps series, I am really happy with how these little bears turned out. I was out of brown soap dough, so I only made a couple of them brown. I figured the rest could be white polar bears instead.... For the fragrance I chose Cherry… Continue reading Teddy Bear Soap
Campfire Soap I love chocolate and I love smores. There is something about a warm soft marshmallow with chocolate sandwiched in a graham cracker that is irresistible. It might be the only time when I do not mind eating a Hershey chocolate. I would prefer a less crunchy cookie though. S'mores is supposed to be… Continue reading Campfire Soap
I first learned of inlays in a polymer clay class. The idea of an inlay is pretty simple, you carve out a design from the surface of an object, and fill it with another material. It can be done in stone, wood, and soap! (and many more materials. Here is a list of the supplies… Continue reading Inlaid Soap
Except for the embeds and the river, the rest of this soap was colored naturally.Ā I used spirulina for the first time.Ā I knew it would fade, but I should say it took a while for it to go paler.Ā And I think if I had stored it away from any form of light, it… Continue reading Earth Soap
I got to make another peacock soap! this time with a different technique and it is for the soap challenge club.Ā It is the embroidery technique which Soaping 101 first published in video several years ago.Ā Ā The first step was to make the "canvas"Ā soap.Ā Which IĀ tried to make white.Ā I did not quite… Continue reading Peacock Embroidered Soap
I was having a hard time choosing the colors for this soap, and at last the inspiration came from the cover of the book I had started reading / listening to: I will write more about this fascinating book below, but for now I will focus in the soap: I liked that the color scheme… Continue reading Stormy Clouds Soap and my Soap is crumbly
I like making soap flowers, I feel they add a special touch to what otherwise would be a plain soap.Ā (Nothing against plain soaps, though, I like those too).Ā Here is how to make them by hand, though a mold/mould makes it soooo much faster. Here is a flower mold examplethat works with soap dough… Continue reading Making Soap Flowers
Orange and vanilla happen to be one of my favorite fragrances and flavors.Ā I bought this fragrance from Lone Star Candle Supply and I had yet to try it.Ā It is on the subtle spectrum, but it does smell very nice.Ā It does discolor a lot, so I did not make any big plans for… Continue reading Dreamsickle Soap
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