After watching Amy's tutorial over and over so many times, making notes, planning, deciding, changing my mind just as many times as the weather, I eventually got on with it.
The recipe I used is my standard recipe of olive, palm, coconut, rice bran and castor oils with avocado butter, fragranced with lemongrass, ylang ylang and patchouli essential oils, and I used yellow oxide, blue mica and titanium dioxide, plus the usual additives of kaolin clay, coconut milk and sodium lactate.
In the tutorial it is suggested to use a recipe that is slow to trace, to keep temperatures of oils and lye solution low (33 degrees Celsius) to allow maximum time to work and a fragrance that will not accelerate trace.
My normal temps for oils and lye solution are in the lower 30's (90° F) and my recipe is reasonably quick to trace. So I upped the temps to 40° C (104° F) and hoped for some time to swirl.
Wanting to achieve a drop swirl that would go right to the bottom of the mold, I kept the batter at a light medium trace and poured a double pass of each colour from quite a height.
And that is where my challenge inside of a challenge started! You see, I am what you would call being challenged in the "aim and hit" department. I throw a ball, aiming straight ahead and it somehow ends up behind me. Going bowling, people in the next lane end up wishing I would just sit down and quit with this practice makes perfect motto. So pouring batter into tall skinny molds from a serious height, we're talking potential disaster here!
Now I don't mind that my lack of aiming skills provides family and friends with the rolling on the floor laughing knee-slapping kind of entertainment, but this is stepping up to the plate for the mother-of-all challenges, where the objective is to get more batter in the mold than outside of it. I need to score big time here, batter everywhere but in the mold will be taking the "drop" part of this challenge to a lengthy clean up - no laughing matter!
So for the record - with minor spillage - I aimed, I poured, I conquered!
I so enjoyed this challenge and am looking forward to participating again.
Best of luck to each entrant.
Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa.
Beautiful swirls - and great colours.
ReplyDeleteThank you Debbie.
DeleteBeautiful, impressive swirls, you really aimed right!
ReplyDeleteThank you Coqui, it was my lucky day with the aiming.
DeleteOh I really love this one, beautiful swirls and colors
ReplyDeleteThank you Sherri, very kind of you to say.
DeleteAbsolutely beautiful!!! You seriously nailed it!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Janet, will definitely try the drop swirl more now in the skinny mold.
DeleteGorgeous colors and swirls! :-)
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it, thank you.
DeleteI love the big loopy swirls! I had the same problem with getting soap everywhere too ;)
ReplyDeleteVery cool! I tried a drop swirl this month with a notable lack of success! Congratulations on nailing it.
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Wow! Really gorgeous Cynthia! xx
ReplyDeleteLove it! So delicate! The colours, the swirls... everything!
ReplyDeleteLove your comment, "So for the record - with minor spillage - I aimed, I poured, I conquered!" It's hard to concentrate on getting the drop swirls into the soap! Lol! But, your results are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThe way you set us up, I figured you had soap batter everywhere but in the mold! I'm so glad your aim was good for this!! LOL! Great looking soap!! I hope you'll join us again for more challenge club adventures. :)
ReplyDeleteThese turned out to be beautiful - I love the drop swirl, too. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteAs far as I can see You poured like a real master! And a nice choice of colours too.
ReplyDeletePetra
How gorgeous this soap is!
ReplyDeleteDisaster??? Whaaat? Those are so beautiful and sophisticated-looking, that I can only stare them speechless!
ReplyDeleteDisaster??? Whaaat? Those are so beautiful and sophisticated-looking, that I can only stare them speechless!
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