We chose to scent this batch with a Poison Pie fragrance oil I had on hand. The plan was to go for nice blue swirls throughout- intermingled with some kaolin clay swirls.
None of this turned out as planned, but the finished product still looks pretty nice (and smells divine!)
It was really fun to share this process with Dan, he said he had a good time and would like to make more. Being the little photo bug he is, he also took a ton of photos of the process, which is pretty neat.
The finished soap has more of a purple color than blue. My fragrance oil must have reacted with the blue colorant that we used. You are also hard pressed to see the kaolin clay that was mixed with a portion of the soap. Either way, i think the purple and cream color represents this scent well. It smells like blueberry, saskatoon berry pie. We glittered the top with some dark blue and some fuschia.
The other new toy we played with was my new mold! This mold comes apart, and in theory, that makes it easy for you to get your soap out. We struggled to get the loaf out of the mold, so next time I think I will have to line the mold. It was kind of funny too, the mold says it holds 3 lbs of soap. Our typical recipes are 2.5 lbs. I looked at the mold and thought there is no way that will hold 3 pounds, I think we will be lucky if it holds 2.5. Boy was I right. We were left with so much extra soap. Dan was able to make a couple of small bars and I stacked the top of this one really high. Next time we will be cutting back to 2 lbs. I am really happy with how straight the edges of the soap are. Weigh in here, do you like the fluted shape of the previous bars? Or do you prefer the straight edges of this bar?
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