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Week 8 Salt Bar

5/12/2012

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This was another first for me and I think I'm going to love salt bars!  I only had time to try one batch this week but I want to do some more experimenting.  My bars did crumble a little at the very bottom but not too bad.
This is what I used in my bars: liquid was 100% beer, 75% coconut oil, 10% castor, 5% cocoa butter, 5% argan oil, 5% avocado, super fat 20%, fine sea salt 75%, EO of spearmint
Can't wait to see everyone's salt bars on Amy's blog! http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/
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Soap Challenge Week 7

5/6/2012

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This week Amy Warden from http://www.weebly.com/weebly/main.php# challenged us to make a gradient color soap.  The soap didn't turn out at all like I had imagined it would.

This was my first time making a gradient soap, using pigments and a fragrance oil and probably my last.  At least for awhile.

I used a strawberry fragrance oil.  I wasn't sure how much I should add so after reading what I found online I added 7 grams to my 1lb of soap.  The scent right now is barely there. 

I used ultramarine pink oxide for my colorant.  I'm not sure why they call it pink because when I opened the jar it looked very purple!?

The consistency of the soap was starting to get thick on my last two layers.  I can see now that I should have waited longer before adding each layer, the lines are definitely not straight!




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