Column Swirl

So, this video of a painting by Holton Rower has been going around and made it into the soap community via Soapylove's Facebook page where Debbie noted it might be inspiring for Cold Process soap makers. Boy was she right! Amanda Griffin of Lovin' Soap posted pictures of her attempt to do this with soap - as far as I know the first person to try it out with soap as the medium. Since then I have done it as well as Holly Port from Lotion Bar Café!

Click here to see the original video reposted by Non ci posso credere. The video is beautifully done! 

Here are my results:

 just poured soap. The colors are made using natural cosmetic clays. I used an essential oil blend for the scent so this one is all natural!

 Gelled Soap 18 hours later

Clay colors

Column cross sections. These are really cool - I think they look like sediment lines.

Cut Bars. There is a lot of variety and the bars from the edges of the mold didn't get much color. These are mostly from the middle of the mold.

 

 

Market Special: Rose Bud

This week's Market Special is Rose Bud Shea Butter Soap!

A heady medium strong scent reminiscent of Fragrant Tea Roses!

Enjoy!

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Walk About San Diego

The beauty of photography is that you can crop out the ugly, or make the ugly interesting! Here are some things that caught my eye while taking a walk!

 

 

 

 

Market Specials

Introducing Market Specials - super short run soaps of 14 bars for fun sold Naked (without a box) for $5.50!

I will be adding one or two new ones each week! This week:

Pineapple Mint

Pikake

I've been nominated!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you so much to Amy Warden of Great Cakes Soap Works, and everyone who nominated me on the Great Cakes Soapworks Blog for your favorite Handmade Soap Blogs in the "Best Photography" category! You guys (my loyal fans and customers) ROCK!

Check out the other nominees and cast your votes! I'm off to vote right now!  Some of my favorite blogs are on there and it is so hard to choose!