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Gearing up for another challenge!

I've taken a small break from making soap but now it's time to jump back into it. I'm ready to do the next Great Cakes Soapworks challenge: Mantra Marbles. This one looks really interesting to me. It incorporates a technique I've never done before; the figure 8 (mantra swirl).

Today I'm getting a few fragrance oils in the mail: Fruit Loops and Birds of Paradise. That has me thinking about the challenge and what colors I can use to really stand out this time. Once I get these I'll make sure to post pictures. I actually got them from a Facebook group I'm on: Amy's Soapbox. I love Amy! She's an honest seller and ships things quickly.

Back to colors....I wanted to use my new FO (Birds of Paradise) which got me thinking about the flower:



So many cool possibilities with these!!! I see green, orange, blue, red with a contrast of black. I've been mulling over this in my head for days...still can't decide what colors to use or what tool to use to do the mantra swirl! The plan is formulating...
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Masterbatching Lye For Future Soaping

I saw a great video by Cathy Mcginnis who teaches Soaping 101 on YouTube. She also has a great Facebook group called Soaping 101 Study Hall, which I love. Anyway, I came across this video while doing research on soaping and decided to give it a try.

Here's the video in question:


I'm really excited to give this a go because one of the most difficult parts about soaping for me is being patient and waiting for my lye water to cool to room temperature. Because I don't use ice in conjunction with my distilled water, this can take up to 1 1/2 hours.

I went to Good Will and found a great container that I'm going to use specifically for lye water. It has a neat pour spout for future pouring and is a good size to create just enough to soap with for a couple of months. I weighted my lye and found that I had 17.64 oz. So, I measured out 17.64 oz of water and poured the lye in. Now it's sitting out in my garage cooling overnight to get to room temperature.

I'm debating whether or not to masterbatch my oils too. I'll have to think about that more before making that commitment. Until then, I'm lye watered up and ready to soap!!!
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New Order With Nurture Soaps

It's finally back in stock so I placed my order!!!! Really RED mica!

I am pretty excited because it's the only true red that I've seen in CP soap. I've gotten close with red raspberry mica, but not as close as this one. I also ended up getting a few more things: activated black charcoal and spring green mica.

I intend to use the green to make some Christmas soaps, but the red and black I'm going to be using in my next Great Cakes Soapworks challenge. I just hope my order gets here in time to make a soap for it. 

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