busy soap making.

I am busy making soap for a friend.

Cant seem to get purple.

Used blueberry, mangosteen skin, stoneseed and used alkanet!

But what I got was an almost black, murky green, moss green, brown, dark brown, plain grey, greyish purplish (or is it purplish greyish) and very very very faint purple.

It doesnt really help when the ash kicks in later.

1^st set I had to rebatch due to lye content did not sufficiently dissolve.

Cant remember what I did wrong! Maybe I didnt blend it well..

I dont mind rebatching in small amount but when it comes to an almost 4kg amount!! 

c'mon!!

Fyi, I chopped instead of grate.

Added some white curls (some were curled and some werent) – embedded into the rebatch soap. Status: already cut, can see the white soap curls in some.

2^nd batch looks ok so far, with TD to whiten. Didnt get a white, more of an off white.

A trial (with TD), to somehow highlight the colours added, used red halloysite, indigo and alkanet. got faint red, faint blue, and i think a faint purple. Already cut, each with its own design and in various height. 

3^rd batch just did last night (in the wee hours of 20th June 2013-yes i became batman and got panda eyes and missed the 'bus' to work). Ingredients slightly the same with 2^nd batch. Due to the 34% water amount instead of 36% water amount, the oil + lye mixture traced very fast and my top swirl was not really a swirl. more of a glop glop drop drop. tried to bang the drawer (soap mold) on the table since it became a glop - dont know if I succeeded. hopefully no huge air bubbles trapped inside. and no undissolved lye!!

4th batch, hopefully tonight if sleep doesnt get the best of me.

lack of sleep, since last weekend.

wish me luck!!

chao!

6th CP!!

Assalamualaikum..

yeah i know 

i'm in a roll..

well, i gotta post this..

its been awhile and i dont wanna keep holding this off (the posting)..

nanti akan lebih banyak kerja kena buat kalau tangguhkan lagi.

so here is my 6th CP soap!!

i really like this one!!!

because of the colour hehehe

dan kulit manggis tu laa

apa lagi..

i cant wait to use this.. i like scrubby soaps..

menggaru-garu badan ketika mandi. 

best!!

this is another CP soap, so i gotta wait at least  for 4 weeks..

yes, i dont intend to wait more than that, i dont care

i should but i wont..

i dont have the patience to wait any time longer than 4 weeks..

:P

so end Feb, here I come!!

i tried to do many different swirls on this but in the end this is it..

colour is more profound in this pic (top)

pic a bit blurry..

but same thing..

wet swirls.. 

it looks as if its drying.. not that wet..

 yes yes more wet (slightly) swirl pics..

i cant seem to get enough of wet (slightly) swirl pics..!

cut bars. dried. obviously.

 standard =)

stacking.. =)

size = ok  :)

hehehe

chao chao..