new soaps!

I cut, trimmed and photographed 3 different soaps today!

First up is Goatmeal which I soaped last night. It's an unscented soap loaded with goat's milk and ground oatmeal. I decided to add a bit of colour but since this was for sensitive skin, I wanted to add clays instead of pigments. It didn't turn out exactly as I planned, I was hoping the clay swirl would have been more dramatic but I think because the soap batter was so bright from the goat's milk, the colours didn't stand out as much as I hoped. Oh well!

Next up is Lavender Anise. I made this soap in the summer but when I switched to my 4lb mold, I found it hard to layer. I was excited when I got my new slab mold to give it another go. Last time I used indigo root to colour the soap but this time I used a pigment hoping to achieve a cleaner look. Well, creating an ombre soap in a 10lb slab mold is hard! By the end my hands were aching and the white soap for the top layer and thickened up from the TD so texturing was difficult. But all in all, I'm happy!

And lastly is a Eucalyptus Mint. I tried to do a drop swirl technique but it thickend up too much on me. I'm really having a heck of a time adjusting to a bigger mold. I'll get there though! This soap is such a bright and fresh scent, sure to wake you up in the morning.