strawberry swirl!!!!!

I cut my second log of soap last night. It's still quite moist inside, but I was dead keen to see what the swirls look like inside.

It turns out they didn't go through all the way. I was reading yesterday that I should've poured the coloured soap from higher up so that it would reach the bottom of the soap/pan. Something to rememeber/try next time =D

In the meantime, I thought I'd show you how I'm progressing.

The ones on the left are the olive, castor and coconut oil soap made from the mineral water bottle.

The ones with the red swirls are a olive oil and grapeseed oil soap. After I cut the soap, there were a few little scraps that fell to the ground. I immediately took them to the sink to wash my hands with. Too impatient? Moi? NEVER....

Raspberry swirl!
Raspberry swirl!
The little pieces soaped up, despite being a bit soft, and afterwards my skin felt nice and not too dry. I can't wait till these dry out properly and harden.

I was reading that all cold process soaps are better the longer they are left to cure. The comparison was to wine. In that the longer you leave it alone, the better they become. In fact, I read yesterday that supposedly olive oil soaps work best after 6 months.

6 months!!!

I can't wait 6 months........

Although I could just make more soap, so I can start to compare and still have soap to use while I wait...........

FYI the raspberry swirl one doesn't smell like it looks. It smells of cedarwood and rosemary. But only very faintly, since I didn't use that much scent.

I seriously can't wait to try these babies.

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Reddy
i really like the raspberry swirls!
geminisc
thanks! they look super don't they? i was so pleasantly surprised. especially when you look at the top and it looks much duller in colour.

i definately need to make more soap. i might pop into the supermarket this week and pick up another 4 litre can of olive oil

hahaha
Nikki
Wow, the swirls look good enough to eat!
Hoozey
That raspberry swirl one looks like raspberry cheesecake-- gimme some! LOL
thepinkpixie
Omg, I agree with Hoozey - raspberry cheesecake! It looks amazing for a first try! You should definitely try to make it with a raspberry cheesecake scent next time :P
geminisc
haha... why didn't i think of raspberry cheesecake? now that you mention it, that's EXACTLY what it looks like.

the texture is even a bit cheesey/crumbly atm.

*waits impatiently for it to cure*
Fur
when i buy new soaps, i usually let it sit around a bit before using them... but 6 months. :P

i can understand how addictive it is to make something. :)

i will wait for your soap to cure too. lololol. they do look like raspberry cheesecake. :)
geminisc
yeah i know - 6 mnths = reedeeeckulous

however, what i might do is just wait until the lye no longer shows and try a few, and reserve the others for 6 months

as long as i keep on making, i shouldn't run out any time soon.

i'm going to cut my last loaf tonight.
LT
Great job Gem!
SueW
WOW!

Looks so yummy, exactly like raspberry cheesecake. But acccck, 6 months? Hehe, you'd probably have a whole cupboard full of soaps curing by then since you can't wait for them to dry. :P

But ooooh....can't wait to hear of the results!

geminisc
well they say 6 months would be BEST. but i'm not gonna wait that long to use em. don't think hubby would appreciate me not using soap for that long................

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