Hi,
everyone,
This month
challenge in Soap Challenge Club hosted by Amy Warden is to make a wood grain
soap))
As my daughter teeth saga still continues, again I made only one soap) that pretends to look like wood grain))
As my daughter teeth saga still continues, again I made only one soap) that pretends to look like wood grain))
Unfortunately
I have no pictures of the process this time, my camera was broken for some
time, so only the result is here)
I would like to participate in all-natural category this month as this is a challenge for me, to find natural colorant at my house)
For my Thuja Wood Soap I used coconut oil (40%), sunflower oil (20%), avocado oil (15%), cocoa butter and shea butter (10% each) and 5 % of virgin olive oil as I wanted my soap not to harden fast. As a colorant I used 99% Lindt chocolate, for scenting thuja and sweet orange essential oils.
As for technique, I used Tiger Stripe technique for doing it. I poured
only from one side of the mold, when I wanted that special look of wood, I just
stopped pouring in the middle of the side changing colors and reducing the
length of my pour till it was just a drop at a corner.
For that
special look I rimmed every piece as I remembered how the soap looks like
inside when I was making my rimmed soaps.. and it really looked not so straight
and more wood like)))
I made some rimmed soap also as I saw some several rimmed soaps with non-full
rim and wanted to try to make some too.
I wish good
luck to everyone this month!
Nasta
UPD: Thank you all for my wood soap's 3-rd place!! I am happy!!!
UPD: Thank you all for my wood soap's 3-rd place!! I am happy!!!
OMG, These look so real...they are Totally Awesome!!! Your very talented and creative, I love them!
OdpovědětVymazatThank you, Rhonda! I am so very happy the first and at the same time the last attemp in this month turned out this way!
Vymazatabsolutely gorgeous! They are so realistic, great job.
OdpovědětVymazatThank you, Shauna! They really look like wood)))
VymazatOMG this is beautiful Anastasia!! The effect is so realistic! One would think it is real wood; I love the knots!! ..and the scent combination you used is so interesting; I am guessing it smells amazing :-) Such creativity! Congratulations!!!
OdpovědětVymazatThank you, Helene, for your very kind words! The knots were a great surprise for me, when I rimmed every piece. It smells very good, my hubby who likes unscented soap is asking every day if it ready)))))))))))))))
VymazatYour soaps are beautiful, Nasta! and so realistic :) Well done and all the best in the soap challenge!
OdpovědětVymazatThank you very much! I ma so glad someone except me can see wood in it))))))))))))))))))))))
VymazatSuch a gorgeous soap! Truly looks like real wood! Love the partial rims also - really gives a lot of interest!
OdpovědětVymazatThank you, Amy. You are too kind. Unfortunately the idea with partial rim was not inicially mine, as I wrote! But I liked the result so very much that decided to make it as fast as I can)))
VymazatWow !! It looks so real !! You are so creative :)
OdpovědětVymazatThank you, Priya!
VymazatI am so impressed with your soaps!! Great Job!!!
OdpovědětVymazatThank you, Toni, for your words! I was impressed and surprised too whle doing it))) I found some new things about soap again!That is the best prize!
VymazatNasta, these look like beautiful polished blocks of wood! You did a fantastic job capturing the beauty in the wood! Fantastic job!
OdpovědětVymazatThank you, Debi))) I am happy you liked it. It was not so hard to make as yours))) Just pouring))))
VymazatWow, your soaps look spectacular! Just like blocks of wood!
OdpovědětVymazatGood luck!
Thank you very much, Ammu! I am happy I managed to make it that way!
VymazatThese are beautiful! Look so much like real wood. And the rimmed soaps are so cool!
OdpovědětVymazatThanky you, Linda, I hope after curing they would also smell as well as now)) woody)))
VymazatBeautiful soaps - your submission looks so realistic! And I love what you did with the rimmed versions, too. :)
OdpovědětVymazatThank you, Nathicana, I wanted to try to make those unfull rims so very much and this was a great opportunity!
VymazatThis is so realistic looking wood grain !! I love your entry:)
OdpovědětVymazatThank you very much, Pooja!
VymazatJust beautiful! Looks so real! Love it!
OdpovědětVymazatThank you, Laura!
VymazatVery realistic. Great job!!
OdpovědětVymazatThank you, Lee!!!
VymazatNasta, these are just incredible. They turned out absolutely perfect. And your rimmed soaps are simply stunning. You are such a talented and creative soap maker! :)
OdpovědětVymazatThank you, Holly, I am very sorry I did not find your work between entries this month((( I hope may be next one)))))
VymazatThank you, Helka!
OdpovědětVymazatI love that you used chocolate to color the soap! The essential oil blend sounds delicious too. This is really beautiful and realistic!
OdpovědětVymazatThank you very much, Anne. I hope the smell still will be after curing))
VymazatH Anastasia! I love the Thuja Theme you used! I made a scent with Juniper Berry & Lime once that I adored, yours may smell similar? It sounds amazing. I love the colors you achieve with the Chocolate. Very much like Cedar/Thuja/Juniper colors, One of my favorite woods. Great idea! I will have to try the side pour for this sometime ~ Thanks for sharing~ :)
OdpovědětVymazatThank you very much, Eva! I like Thuja very much as well as Cedar and Juniper, last one is decorating our house at X-mas))
VymazatWow, this is so realistic. It even looks a little bit rough on the surface of the soap, just like wood. I wish I could watch you make it. I want to make some exactly like it!! May I suggest a Youtube tutorial? Bet you'd get a lot of views on this one. Very beautiful work.
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