Mistakes and Mishaps!

*waves* Hey y'all! So glad you could stop in! So much to update y'all on!
Ok, here are some pictures with captions on these "blunders"

This was my attempt on a rainbow swirl soap that went totally wrong. My mistake other than accidentally mixing it all together, was using extra virgin olive oil to blend the colorants with. I won't do that again. It was only a portion of the outer layer that came out sticky and gooey. Ick!

See the gooey at the top right?

Better lighting. Looks like a brick that has been sawed in half doesn't it? lol

 So I did another attempt at unscented rainbow soap and it had no gooey stuffs but unfortunately the cutter that I have been using is too dull and isn't cutting properly. Altho I need a better one, am having to save up for the manual one that can cut multiple bars at once. See below.

See the bottom? I am hoping that I will be able to clean it up a bit. The bars are still usable after cure time, just not as aesthetically pleasing on the bottom.

Ok so while this next soap turned out ok, the black didn't reach far enough down, and the only part of that soap that is scented is the top. It was unfortunately at to thick of a trace for it to go further down, even with me swirling with a skewer.

Y'all see the top of this loaf, how flat it is? Well I went to insulate it and cover the top of it with saran wrap to prevent ash and wouldn't you know, this was the only loaf I have ever had the saran wrap actually lay on the top of the wet soap. So I pull it off and try to fix the swirls, the attempted to cover it again with the wrap. Once again it does the same thing. At this point I say forget it, wrap the towel around it to insulate it and hope for the best. Of course when I took off the saran wrap I was disappointed to have a flat top. lol Soap is still usable after cure time but unfortunately it is lightly scented. Not one to be defeated I did try this again, but did things a bit differently, which I will show you in another post.

Ok y'all, remember awhile back when I did the Blueberry batch of soap, and I said that I knew I would likely have to rebatch the designed part because it didn't turn out the way that I wanted it to? Well I haven't rebatched it yet, but remember when I took the solid color of it and made little bars with it? Well unfortunately the scent discolored it, and this is what we have:

In the center of the soap you can see a small trace of the pretty color that I had, and outside its this tan gray murky looking stuff. The soap is usable of course, but we've decided to call it Ugly Soap. My son likes the idea of that and can't wait to use his Ugly soap. lol

Well there you have it, Soapy's Mistakes and Mishaps! I am fairly certain that I will have other ones to share with y'all as time goes on. ;-)
Suds & Bubbles,
Soapy