Soap Addictions!!

*waves* Good evening y'all! My name is Soapy, and I am *pause for dramatic effect* a Soapaholic!! I declare I wish I would have been doing this *ages* ago instead of waiting as long as I did. I may have been a bit lax on posting, but best believe I was working my patootie off in the shop making soap.
I have had some successes and some failures (as you saw in my last post), but this post is about the successes. :) Show and tell time!!! (Please allow the pictures some time to load)

If you remember the rainbow batch in my previous post that flopped totally, this is the do over but in layers. Now the layers aren't even but it's a work in progress for me.

Here's the rainbow batch cut up in bars, now mind you the cutter I used didn't do very well on the bottom of each bar, but that was pretty much the only thing wrong with the soap. This is an unscented batch by the way. A little sidenote, I had thought of getting contact sheets to put over top of my workbench here, but figured since I had a little mishap with the mica's *coughs*, and trying to clean it off the wood just smeared the crud out of it (wood that is unfinished wood I may add) that it was a bit too late to do the contact sheets thing. So my work bench has character! lol

Here we have the do over from the batch in the last post where the black didn't make it's way down through the bar at all. I am like the little engine that could. lol If something fails, I try again.

After cutting the first couple of bars. Scent is all the way through this loaf which is awesome. I didn't cover the top with saran wrap because I didn't want to ruin the top again, so I have air bubble on the top. I pretty much achieved what I wanted to with this one.

This next batch by far is my favorite batch, not just because of how it looks and smells, (which by the way is yummers) but because of the symbolism behind it. I made this batch in tribute of someone extremely important to me, and what our relationship means to me, my younger sister, Anna. You know how most people don't get along with their siblings? With her and I it is the exact opposite. This isn't to say that her and I agree on everything, because we don't. We have different beliefs, opinions, feelings on various topics, but we learned a long time ago how to effectively communicate and always maintain respect for each other throughout. Our relationship has the strength of mountains, and she is one of the people in my life who have been there for me through thick and thin.
This isn't my only reason for wanting to pay tribute to her though. I watch her in awe sometimes with all of the responsibilities she has and is able to balance, and how no matter what comes her way she continues to persevere through it all. Even though I jokingly refer to her as Superwoman sometimes, she is in fact one of my Heroes. Soo to wrap up the sappiness a bit (lol), her favorite color is purple, and mine is teal as shown below..so I have named this batch "Sisterly Love". Love you dearly Anna!

This was right after I poured and swirled. I then came up with a good way to cover and insulate it without messing up the top which worked wonderfully!!

After unmolding the loaf of soap. No soap ash and no air bubbles up top! Yayy!

After cutting all of the soap up.

See how I swirled the bottom, then did the top? Love it!

Here is the top of the slice of soap. This by far is my absolute favorite batch of soap to date!

Ok folks, it's time for me to turn into a pumpkin! Please check back for my next blog. I promise it won't take as long this time. :)
Suds & Bubbles,
Soapy