Where in the world has Soapy been?!?!?!

*waves* Hey folks! Wow what a weekend I have had!! I was supposed to update this blog over the weekend, and unfortunately my net started acting up and I couldn't get online. :( Since it was a holiday weekend with the 4th and all, the closest available time slot they had to send the repair guy was this morning at 11:30. *passes out* Y'all, I promise you I about went nuts!!! My phone doesn't get good reception out here because I live way out in Timbuktu, but thankfully we are able to increase our signal with the wifi. Unfortunately with the net issues, the modem was down and no wifi. :( So I could only send texts and sign into to msn messenger on a very small signal, which kept fading in and out. By Monday I realized that I had no life outside of here in the sticks. lol! Shameful isn't it? Anyhow, I know you want to see some SOAP! So let's get to it.


Ok so , I had all these plans to take a bunch of pictures because I decided to make a Gradation batch using a Labcolor which gives a sort of tye-dye look to it. I studied how it was done on one of my favorites blogs and thought I would try it. Since I had partial success (sorta) on the rainbow soap in the past, I figured I would do even better with this batch. Imagine my surprise when I added the scent and the below happend...

It appears to be dumplings in a tomato sort of looking sauce doesn't it? *gags a bit* Well, see what had happened was it seized on me right after I put the scent in it. So I had to beat out the lumps that were much bigger and glop it into the mold. I was not happy because the scent was said to be cold process safe.

 This was how it looked after I got it glopped in the mold...

:(

I swirled it around and it didn't take but a few moments to completely harden. (yes I used flash in this picture lol)

So I was worried that it was going to have lye pockets and every other nasty thing you could think of that could happen with soap. I went to bed not a happy camper at all. The next morning I went out to unmold it and held my breath and cut it in half.

*sighs with relief* No lye pockets or anything thank goodness. I didn't have the color effect that I wanted but it looked unique so I was ok with it.

I went through and cut the rest of it up and it seemed to be fine. It should be ready soon so will let you know how it turned out after cure time. I also took a little bit of time to melt down and mix two glycerin soaps that I made awhile back. One was green, the other orange, and when mixing it together it became a pretty green color. So I used the new mold that I had purchased. (the flowery one)

See in the middle in between the Goatsmilk Lavender Tea with Rosemary and the orange batch of dumpling looking top soap.

Well folks there you have it. Another escapade in the journey of Soapy the Soapmeisterette. lol  Putting in an order for some more oils and such so more stuffs coming soon!!
Suds & Bubbles,
Soapy