blazerina Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I think it classifys as a swirl, lol... that's what I was going for but came up half swirl / half layer? I did not use a full pound of soap since I was just experimenting, which is part of the problem far as that goes though. First try - it'll get better. I like a challenge! Can you guess the scent? Lol- Irish Spring of course!:rolleyes2 Can ya help me out and let me know if the pic attatched? Thanks all!ETA: well crud, sorry all, lol.. I can't get it. Got excited and didn't read up on this part, lol. I'll be back!<phew> I did it, don't know how EXACTLY, but it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairieannie Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 It's lovely! It's not easy to swirl MP soap, and you did a kickbutt job at it!! Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Very nice, nice green color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaG Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 O that is pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marika Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 OhThat came out GOOD!!Mari:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol M Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 That's extremely nice! Doesn't even look like m&p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerina Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 Thanks for the vote of confidence everyone...I do like it myself. I find MP swirls to be mesmerizing! I just wish it didn't have such a pronounced white layer... but ohhhh well. Lol. My next experiment will be to color the white and see if it muddys up or stays. :smiley2: Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoopie Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I just got some MP from the co-op. What did you use to mold it? I'd like to make loaf style soap also!TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alajane Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Would you mind sharing how you did that? I tried swirling some M&P but it didn't come out nearly that pretty! Also, where do you get Irish Spring FO? That's DH's favorite soap and I'd like to try making him some.TIA,Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirloomoriginals Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Very nice!steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise2456 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 These look mighty good to me. I can't imagine swirling M&P lol, but I love the looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsvlbrat Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Nice color of green! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Love your M&P swirls! Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerina Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hi all- Thanks again so much for all the nice comments. How did I do it? Lol... can I just say beginner's luck? I don't sell anything and it will be a looong time before and IF I do, lol... But I know there are others here who do and have worked very hard to perfect their trade secret. So out of respect for them I only feel comfortable telling ya some basic stuff that you'd probably figure out by simple experimentation anyhow.. for instance... I used a white base rather than whitening a clear base. Obviously, you have to let the first layer cool a bit. That nice green...lol, it's about 8 drops blue & 10 yellow of liquid soap dye from Michaels...(mostly a guess as I hate to measure anything but I tired to count and just adjusted it to pref) that I added to clear base. The Irish Spring FO was out of the classy's from a very sweet lady you all might have heard of (maybe;) )named Bunny. It's is really wonderful! I think maybe not exact, but close enough! The mold was a GoodWill find. I think it is just an older metal loaf pan that you might make gift sized Bananna bread in. I sprayed it with cooking spray first. I don't know if that helped or not. It didn't act like it was going to come out easily, and I was about to have a kanipshin...so I put it in the freezer and it still didn't act like it was going to give. But fortunately the loaf pan is thin enough that it has some flex and all I had to do was realize this and flex it this way and that to get it out. I also made some little life saver soaps... but, lol...they are STILL in their mold, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvcandlecrazy Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 WOWEEEEEE What pretty green soap!!! with AWESOME swirlssssss!!!!~~Thank you for sharing with us!!Sue Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbuddy Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Pretty green! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawaiiansun Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Very nice. Love the green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michi Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 WOW, you should be VERY proud of those M&P swirls, like PA said, they are hard to do-ask me how I know!! Perfect for that scent, and I actually like the white layer, it's not a definite layer because of the swirlies which makes it look GREAT IMO. for sure!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerina Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 Thank you so much Michi and all- I want to go gung ho and do more more more- but I'm actually afraid it was a fluke, lol. All this praise and now what happens if it was beginners luck, and I can not do it again to save my life??!!!??? :undecided Lmaoo.It's silly I know:o - but I do have to be very cautious with my supplies as I home school and only hubby works. So you know- I don't want to make mud, lol. My intent was to make this stuff as Christmas gifts just to get my feet wet and get some practice. And I have a huuuuuuuge family, lol. But I find myself wanting to just hand these out to anyone who happens by... cuz it's fun to share! At this rate I won't have any thing to give, lol. Guess I better take a chance on making mud!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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