Thursday, August 15, 2013

Pineapple Cilantro Soap

Time for another soap challenge!  This month, our challenge was to make a soap using the Holly swirl, also known as a swirl within a swirl.  Holly from Missouri River Soap was the one who came up with this swirl which is actually a modified in the pot swirl that is then poured into another color in the mold.  Hence, a swirl within a swirl. 

I used one of my regular recipes for this one.  This is what I used:

olive oil
coconut oil
palm oil
cocoa butter
shea butter
castor oil

I used pure coconut milk for about half of the liquid.  I used Pineapple Cilantro fragrance oil from Bramble Berry. I recently bought a small bottle to try, and I love this scent so much!  I couldn't stop sniffing the soap! It smells like sweet fresh pineapple!  So yummy!  For my colors I used fizzy lemonade with a tiny bit of yellow oxide, chrome green oxide, and titanium dioxide.  For the top, I added iridescent glitter.  All from Bramble Berry!  I soaped at around 106 degrees.


my colors
my gloppy swirl


my topping glopped on
I tamped the mold down to get rid of as many air bubbles as I could.  Then I used the tip of my thermometer to add some texture to the top of the soap.  I finished by adding iridescent glitter all over the top.
 

my soap all ready to be put to bed for the night
 
I unmolded the soap the next day and cut it into bars.


right after unmolding
 
 
cut bars

cut bars

cut bars

cut bars
 
I am happy with my finished bars.  They smell soooo yummy just like sweet pineapple!  I will definitely be making this again!

Thanks again to Amy from Great Cakes Soapworks for this Soap Challenge!

Till next time, Happy Soaping!

Candy :o)

24 comments:

  1. Love your soap! Green ans yellow make a lovely combination!

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  2. That is beautiful! One of my favourites :)

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  3. You nailed the technique. Great Contrast! Matches the scent so well.

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  4. I really like the colors, great job on the ITPS.

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  5. Great job, Candy! The colors are so distinct and bright! I'm sure it smells divine!

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    1. Thanks Amy! This is one that I couldn't stop sniffing. Smells so good!

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  6. Beautiful soap! That fragrance isn't my favorite but you really captured the colors that go along with it!

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    1. Thank you Victoria! I didn't think I would like this scent as much as I do. I'm not sure why it has cilantro in the name because it's pretty much just a pure sweet pineapple scent. Out of bottle it smelled ok. In the soap I just love it! :)

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  7. Really nice contrast with your colors!

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  8. Beautiful! The colours are wonderful, love it!

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  9. That's a very pretty soap. The colours pop and the effect is gorgeous!

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    1. Thank you Marie! I was worried that the yellow wouldn't be yellow enough, so I was glad when it came out nice and bright.

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  10. Looks great! That yellow really came through nicely. =)

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    1. Thanks Anne-Marie! I was worried about the yellow, but it came out like I wanted. I love the fizzy lemonade! :)

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