Friday, March 21, 2014

Spring has Sprung.... Easter Soap Time!

     Spring is officially here and finally feels like it too! Sadly not for long though we may have snow here Tuesday :(. So while in the springy mood I whipped up some Easter soap I have been planing for a while. Before the reveal just close your eyes and imagine a colorful easter egg resting on plush green grass, and you will see what I was going for.

     Now how to pull it off.... A while back I decided to decorate cakes anf got all the fancy piping tips and the whole mess of tools. Hidden in the pile of baking supplies was wilton tip #233 AKA the grass tip! Next up for this soap was an egg mold, after looking extensive I found the perfect mold at Joanne's (also made by Wilton) and also cute rabbit and flower molds to boot!

     I made some melt and pour eggs, bunnies, and flowers in multiple colors to put on to of my cold process soap. I dusted mica on some parts of the MP soaps for accents (don't pat attention to that awful orangey yellow bunny, he got trashed).



    The most important aspect of the soap is next, the colors, design, and scent. First off I scented the soap with cranberry fig, described as a fall scent but is bright, fruity, and springy to me, I may call it easter fig?  I colored with soap with micas, and did a simple ITPS (in the pot swirl) of yellow, pink, and purple as a base for my nice bright green grass. I will note that I used pink sparkle mica from Wholesale supplies plus and it faded so bad in my CP that after adding 2 more teaspoons of mica I finally added some neon pink to get a nice color.

  1. Pink sparkle mica + tutti fruttie neon pink (neon pink no in the pink above) 
  2. Purple rainbow mica
  3. Yellow rainbow mica
  4. Green rainbow mica

     I will also show you the colors mixed into un-soaponified soap to show you 1. how the green morphed in lye active soap(it did change to original color) and 2. how much the pink sparkle faded before I finally added the tutti frutti neon pink to brighten it back up.



     After I poured the swirled base into my slab mold I stick-blended the green to a thick trace anf put it into a piping bag with the grass tip. I piped the thick batter (should have waited longer though) over the whole surface, then added the M&P soaps on top.



Finally Rosie's dream Easter soap cut! ***insert dramatic drum roll***






Thanks for stopping by and happy soaping!









11 comments:

  1. Love the easter characters added to the cold process. Did you ever have a problem with melt and pour sweating? How did you insulate the cold process? Sorry so many questions but it's something I have been eyeing to do too. Thank you very much.

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    1. Luckly my MP didn't sweat a bunch (a little bit after gel but was easily wiped off). I used BB's 9- bar birchwood mold that has a lid so I just put on the lid, covered it with a towel and let it rest over night. Hope this answer you questions and thanks for asking them!

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    2. Thank you very much. It helps a lot. Now we wait till I get the courage to try it.

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  2. Those are so cute! Great easter-y colours. I think your orange bunny would be great in Vegas. ;)

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  3. thaank you and you're right that bunny would fit right in, lol

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  4. These bars of soap are SO CUTE! and I think the orange bunny is pretty adorable :) I find it interesting that you micas morphed on you when you mixed it in. I know some of them tend to do it and luckily I have not had it happen to me (yet - and I hope it won't soon...I think I just jinx myself! LOL)

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    1. Thank you! It was a bit odd that my micas morphed but luckly the green came back to the original color

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  5. Oh my gosh, soooo cute!!!! I love the details on the embeds and the grass piping is the perfect touch...great job! =)

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  6. Oh, those embeds are so cute! And I love the piped grass - what a neat touch! These are perfect for Easter.

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