April 2020 Soap Challenge

This month's challenge was the tall skinny shimmy. It was fun and relulted in some very pretty if not perfect soaps. I made 6 attempts total. As I write this, my 6th attempt is still not ready to unmold and cut. I thought I would be done with 5 batches but my 21 year old daughter talked me into one more batch. I agreed if she chose the colors. It went into the oven at 2:00 am this morning. I'm pretty sure this last one will be the best but entries are due so I will have to choose from what I have.

Family favorite but batter too thick and

colors are not well mixed.

Batter too thick but it was an interesting idea

First attempt. I love the colors but only

bar has any shimmy

Fifth attempt, all bars shimmy but the

pour is sloppy in places

Second attempt. One bar has a good
shimmy but not consistant throughout.

I will come back and insert my sixth attempt later if I don't ruin it by cutting it too soon.










Here is the mold I used for most of my attempts. I really like this mold. I got it from one of our past sponsors, Winding Creek Soap and Supply, for the brush embroidery challenge. I had to modify it with inserts to make it skinny enough to work for this technique.

Here are some pictures from my various attempts:

 

 


For my sixth and unfinished attempt, I used a popsicle box for a mold and let my daughter choose the colors. The colors were inspired by the ocean and coral.

 

Here is the 6th attmpt. Cut a little too soon.

Popsicle box mold bows out quite a lot on

the sides so I end up wasting a lot of soap

trimming the edges straight. I really like these 

colors!

All batches were hand stired while watching episodes of Perry Mason. I am really curious about that strange art piece on his wall. I think I want that in my kitchen.

I definitely had fun with this technique and I think I am getting the hang of it better. I can't wait to see how that last batch came out! I have decided to submit my purple shimmy. I like it because it has a skinny look that I like and the shimmy is consistant through out the whole loaf.