September 2017 | Chai Tea | KCK Soapery

Scented with Chai Tea - a fragrance described as fabulous aroma of just the right amount of gourmet tea leaves, rich spices, and vanilla soy milk. An NG Original Scent!

The fragrance oil contains vanillin which will cause the soap to discolor to shade of brown.

So I decided to add a darker brown swirl and white. As the soap cures, all the colors above will turn darker.

 Olive oil and rice bran oil in white mixing bowl and melted mango butter, palm oil, and coconut oil in the glass container. I used brewed tea water instead of the regular distilled water for this batch just to continue with the theme of the chai tea fragrance oil.  

This is how it looked like after I poured the lye solution into the oils and butter.

Nice caramel color after mixing.

Poured all of the caramel colored batter as my base.

Alternately poured the white and brown batter at different height so some colors will go deeper into the loaf and some stays drizzled on top.

With the help of a chopstick I did the figure 8 on the top layer from one end all the way to the other side of the mold.

We shall see how the color deepens as they cure.

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September 2017 | Kentish Rain | KCK Soapery

This batch was scented with Kentish Rain fragrance oil from Brambleberry.  They described the fragrance as rainy, salty mist green notes made up of basil, green leaf and ozone notes with added notes of muguet lily, rose and jasmine bring out the touch of violet in the blend for sweetness. Our perfumer added bottom notes of Sandalwood and tonka to round out the earthy, coast like feel.

White using titanium dioxide and black using activated charcoal and a blue mica.

My favorite recipe of coconut oil, olive oil, rice bran oil, palm oil, mango butter, and castor oil.

Divided the batter into the small colored cups and two containers for the white.

Poured white for the base.

Blue line in the middle.

Alternately poured black, blue and white on the same middle line.

This was how it looked after I poured most of the colors.  The batter thickened faster than I was expecting.

As usual, I love covering my colors and hide the design.  Just to have something more to look forward to when cutting the loaf.

Sprinkled the leftover colors.

Made random chopstick swirl on the top.

Off the mold the next day.

Since the batter thickened faster than I anticipated, I did not get the effect I was going for.  But this turned out good as well.

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September 2017 | Mistletoe and Ivy | KCK Soapery

This batch was inspired by it being September, which reminds me that Christmas is just around the corner.   Fragrance oil used was Mistletoe and Ivy which is described as blends of cedar leaf, Siberian fir, English holly, holiday mistletoe, cooling camphor, trailing ivy, sandalwood, vetiver, and frosted musk.

White plastic bowl contained olive oil, rice bran oil and castor oil.  Glass bowl contained melted coconut oil, palm oil, mango butter and lye solution in the small plastic container.

Colors used were green, red and white

I used a cardboard as a divider for the mold.  One side was intentionally made bigger than the other.

After pouring the white base, I alternately poured green and red on the smaller side.

Slowly added the white to balance the amount of soap batter on both sides.

Removing the cardboard.

It was exactly how I intended the soap to look like after cardboard was removed.

Poured all the rest of the soap batter.

Using a chopstick, I drew little circles that cross over the white batter.

The loaf looked the way I envisioned.

It was still a little tacky and did not cut as smoothly as I wanted.  The bars have some rough surfaces where some soap got stuck onto the cutter.

But over all, I am very happy with how the soap turned out.

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August 2017 | Lavender Mint | KCK Soapery

My first batch made with the microwave I received as a birthday gift from my family.  I now no longer need to climb up and down the stairs to melt my oils and butters.

These were scented with Lavender and Mint fragrance oil.

Oils used are my usual olive, coconut, rice bran, palm oil, castor oil and mango butter.

Colors are yellow and black using activated charcoal.

Hope you like what you saw and come back for more. We took a lot of pictures on the making but my computer refused to download them. We shall see what tomorrow brings.

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August 2017 | Minions | KCK Soapery

These were made for a "Minions" themed party.

Trying to get the right shade of blue, by adding teal and blue.  Yellow was the combination of yellow and gold.

Used my favorite skin-loving oils for this cupcake recipe which include the following olive oil, palm oil, coconut oil, rice bran oil, castor oil and cocoa butter, and mango butter.

Divided the soap batter as above. I just wanted to add a little white to add more contrast to the blue and yellow.  This batch is scented with lavender and mint fragrance oil.

The base of the cupcake.

Tried to pipe the yellow without covering the blue.

While school shopping, we found a book of minion stickers. Just perfect timing.

Hopefully people receiving these little party favors are going to love them.

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July 2017 | Satsuma | KCK Soapery

This is scented with Satsuma fragrance oil.  It is described as energizing and intoxicating and everybody who used it loves it.

Unfortunately, this batch will have to go to my "failed soap" category. 

It has been two weeks and it is too soft to cut.

I needed the mold for another project and pushed the soap loaf out. It did came out but the batter on the sides on all four corners were stuck.

This is definitely going to be a personal use batch.

I will keep you guys updated for how it looked once they are cut.

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June 2017 | Fifty Shades of Grey | KCK Soapery

My supplier described this fragrance oil as "seductive marriage of tainted rose and wild geranium with addictive, "can't live without it" notes of bergamot and gold amber."

Reviewers mentioned it as appealing to both men and women.

I decided to make another camouflage design since the hubby is running low on his soap supply.

Oils of Coconut, Olive, Rice Bran, Palm, Castor and Mango butter.

Soap batter with the following colors white, brown, green and black for a manly camouflage look.

Drop the different colors by teaspoonfuls.

Until all the soap batter was used up.

Off the mold.

Another view of the soap loaf.

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