The first soap is nice, but I didn't like two things - first, the blue is really light (see the Lions hat to the left), and second, the fragrance (Beach from WSP) really accelerated on me, so the swirls didn't come out quite as I had pictured.
On my second try, though, I was so happy. I really love this soap! It is scented with NG's Green Tweed, and both the colors and design turned out just as I had wanted!!
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| Look at how well this color matches! I feel awesome looking at it :) |
Next, I moved on to the Green Bay Packers, because I have many Packers fans friends. It's scented with BB's Coconut Lemongrass FO.
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| I really love how this mica top turned out - I wish I'd thought of doing it on the Vikings soap instead :/ |
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| Here's the finished product - it's a really pretty Packers soap. (too pretty, my fellow Vikings fans have said...) |
I used LabColors to make the purple and gold of this soap. When I first mixed the purple, though, it was this crazy blue color. I wish I had taken a photo before I put it in the oven, because the blue / purple on the entire top of the soap loaf was really beautiful. You can see the color on the side of the mold below - it was more of a Lions Blue than a Vikings Purple before I heated it up...
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| Straight lines are not my specialty, but I really love the effect of the colors and lines - looks like football to me! |
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| This soap makes me feel proud, too! It's a gorgeous color, and the purple is a nice, deep purple. |
Hope you all had a good Sunday, and even though my Vikings didn't win, our household is happy because the Lions did win!
~Chrissy
Beautiful soaps love the lion soaps colors and the mica swirled tops of the packers soaps are amazing!
ReplyDeleteThanks - they were a lot of fun to make! We just had a football party yesterday, and the soaps were a lot of fun to share with friends!
DeleteThose are some beautiful and colorful soaps!!! I love them all and they perfectly represent each of the teams. It looks like you had a lot of fun with those Chrissy! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cee - I have really enjoyed more abstract soap making, where I've not tried to get a color exactly right. These turned out really well, though, and they were really fun to make! Now I need to review your mold tutorial to see if I can make some football-shaped soaps for embeds :)
DeleteI just read where someone picked up some football ice-cube molds from Target!
DeleteOh, that would be awesome - thanks for the tip! I'll have to go check out Target today (and see if I can leave without spending way too much $)!
DeleteNice job on the themed soaps, they really turned out great! =)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Anne-Marie! I've really enjoyed this football-themed task. I'm going to have to see if I can find those football ice cube molds Cee mentioned and make a Round 2 :)
DeleteAll of your soaps are gorgeous, Chrissy! I especially like the colors and swirls in the Lions soap. The Packers and Viking soaps also represent the team colors perfectly. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jenny! I thought I was saving the best for last by designing my Vikings soap at the end, but I really loved how the Lions soap came together with the swirl and colors, and the Packers' gold top looks great, too! Good luck with your holiday soaps!
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