Score This Soap!

It's Saturday, and I almost forgot to do a score this weekend. I'm obsessed with swirling now, so I've been searching high and low for a swirled soap to feature. This week's score comes from Sweet Sally's Soaps (I seem to pick all the tongue twisters, don't I?) and is aptly titled Mint Swirl. First of all, I'm jealous because her soap is a beautiful shade of blue and secondly, her swirls are perfection in my humble opinion. I really have to step my game up now! Head on over to Art Fire and score this soap!

Getting Down With The Swirl!

(Pic taken from Burnt Mill Candles & Soaps)

That's a little play on words because this phrase actually means different things to different people. I'm using this term to mean swirling soap colors. One of my biggest challenges as a soap maker has been how to achieve all those beautiful swirls that you see in many of your favorite cold processed soaps. I briefly mentioned this a few posts back when I talked about Saponifier mag's Best Swirl Contest. I also mentioned that they were offering a book dedicated to the various swirl techniques: cold and hot processed swirling, swirling in the pot, swirling with multiple colors, even m&p swirling! I had to have this book! It was available in 3 formats: booklet form, cd form, and a PDF download. You know which one I got right? The instamatic PDF download baby!!!

I tore into this book, and guess who was one of the guest "swirlers"? Misty from Burnt Mill Candles & Soaps! Misty, you didn't tell me you're a published star!!! I always wondered how you made your soaps look so beautiful, and now I do. It's going to take some practice, but I'm going to give it a try. I'll post pics soon!