Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The challenge this month is "Opposites" using a divider and a log mold.  I thought about several different opposites, black and white, dry and wet, and a few others.  I decided on high and low with different color schemes. 
I used Hello Sweet Thang for the scent and it behaved wonderfully.  I used micas from Mad Oils.  Opposite sides of the soap are flirt and wicked in white titanium dioxide and then key west blue and goldfinger in white.  I then laid a mica line of 24 k gold. 
Then I let it set up.  One other soap I made, I used the same colors and in the pot swirl for both.  This did look good but I did not use two batches so of course, the mica line was lost.  It is still a nice looking soap though.
Then I set up a second batch and put the same colors on opposite sides.  I then spooned the white layer, added in the colors and was able to hold the mica line fairly well. 
I then laid opposite colors on top again and then finished with this very thin design.
I like how this soap turned out.  The swirls on each side and each layer are different.  It was a simple soap to make but I tried more difficult looks and did not like the way they turned out for this challenge but they are still beautiful soaps. The opposites lie in the colors used and the high low layering of the opposite sides.