Caramel Apple Soap – part 1

September 9, 2010 by | 11 Comments

This going to be somewhat of a teaser. No final reveal. Just a very strange behaving soap.

I took what I knew about the Caramel Dip fragrance that I recently purchased, and attempted to create something special. The fragrance lacked pizazz coming out of the bottle, so added a bit of Green Apple and Brown Sugar fragrances to kick it up a notch. The notes from the supplier said that the Caramel fragrance would discolor to a dark brown. And I’ve soaped the Green Apple before all by itself so I knew it was going to set up fast. My plan was to pull out a couple cups of soap before adding the fragrance, color it red, and swirl it back into the pot. I also added a good portion of titanium dioxide to the main soap, hoping it would lighten it to a more caramel color.

As expected, the soap started setting up almost immediately after I added the fragrance. I was able to swirl in the red – just barely! – and by the time I poured, it was chunky!!! Needless to say, there was a whole lot of smushing to get that soap in the mold. I had no idea what I would get.

Here’s the mess that greeted me when I pulled the plastic wrap off:

Caramel Apple Soap Unveiled

Yes, that would be fragrance oozing out the top, and a bright pink and brownish colored soap!!

I pulled it out of the mold, and peeled off the freezer paper, and was still shocked, mostly by the neon pink:

Bottom of the Caramel Apple Soap

Here’s where I’m going to leave you hanging. I’ve sliced the soap. I have about 16 decent bars out of the 24 I usually get. There are 7-8 smaller “bars” and the same amount of soap balls. Fortunately, the fragrance wasn’t oozing throughout the entire soap, but it seemed to be isolated to the top quarter or so – more where I was squishing it, I think. The only reason I’m not showing you the “good” bars is that I’m sure the color is going to change as it cures. The scent still isn’t impressing me, but I’m hoping that also changes as it cures.

Tomorrow, I’m planning to post about my experiments with the fragrances I received as part of the from Brambleberry.

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  1. Oh boy. Soap is so crazy confusing sometimes. I bet it will look good though. I wonder why the red turned neon pink without any fo or titanium dioxide with it?

  2. I’m not sure – other than it mixed with the other soap when I squished it. Or maybe I just didn’t use enough. It was the same dye and amount I use for the peppermint soap!

  3. Maybe it might supprise you even more by turning into something really special. I think the bottom looks wonderful now and who knows what it might look like after a few days. Can’t wait to see the cut bars:)

  5. Wow, it looks like marble! I don’t know where it’ll go with the color, but it looks really cool now! I don’t know about you, but my soaps -even the unusual ones, seem to grow on me after a few days. 🙂

  6. The swirls look really pretty, actually! I had no idea making soap could be so complicated. I love when you post the details of your soap making adventures…it’s fascinating to me!!

  8. The swirls look really pretty in the soap =) I love how you always take your readers through the process of making the soap, it always makes great blogs!

  9. I just loved when you think you messed up a batch and when you unmold it, it totally surprises you with color in which you weren’t expecting! Can’t wait to see what it looks like after curing! So far it looks great!

  11. You know what Amy? I actually like the look of this soap! It reminds me of a giant log of lasagna, lol! Let it finish curing, and if you absolutely hate it, just sell it as a fugly. Folks love a good botched tale…

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