Rustic Soap & Packaging Challenge Winners
For the month of April, we did a theme challenge that was completely different than any other challenge we’ve ever done. For the first time ever, hot process and rebatching were allowed (and even encouraged!) to create rustic looking soaps, […]
Secret Swirl Winners Revealed!
The Challenge Club for March was faced with the task of creating secret swirls – either a regular feather swirl, or a reverse feather swirl could be featured. Claudia Pazdernik in Austria is credited with creating the original secret feather […]
How to Use Indigo to Color Cold Process Soap
If you’ve ever tried to use indigo to color your cold process soap and ended up with a nasty gray – or worse yet, no color at all – this post is for you! I’ve been there too, which is […]
Cold Process + Melt & Pour Soap Design Winners
The February soap challenge was to combine cold process with melt & pour soap to create a cohesive design. These two mediums are completely different in a lot of ways, and yet each has definite advantages and benefits to create […]
Winners of the Collaborator Challenge Announced!
The January challenge was completely different from any other challenge we have ever done before! It was inspired by the experiences that Kenna of Modern Soapmaking and I have had making soap together. Each member had to find a friend […]
Winners of the Tiger Stripe Challenge!
The technique for the December Soap Challenge Club was tiger stripes – including modifications. The tiger stripe creates stripes of color down the length of a log mold that can range from quite thin to what you might think of […]
Cosmic Wave Soap Winners Announcement
For the Soap Challenge Club in November, we tackled a technique called Cosmic Waves. One of the co-creators of this technique, Tatsiana Serko of Creative Soap by Steso, was our guest teacher. The process is a variation of an in-the-pot […]
Soap Challenge Club Wood Grain Winners
The challenge for October was to create soaps that look like real wood grain. Members were given a variety of techniques to choose from and given pretty free reign to do what they wished to achieve the desired outcome as […]
Piped Soap Challenge Winners Announcement!
Did you know that any piping technique you’ve seen with buttercream can be created with cold process soap? Members of the Soap Challenge Club took on some pretty amazing projects this month as they piped their hearts out!! The challenge […]
Dancing Funnel Challenge Winners!
For the August Challenge, I asked Tatsiana Serko of Creative Soap by Steso to be our guest teacher again to show us how to make the Dancing Funnel technique. She and Jelena of SoapTechniques put together their version of a […]