Final Week Soap Challenge

The 4th and final week of Amy Warden's soap challenge is now done.  The time went by so quickly.  It was really fun and hopefully she does it again.  I'll be in for sure.  You can check out all of the gorgeous soaps at Amy's blog here www.greatcakessoapworks.com.  The final challenge was Leopard spotted soap.

After checking out some leopard pictures I decided on a yellowish base with a black (more grey) and orange spots.  My scent was Bamboo and Teak which made me think of the forest and exotic places where you can actually find leopards.

Here is my soap in the mold.

I knew it was a little too soft yet when I cut it and it always kills me to wait.  I have very little patience obviously.  I cut it anyway knowing it was a little soft and wish now that I had waited a little longer but once it's a little harder I will clean it up.  Here it is cut.

It's a little messy but once fixed up it will be o.k.  My "spots" aren't perfect.  I should have let it trace a little more.  Next time I will for sure.  Look like a leopard?  No, but I still like it and it was a lot of fun.

I was out of Palm so did an olive, coconut and kpangnan butter mix.  That was a first so we'll see how it turns out.  I'm thinking it will be nice and silky.  Of course I also added raw silk to my lye mixture as always.  I'm really looking forward to trying this one out.

Thanks once again to Amy for hosting such a fun challenge and showing us some new techniques.  See you next time : )