Embracing Opposites Soap Challenge July 2015

Sponsored by Greatcakes SoapworksThe idea is to show opposites using soap as the medium and utilizing a log mold and a center divider.

Ohhhhh… I thought and thought and thought some more. A vision of colors. Blue on one side and orange (not just any orange but neon orange), and then a purple neon swirl in the orange and a yellow neon, glow in the dark swirl in the blue side. (I’m not totally blind yet!) I envisioned wispy, jubilant swirls of color in dazzling neon glory. Hmmmm…. Maybe one neon color would have done the job. I decided on a summery citrus/floral fragrance I’ve used many times, it’s cooperative, and I love it. I used a predictable Bastille recipe, high in olive oiI, but also did a significant water discount,and it moved quicker than I had planned. OOPS!

Oh my, this began to accelerate. Not soap on a stick, but working on it. I don’t scare easy, I’ll tell you, so I continued. This will not be the wispy, carefree swirls I envisioned, rather like some weird pop art thing. Swirls! Quick, where’s my hanger tool?!?!? Oops, don’t have a tool for this size mold. Plan B: find a spoon!!! Or a knife!!! Anything!!! Knife, not ideal, but will work.

Well now, It’s in the mold, and we’ll see tomorrow.

“Here comes the Sun!” IT IS NEON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS BRIGHT!!!! Definitely when the vision and reality are in different universes.

You may wonder if I’m colorblind. No…it only appears that I am. This is an awesome, luscious recipe, it smells beautiful, and it’s glow in the dark neon. Win-win I’d say!

Here are a few more pics.