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In-the-Pot Swirl Challenge

9/4/2014

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Amy's September Challenge is for In-the-Pot Swirls (or in soaper's terms an ITP swirl). This swirl is done "in-the-pot" just like it sounds. Once your oils/lye are mixed you can separate out a portion of the soap to color leaving some of the soap in the pot. You pour the colored soaps back into the pot in various spots, give it a quick swish around with your spoon or spatula and pour the entire contents into the mold. No two soaps turn out the same as the swirls are always different. You can use one additional color or chose as many different colors to add as you want as long as the soap stays fluid and doesn't set up too fast.
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So as you can see I have big plans! On the wall are four different Christmas or Winter soaps that I had planned to do and when I saw Amy's new challenge I thought these would be perfect! I used some color palettes from Design Seeds to match up to the scents. The buckets are holding both liquid and solid oils, there are two batch of oil sitting on the stove melting. The lye has been mixed and sitting outside to cool down. 
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Here are the colors mixed for the Holiday Berry soap. 
I will pour about a cup of soap into each container for the colorants. 
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I have poured the various colors into the main pot - In-the-Pot Swirls! 
Then into the molds they go to set for a day or so....
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Here are the four In-the-Pot soaps prior to cutting into bars. 
(left to right): Jack Frost, Frozen, North Pole and Holiday Berry
Oh, and yes, there is glitter on the tops.
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And they are cut into bars and headed to the curing room until winter arrives!
(left to right) Holiday Berry, Jack Frost, North Pole and Frozen

Now....which one do I choose for the challenge? 
Or maybe I will have time to make some more ITP swirls before the due date?
Which one is your favorite??
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I did find a bit more time to make a couple more ITP Swirled soaps so I am including them below. These will all be ready for our winter craft shows.
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