Cold process soap making, Soap Fail and rescue, Soap Challenge Club, Natural soap.

This cold process soap was the 1st soap I had planned for the February 2023 Soap Challenge, 'Colouring soap naturally' It didn't go as planned, so see how I decided on a change of plan to hopefully come up with something that wasn't too bad.
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[@kelseyyates8812]

The rescue soap reminds me of an old comfy sweater

[@IDreamInSoap]

😀👍

[@aagie9097]

Oh my, that batter certainly accelerated! I do like the ribbons in the soap, they remind me of an afghan my dear grandmother crocheted for me back in the 70's so yes, the impromptu soap bars are a hit! I also like the trees. I am a sucker for a rustic look. I think they are all beautiful.

[@IDreamInSoap]

That's so kind of you to say Aagie, thank you so much 😊

[@jobo8819]

I quite enjoy a good soap fail and save scenario. Last one I had really pushed me but was determined I was in charge and turned out quite cool. Well done Lisa. 😀😀

[@IDreamInSoap]

Well done you. Keep saving! 😄

[@mariajohnson1769]

Great save 👍

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks Maria.

[@lyndawest8612]

What detail on the trees. So much work I love them. Amazing save. Your lye oil ratio must have dropped with all the olive oil in the colors. Super cool wavy sosp

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks so much Lynda, the lye ration was higher when I mixed my base, but by the time I added to my infusions it would have been the same as normal. I think I just over blended it as it was quite cold that day and I wanted to make sure it was properly emulsified.

[@victoriat.similien4973]

Your rescued soap looks better than all of my planned soap put together lol. I am new to the craft and I hope with practice I can make soap I am proud of 😅

[@IDreamInSoap]

You can do it! Keep swinging Victoria.

[@shanmugavadivud5]

Absolutely 💯 gorgeous soaps ❤❤ Thank you 😊 for sharing you experience Lisa.

[@IDreamInSoap]

You're welcome. 🙂

[@melbrown941]

Lisa, you are incapable of making a failed soap. You're too talented and ingenious for that, the proof is in your works! These are extraordinary!!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks Mel, very kind

[@hbrunet72]

I totally agree!

[@joyaghosh2940]

Aww loved both of them, also your perseverance. I have two questions 1. Why do you think the batter accelerated. 2. How did u make the indigo look like ultramarine blue?

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks Joya, I think I just blended my batter too much, it had been fine when I did my samples and it was quite cold in my studio, so I was a blended a bit more than I would normally to make sure everything emulsified. I don't think I do anything special, I do infuse my indigo in oil for a good long time. I had someone else think it was ultramarine blue, but it's definitely indigo I have all the safety data sheets and certificates of analysis for it.

[@joyaghosh2940]

Aww so relatable the over blending thing

[@sweethomesoaps4811]

I would be super proud of that save if I had made it! It's really amazing how you got such smooth sculpted layers with such thick batter!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks so much, It was a lot of hard work, luckily the soap was still pliable and hadn't gone rock hard, but by the time I got to the top, the last bit was just too stiff to work with,

[@MommaDrake02]

I really like the rescue soap! If you hadn't said anything that it was a rescue, I'd never have known!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Glad you liked it. 🙂

[@beckhill6642]

Love the trees, what a great design! The unplanned soap was still really pretty, well saved! 😊 Thanks so much for taking the time to share. 😄

[@IDreamInSoap]

That's so kind of you to say Beck, thank you so much 😊

[@marylouleiher8081]

Lisa - you are a soap-making master. A true artist. 😊

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much Mary Lou, that's very kind of you.

[@shaydelady1508]

Well, leave it to you to have a soap go haywire and then pull out a fantastic design! I really do love them both and those tree soaps turned out splendid! I unfortunately can't use anything with mint in it. I get an instant headache just from the smell. I don't know why. Maybe I ate too many candy canes as a small child and now I have an aversion to mint? 🤔 Anyways, FANTASTIC job per usual Lisa!! 💛💛💛💛💛

[@IDreamInSoap]

I'm the same with coffee! Thanks for the props.

[@Christaforde]

I loved the soap and the entire experience of "saving" it. You are an absolute master Lisa. Great job!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much!

[@tonyaswitchykitchen]

Those are beautiful! Stellar job on the recovery! We are in between blizzards so the stripes reminded me of a comfy sweater! ❤

[@IDreamInSoap]

😄

[@lorettagarling14]

As usual your artistry is phenomenal. Two beautiful yet different finishes

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much Loretta, that's very kind of you.

[@starling5188]

You can call it a "Happy Accident" soap 😃

[@IDreamInSoap]

Good idea!

[@corkycobon1481]

I don't see a failed soap, I see excellent craftsmanship and mad creativity. Love the blue from the indigo.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Oh thank you! I do too.

[@heatheryoutube1506]

Your so called disaster is my accomplishment 😂😂😂. You are a star. Well done. Looks great 🥰🥰🥰

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks Heather, all the best.

[@kelseyyates8812]

If you don't mind my asking, what is the ratio of the indigo infusion, and how long was it infusing? I normally make an indigo tea, but this is brighter than I have gotten.

[@tassiegirl1991]

Id also love to know as my indigo infusion is dark dark blue

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hi Kelsey. I use Indigo tinctoria. I get mine from The Soap Kitchen in the UK. I do know that it is Indigo Tinctoria as I have all of the safety data sheets and certificate of analysis for it. I'm not sure where you are located, here in the UK it's really difficult to get Indigo passed through our safety assessments and they will only allow certain ones, so maybe they are prepared differently (I honestly don't know). It's similar with some other natural colours, we can really struggle to get some colours allowed, especially if they're from the root of a plant rather than the leaf

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hi Tassie Girl. I use Indigo tinctoria. I get mine from The Soap Kitchen in the UK. I do know that it is Indigo Tinctoria as I have all of the safety data sheets and certificate of analysis for it. I'm not sure where you are located, here in the UK it's really difficult to get Indigo passed through our safety assessments and they will only allow certain ones, so maybe they are prepared differently (I honestly don't know). It's similar with some other natural colours, we can really struggle to get some colours allowed, especially if they're from the root of a plant rather than the leaf

[@kestar2168]

I love your soaps. Hopefully one day I can experience them.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Me too! 😄

[@cheryl739]

Very good recovery. Like them all! cheers 👍 💕

[@IDreamInSoap]

Cheers yourself Cheryl

[@reneehebert6986]

I like both of the soaps and love the fact that you think this is a fail.

[@IDreamInSoap]

😉

[@Siriuslyyy]

You are the most talented soap maker I have ever seen😊

[@leslierader5249]

Still a winner in my book! Good job on the save!! I can't help but wonder what even happened to cause your batter to thicken up like that? 🤔

[@TheFeralFarmgirl]

It could be anything, lack of humidity in the air, room temperature too low, some fragrances or additives accelerate the hardening process, too much mixing, or maybe she wasn't fast enough adding the lye heavy batter to the colored solutions. Soap making is a gamble sometimes! 😅😅😅

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hey Leslie, I think I was just a bit careless with my blending. It was quite a cold day and I was using my mini mixer, there can be a risk that with those you don't get things emulsified properly, so with that and the cooler temperature I think I over did it and blended too much. When I redid it later that day I was just more careful with my blending and it was all fine

[@leslierader5249]

Thanks Lisa, I was sure wondering bc that was definitely not like your usual pours!

[@janiedillingham3190]

I just watched this video again. And I have to ask ... were you cursing the whole time you were trying to smush all that accelerated soap batter into the mold? LOL!! I sure would have been!

[@IDreamInSoap]

He, he, I don't think I was, I was happy be able to use it. I was more annoyed that I had to do my Challenge soap again and the original plan had taken so long

[@janiedillingham3190]

Once again, you've proven yourself to be the female MacGyver of the soaping world! LOL!! Only you could turn a disaster like that into success, Lisa. You really are a mathematical wizard ... with an infusion of Superwoman and a bit of artistic genius. There is nothing more fun that watching you soap!

[@IDreamInSoap]

😊 You're making me blush! Thanks Janie x

[@jotaylor8548]

Hi Lisa, like other comments below, I'd love to know which indigo you use. Traditional indigo powder wouldn't ever give this bright blue as far I know. There are chemically treated Indigo preps which can so I'd just like to know what you use. Thanks

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hi Jo. I use Indigo tinctoria. I get mine from The Soap Kitchen in the UK. I do know that it is Indigo Tinctoria as I have all of the safety data sheets and certificate of analysis for it. I'm not sure where you are located, here in the UK it's really difficult to get Indigo passed through our safety assessments and they will only allow certain ones, so maybe they are prepared differently (I honestly don't know). It's similar with some other nautral colours, we can really struggle to get some colours allowed, especially if they're from the root of a plant rather than the leaf.

[@reverrage]

Unflappable you! Problem, no problem for long cause your mastery over the soap is evident! Love the trees & the squiggly lines of color! Waste not want not, make an interesting bedfellow...

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hi reverrage thank you so much for your very kind comment 😊

[@teresaskerratt4842]

Great rescue Lisa …. Not that I would have expected anything else …. But I do love soaps that turn out great from a fail ….. thanks 🧼🧼🧼🧼🐝🐝🐝

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much Teresa

[@magbr45]

Oh sweet Lisa, what for you is a failed soap, for us mere mortals are great soaps we would have been very happy to have made ourselves🤗 as I use mostly natural colours, I know how difficult it is to get fluid soaps, they trace so fast! I love the tree soaps, I find they came out perfect, and as for the 'rescued' one, only you could have gotten a pretty soap out of it. Mine would have been blobs on blobs😅 thank you for showing us a great way to use overthick batter 🙏❤️

[@IDreamInSoap]

AW, thanks so much Mag, yes I think I was a bit careless with the blending as they had been fine when I did my samples and my soap studio was quite cold. When I redid them I blended a lot less.

[@soapsoilandsunshine3241]

I love the colours. So bright and beautiful for natural soaps. Well done Lisa, and what a save with the loaf soap. I would've plopped it in myself. LOL

[@IDreamInSoap]

That's so kind of you to say Soap, Soil and Sunshine, thank you so much 😊

[@LadyGecko]

Only you would take the time to make a beautiful sculpted soap our of a soap 'fail'. The rest of us are just frantically plopping it in and swirling before it turns into concrete.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Hi LadyGecko thank you so much for your very kind comment 😊

[@hbrunet72]

I was just saying to my husband that you aren't a soap maker, you are an artist who uses soap batter and dough as your medium. I am always inspired by your videos. Thank you for sharing these with us!

[@IDreamInSoap]

Oh thank you! Much appreciated.

[@CL-we8tn]

Watched the whole video, fid not see the failure as advertised. Misinformation Lisa, tut tut. ❤️

[@IDreamInSoap]

Watch it again. 😉

[@tassiegirl1991]

The bar turned out very pretty with the wiggly lines, the trees i didnt like as much but well done for not giving up.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thanks so much, I'm with you on the trees :-)

[@anitamuller3000]

I love your soaps. Thank you for sharing how to rescue the soap. ❤

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much @anitamuller3000, that's very kind of you.

[@ChaiLatte13]

This was absolutely amazing for being a 'fail'.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Lucky! It's not always like this!

[@MsAubrey]

Always with the complicated things! 😂 ❤

[@IDreamInSoap]

I get bored on the easy ones. 🙂

[@melissapeterson4202]

I think even your "fail" soaps are beautiful!

[@IDreamInSoap]

AW that's lovely to hear, thank you so much Melissa , and thank you for taking the time to leave another comment for me 😊

[@gingeelise]

it makes me think of rock layers in a geology diagram

[@IDreamInSoap]

Ooh yes, I can see that

[@nerinat8371]

All worked out perfectly in the end, thanks Lisa

[@IDreamInSoap]

As we say, 'dodged a bullet' ! 😀

[@leisaparoz3479]

They look fantastic💙

[@IDreamInSoap]

So glad you like them. :-)

[@NaturalMackie]

I like them.🥰🤷🏾‍♀️

[@IDreamInSoap]

That's so kind of you to say NaturalM, thank you so much 😊

[@carolpeters7155]

You are so talented ❤

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much Carol , that's very kind of you.

[@obscenecuisine575]

That poor BUG!😆

[@IDreamInSoap]

Ooh. I didn't see a bug

[@shalomeclark9204]

I am not sure my brain can math that way!! 😝

[@shalomeclark9204]

And then I would have probably lost it when the batter was all getting too think. You are super good under pressure!!!!

[@IDreamInSoap]

It was completely over the top, so you can imagine how I felt when it went wrong and I was 'seriously, I've now got to do all that again'

[@rlax7141]

Nice save.

[@IDreamInSoap]

Thank you so much R Lax, you are so good to always leave comments for me, I really appreciate it 😊

[@Soylarimar]

Omg the black n orange would be a PERFECT Halloween soap! I know that wasn’t your intention, but it works out 😊 gotta find the positive on it bc at least Uve managed to salvage it 😅

[@IDreamInSoap]

👍