The Great Cakes Soap Challenge this month involved learning the Dancing Funnel Technique. This technique was invented by Tatsiana Serko of Creative Soap by Steso and Jelena Vasiljeva of Soap Techniques. Tatsiana was also our guest teacher this month and did another amazing job explaining and demonstrating this technique for us. We were able to enter our soaps in one of two categories: all natural or synthetic. I chose the all natural category. I’m sure you are all astonishment. ;) Continue reading
is month’s Great Cakes Soap Challenge involved learning a new technique called the Pipe Divider Swirl. This technique was created by Tania of Soapish. You can see the video of her beautiful 
The Great Cakes Soap Challenge this month involved creating a winter wonderland themed soap that had to include an element of snow. The first thing that came to mind was to attempt a snowy landscape of some kind. Having never done a landscape soap of any kind, I spent quite a bit of time planning it all out. I really had no idea if it would work, but the whole process was a lot of fun. Given the amount of time it took, I’m glad the first try was a success. In the end, it took a combined 3 recipes of soap layered over 3 days and finally cut on the 4th day. :) 
I decided to try out some new herbs, spices, and clays. It seems that with every swirl I want to try or every soap challenge I enter, I’m stuck using the same natural colors I’ve always used – indigo, charcoal, paprika, cocoa, walnut hull, and a variety of clays. But after so many orange and blue or black and white soaps, I’m beginning to get a bit bored. Lots of people already have great blogs and information on most of these, but it’s always a good idea to test and figure out how they work in your own soap. I ended up with some great new ideas and one soap with a cool looking alien spider swirl. :) 
Kápia Méra 