Sep 9, 2012 ~ Bath Alchemy - A Soap Blog and More

Sunday, September 9, 2012

CPSC Spotlight - Just Peachy

at 8:48 PM Posted by Erica

Week 1 of the Color Palette Soap Challenge generated interest, but only 3 soapmakers had the time to join the first round (lots said they would jump in soon). The great thing is there are plenty of palettes and you can pick and choose which palettes interest you, so join us anytime.

Each soapmaker did a beautiful job with the colors and created unique designs. I am sure you will agree that these soaps are beauties. Great job to week 1 participants.

Miranda of De Zeepkeuken & MirandArt (located in the Netherlands) chose to use the two peach colors to create this soap entitled Romantica. It's the perfect name for a delicately colored soap in a floral scent. Check out the De Zeepkeuken & MirandArt blog, click here.

Eileen of Simple Pleasures Handmade Soap (located in Canada) decided to try the peacock swirl for the first time using the peach and green colors of the palette. It was a great first attempt at this swirl technique with vivid colors. Check out the Simple Pleasures Handmade Soap blog, click here.

Jen Grimes, a teacher at The Nova Studio in California, made this soft and feminine soap using three colors - peach, green and ivory in this layered soap with textured top. She explains how she created the colors, so if you are interested in duplicating them, you can see her instructions on Pinterest, click here.

I post all participant soaps on a Pinterest board each week so we have a library of palettes and soap inspiration to refer to for ideas and to ooh and ahh over! You can follow that board here.

You can now link up your Street Tones, Week 2 soap photos. I will reveal my Just Peachy and Street Tone soaps this week.

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Color Palette Soap Challenge - 3 - Spiced Palette

at 7:00 AM Posted by Erica

This is week 3 of the Color Palette Soap Challenge - CPSC. Each week I will post a color palette, you create any soap you'd like using at least 2 colors. You can join in any time. I'm sticking with fall palettes since I know many of you are getting your fall soaps out soon. At the end of the week, you'll have 1 week to cut, photograph and promote your soap on your blog, business Facebook, YouTube, or Pinterest board and link it up. When you are promoting your soap, provide a link back to this page of the challenge. Full rules are below. Instructions for linking up will appear on Saturday. Have fun!

Spiced Palette- Inspirational palette comes from Design-Seeds, a very cool color palette site.

Spiced Palette by Deisgn-Seeds

Rules for CPSC:

Sunday the color palette is posted.
You have 1 week to create a soap using at least 2 colors in the palette, as close as you are able to get the color. It's soap, I understand there are some limitations.
Use any recipe, any coloring ingredient, in any soap medium - cold process, hot process, melt and pour
Additional colors are not allowed except for neutrals - black, white, grey, tan, ivory, shimmery gold, shimmery silver (you can post them, but I will only feature soaps following the palette)
Photograph your cut soap and promote it on your blog, business Facebook,YouTube or Pinterest boards with a link back to the current color palette (this page), so others can find us and join in, too. It would be really cool if you tell everyone how you created your colors (perhaps I can compile a color formulary for everyone)
Saturday the InLinkz goes live for 1 week.
You have 1 week to post your photo on this blog linking to your blog, Facebook,YouTube or Pinterest pin (that way everyone can find you on the net)
When the challenge ends, I'll pick 3-5 creative soaps from the InLinkz for the week and post them to this blog as featured artisans.
I'll add featured artisans and others that catch my eye to my Pinterest board so others can see what you have made using the color palette.
Have some soapy fun!