WSP FO Review #8 of 15 - Urban Cowboy

Urban Cowboy....Grapefruit and bergamot lend to this masculine fragrance with notes of amber, patchouli, oakmoss and sandalwood.

Previous reviews say it seizes, so I planned no color to be able to stay on top of the soap....well the good news is...it doesn't seize...the bad news??...

...It RICES! UGH! What to do...what to do...

...think fast, can I salvage this, what...do...I...do...

I figured I had nothing to lose at this point so I stickblended the heck out of it...and it actually smoothed out, whew!!
 

This baby heated up in no time....

 

So just what did we end up with...

 

A beautiful creamy white bar of soap. This is a great scent for a man...reminiscent of a cologne, but a great masculine scent.

 

What is your favorite scent for a man?

 

Making Sample Soaps

I am making sample soaps which I havent done in a while, so I made calendula as my first batch, I measured my calendula to add in at trace....

Poured into my molds, I did one as the sample bars and one regular loaf...

 The next day when I go to cut the bars...I remember my log splitter had broken wires, no instructions but I am determined to figure this out, it is just guitar wires...

I know the end piece goes into this piece on the bottom as the anchor... 

Then it threads up top and gets wound around the top pieces that spin it tight...but I had issues with this and 2 hands werent enough, but I tried my best...

Then when I tried to snip off the excess wire the pliers got stuck closed on the wire instead of snipping it off...so here is where I gave up and made do to fix later when The Hubs got home..

So with one string still missing I ran it through....turned it around and ran it through to cut the other side to get my four mini logs lol...

...Last step is the mini cutter....and voila I soon have over 60 sample bars.



Seized Soap

So what is seized soap...that is when the soap seizes in the pot before you can get it poured in the mold. There are various reasons for this to happen, for me the biggest reason is because of the fragrance oil...and most likely it is a floral scented fragrance oil.

This is our gardenia soap...makes a beautifully scented white soap.

This is the batch that seized on me. :(



It is still a safe and useable bar of soap...just not so attractive. When it seizes you just try to salvage the batch by throwing it in your mold and banging the mold on the counter best you can to get the soap settled...hoping to not find air pockets when you cut the loaf.

Here you can see the comparison. Sadly I dont have a bunch of gardenia lovers in my family...so what to do with 12 bars of these wonky looking soaps??!!