{"id":3871,"date":"2010-09-09T17:55:03","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T23:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=3871"},"modified":"2010-09-09T17:55:03","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T23:55:03","slug":"caramel-apple-soap-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/caramel-apple-soap-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Caramel Apple Soap – part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

This going to be somewhat of a teaser. No final reveal. Just a very strange behaving soap. <\/p>\n

I took what I knew about the Caramel Dip fragrance that I recently purchased, and attempted to create something special. The fragrance lacked pizazz coming out of the bottle, so added a bit of Green Apple and Brown Sugar fragrances to kick it up a notch. The notes from the supplier said that the Caramel fragrance would discolor to a dark brown. And I’ve soaped the Green Apple before all by itself so I knew it was going to set up fast. My plan was to pull out a couple cups of soap before adding the fragrance, color it red, and swirl it back into the pot. I also added a good portion of titanium dioxide to the main soap, hoping it would lighten it to a more caramel color.<\/p>\n

As expected, the soap started setting up almost immediately after I added the fragrance. I was able to swirl in the red – just barely! – and by the time I poured, it was chunky!!! Needless to say, there was a whole lot of smushing to get that soap in the mold. I had no idea what I would get.<\/p>\n

Here’s the mess that greeted me when I pulled the plastic wrap off:
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Caramel Apple Soap Unveiled<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Yes, that would be fragrance oozing out the top, and a bright pink and brownish colored soap!!<\/p>\n

I pulled it out of the mold, and peeled off the freezer paper, and was still shocked, mostly by the neon pink:
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Bottom of the Caramel Apple Soap<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Here’s where I’m going to leave you hanging. I’ve sliced the soap. I have about 16 decent bars out of the 24 I usually get. There are 7-8 smaller “bars” and the same amount of soap balls. Fortunately, the fragrance wasn’t oozing throughout the entire soap, but it seemed to be isolated to the top quarter or so – more where I was squishing it, I think. The only reason I’m not showing you the “good” bars is that I’m sure the color is going to change as it cures. The scent still isn’t impressing me, but I’m hoping that also changes as it cures. <\/p>\n

Tomorrow, I’m planning to post about my experiments with the fragrances I received as part of the from Brambleberry<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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