{"id":8002,"date":"2012-04-07T05:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=8002"},"modified":"2012-04-06T19:35:10","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T01:35:10","slug":"soap-challenge-week-3-link-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/soap-challenge-week-3-link-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Soap Challenge – Week 3 Link-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve heard all kinds of feedback about this week’s challenge – some people had a lot of fun, others not so much… I had fun making the cupcake soaps, but I’m still not convinced that I want to make more piped cold process soap! Although they have a really great berry scent, the colors on my cupcakes have morphed quite a bit. This is mostly due to the fragrance oil turning the soap a very lemon yellow color, despite the titanium dioxide that I added to the base color! The pink frosting is now a mauve-rose color, and the cupcakes are just plain yellow. The supplier’s notes said this fragrance would discolor to cream at the most. Hmph.<\/p>\n

Here is the one I made with the extra soap in a plastic cup instead of a paper liner. The colors are a bit funky and dark. In fact the frosting reminds me of a cat’s tongue. LOL!<\/p>\n

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Can you say UGLY???<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And here are the rest, still in their paper cupcake liners. This is pretty true to the actual color of the soap:<\/p>\n

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Not as bad with the yellow part covered up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m probably not going to be making these for Mother’s Day. I’m already planning a different soap for that!!<\/p>\n

So, now’s your chance to share your piped soaps with the rest of us. Tell us how it went – and don’t hold back how you really<\/em> feel! <\/p>\n

Bloggers:<\/strong> Create a post telling us about your soap and show us some photos! What scent did you use? How did you decide what kind of soap you wanted to pipe? Talk about what worked, what didn\u2019t work. Please include a link back to my blog in your post (either the home page, or this post should work nicely!).<\/p>\n

Facebook business page photos:<\/strong> Upload your photo(s) into a photo album, and write a descriptive caption on the photo you are linking up to this post \u2013 include as much information as you’d like! To link the photo, click on it, then copy and paste the URL into the \u201cblog post URL\u201d blank at the top. In the next step, it will show your photo, and you will need to select it. (If you press the \u201ccrop\u201d button instead, you can adjust what the thumbnail of your photo will look like.)<\/p>\n

YouTubers:<\/strong> You can create a link to a YouTube video of your soap! There will be a little frog icon instead of a thumbnail photo of the soap, but anyone who clicks on your link will be able to see your video. Starting on your video page, click the \u201cshare\u201d button and copy the URL. You can use this URL for the \u201cblog post URL\u201d blank. Then in the next step, ignore all the tiny blue boxes and click the \u201cdirect image URL\u201d tab across the top and paste the URL of your youtube video in the blank again and hit the \u201csubmit query\u201d button.<\/p>\n

Uploading a photo from your computer:<\/strong> If you don\u2019t have a blog or business page on facebook or a youtube video, you can still upload a photo from your computer. Just put n\/a in the \u201cblog post URL\u201d blank and go to the next step. It will give you an error message, but it will still work! Just click the tab across the top that says \u201cupload from computer\u201d and you will be able to browse your files and upload a photo. I will remove the dead link ASAP.<\/p>\n

If you have questions or problems with the link-up or with your piped soap, please leave a comment. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing your soaps!!<\/p>\n

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