{"id":8096,"date":"2012-04-20T14:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T20:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=8096"},"modified":"2017-09-19T21:04:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T03:04:14","slug":"on-the-curing-rack-nag-champa-and-china-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/on-the-curing-rack-nag-champa-and-china-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Curing Rack: Nag Champa and China Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

I quietly made these two soaps in the background during a couple of the Soap Challenges. The Nag Champa soap is actually made with a little bit of buttermilk that I had left from the milk soap challenge<\/a>. It is nearly ready to sell now! For those who are unfamiliar with Nag Champa, it is a sweet incense fragrance that was requested by one of my customers. It’s a very mellow and peaceful sort of scent. The green mica that I used for the main part of the soap turned quite a bit darker than I expected. I also swirled in some silver, brown, and purple micas, although the purple is now more of a plum color:<\/p>\n

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Nag Champa Soap by Great Cakes Soapworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Nag Champa soap will be available at Greatcakessoapworks.com<\/a> this next week!!<\/p>\n

The other soap I managed to slip in while you weren’t looking is a China Rain soap. Remember when I needed to make an extra batch of soap to have a white contrast in the Mokalata soap<\/a>? Well, this is what I made with the rest of that batch! The supplier’s notes say that the fragrance turns a nice mauve in the soap, so I wanted to see exactly what they meant by that. It does have a bit of a pinkish hue to it. Of course I swirled some white into this one as well for a bit of contrast. <\/p>\n

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China Rain Soap by Great Cakes Soapworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The China Rain scent is also quite sweet, but more floral, with hints of fresh rain showers. In my mind, it’s a soft-spoken soap, suitable for a soft-spoken lady. This soap will be available at Greatcakessoapworks.com<\/a> around the first part of May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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