{"id":9479,"date":"2014-05-21T13:56:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T19:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=9479"},"modified":"2021-03-12T16:18:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T22:18:49","slug":"congrats-to-our-oil-glycerin-swirl-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/congrats-to-our-oil-glycerin-swirl-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats to Our Oil & Glycerin Swirl Winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, wow, wow!! We had some fantastic, amazing, absolutely gorgeous soaps entered in this month’s Soap Challenge Club – so many great ones, in fact, that we ended up with ties for both 2nd and 3rd place, with so many others trailing by just a vote or two!! You’ll see some repeat winners, as well as some new ones this month…and such a wonderful variety of countries represented! Let me begin by thanking our sponsor, Nature’s Garden<\/a> for providing a $50 gift certificate to our grand prize winner – and first place ran away with the prize! Congrats goes to Zahida of Handmade in Florida for her beautiful feather swirl soap with mica swirls on top:<\/p>\n

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Secret Feather Swirl with Oil & Mica Tops by Handmade in Florida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tied for second place, we have these beauties:<\/p>\n

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Granberry Soap by Ruth of Seifenkoenigin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ruth is from Austria, and she created the soap above using a faux funnel technique underneath and the mica swirls on top. She has a wonderful blog<\/a> about her soapmaking journeys.<\/p>\n

Also in second place is this beautiful rainbow mica swirl:<\/p>\n

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Rainbow Mica Soap by Lisa of Kangaroo Apple Soap Studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lisa is an Aussie soaper, utilizing the beautiful peacock swirl with her oil & micas. You can check out the Kangaroo Apple Soap Studio Facebook page<\/a> to see more of her work!<\/p>\n

In third place, there are two more stunners:<\/p>\n

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Purple-Gold Mica Swirl soap by Soaps N Such<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Catherine of Soaps N Such is from Virginia, and created this lavender soap with simply elegant glycerin & gold mica swirls. You can follow Soaps N Such<\/a> on Pinterest<\/p>\n

\"Oriental<\/a>
Oriental Mint soap by Maya of Infusions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maya of Infusions blog<\/a> hails from Japan, and created a unique essential oil blend for her soap, with these lovely oil & mica as well as oil & cocoa powder swirls.<\/p>\n

All four of our second and third place winners will receive free registration to next month’s Soap Challenge Club!!<\/p>\n

If you would like to take a peek at the rest of the soaps that were entered, you can find them all right HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We will be taking a short break for Memorial Weekend here in the U.S. and will start the June Challenge Club on Monday, June 2nd. I will announce the next technique and sponsor via the Soap Challenge Club newsletter, so if you’d like to be included, please click the link below:<\/p>\n

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