Darth Vader Soapmaking

It's father's day next week so I prepared Darth Vader Soaps for Father's Day.  Here I've used transparent soap base.  For the color I've added activated charcoal - not only it will make the soap color black it will also help in skin/body detox.

The size of the mold is very small so I made a slanted stand for it molded using cupcake liners. To achieve the slightly angled top, I placed chopsticks at the bottom of the liners when I poured opaque soap base containing activated charcoal too.

Then, when both the Darth Vader soap and stand are ready, I remelted left over gray colored soap base and used it to "glue/stick" the two soaps together.  To ensure proper adhesion between the two surfaces, I made slight scratches in the soap surfaces using toothpick.

Here are the soap output:

Just after soap drying:

Darth Vader soaps in upright slanted soap stand (left) and inverted slanted soap stand (right):

You may be wondering on why I made Darth Vader soap for father's day?

Well you know the word Vader literally means father right? Another reason is that I like Darth Vader.  Don't tell me you didn't liked him when he was that cute little Anakin Skywalker boy?

To me, he is a good son, a good husband and a good father.

He joined the dark side while thinking/knowing that what he is doing at that time was right, remember that - that was a time of chaos and adversity.  I am not here to close my eyes againts all the bad things that he have done.  In fact, everything that he have done can be traced down due to to his love for his mom, wife and kids.  Let us not forget too that no matter on which route he took, the prophecy did came true and he brought balance again.

In our daily lives, if you happen to know a real life Darth Vader will you like him, hate him or forgive him? To me no matter what.. I believe that we all commit mistakes and so everyone deserves a second chance - no matter what!

Alright, enough.. enough.. here is the Darth Vader soapmaking video.. I hope you like it.

Happy Father's day to all the father's out there.

Happy Birthday to my cousin Ate Beng.

Advance Happy Birthday to Jo. 

Hello Kitty Soap Making

This week, I made Hello Kitty Soaps.  This is a very easy project so I included a simple packaging idea.

I engraved Hello Kitty eyes and filled it up with gray colored soap base. 

After drying:

After packaging:

The video below is the first video that I had uploaded in my new channel.

I've completed migrating all the previous videos in this new channel already.

Happy Birthday to Orly.

Advance Happy Birthday to Tita Sauda and 

Advance Happy BirthdayAris.

Moving Forward.. See you in my new home!

I've generated 32 videos in 8 months to gain:

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It took me 30 minutes to download all my videos and upload it into another channel. I'm back to square 1 due to channel migration. This new channel has

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I wonder on how long it will take to gain everything back?
I am expecting and praying for the best.

One thing is for sure.. Days, months, years from now.. When I look back - I am confident that I won't regret the day when I made this decision.

Thanks for all your support and to those who already subscribed into my new channel. I appreciate it so much.

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Making of Dragon Ball Z soaps

I tried to search for a video on making Dragon ball z soaps and I can't find any in youtube. So I've decided to make DBZ soaps and share the soapmaking video.  For the Dragon Ball Z soaps, I used an ice mold to create the sphere. I've also used a mini fondant cutter to make the star embeds.

I love watching anime..

Nowadays, thursdays were meant for throwbacks. During our time, (you know - when we were kids) thursdays were Dragon Ball Z day. There is a dubbed version of this anime and we used to watch it in the local Rpn 9 channel.

Here are the Dragon Ball Z soap photos:

The photo above were taken while the soaps were inside the lightbox.  The next photo were taken at normal lighting conditions and where taken just after unmolding the soaps.  Look on how does proper lighting made  the Dragon ball Z soaps shine and how did it made the star embeds appear so distinct as if it floats in the middle of the sphere.  

Here is the video.  Enjoy!!!

GTG now, I still need to help Son Gokue to find the rest of the dragon balls. 

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Happy Birthday to Irish & Daphne!

Making of Shot Glass Soaps

Yah, I know.. this is the first time that you see a shotglass soap.

I believe that I am the first soapcrafter who made this. (Well, I tried to search on available postings and I can't seem to find any -- so maybe I am right and it is possible that I am wrong too)

I was thinking of a possible soap project lately.  Then, I noticed that most of the people that I came across with (housemates, friends and colleagues) were complaining about the weather.  It is really warm here. Normal room temp ranges from 30 to 33 degrees C and the humidity ranges from 69% to 76%. That gave me the idea of making a soap that looks like drinks/wine.

Here, I've used an ice mold to make the shot glass soap.  Then, I filled it up with transparent soap base where I tried to match the color or whiskey/punch. I struggled in removing the soap from the mold. This mold that I bought were very thick.  I could have easily removed it if I would forcefully do so but I am afraid that I might accidentally deform the shape of the shot glass soap.  I ended up using a tool (wooden handle of the pie cutter) and that helped me to push the soaps out from the mold without deforming it.

I liked this project so much.  Will try to make more of this in the future.

Here are the photos of the shotglass soaps. Did you know that taking the photo of the shotglass soaps is also a challenge?  We need to purposely dim the lights so that we can capture the details of the shotglass soaps and highlight its transparency.

I'm sure you'd like to see on how I struggled in demolding the soaps, so below is the video. 

Have you tried using ice shotglass silicon mold before? if yes? on what projects? Let me know your comments.

Making of Mr. Men Soaps

Today, I am bringing back the inner child in me. I made Mr. Men soaps.

I like Mr. Men & Little Miss cartoons and I was supposed to make 6 soaps.

I ended up completing half of the original plan because my phone battery died halfway while I am recording the video. I was also thinking, that even if my battery survived, I won't still be able to complete it because of the details of each Mr. Men soap and my limited time, (I want to sleep early today).  I put different colors for the eyes, for the hat, hands, body, etc. Of course, I need to wait until the first layer of colors set/dries before I can add the next one. This is really time consuming but it is all worth it because this soap project is really fun to do!

Please welcome, Mr. Bump, Mr, Strong and Mr. Daydream:

Here is the soap making video:

You know, I realized that somehow I am a combination of Mr. Daydream, Mr. Strong and Mr. Bump.

I don't know on why but I always bump into so many things. Like, I know that there is a fridge somewhere, or I know where the sofa is. Yet, I kept on bumping here in there. So whenever I watch Mr. Men I can understand on what Mr. Bump is going through.

Ah, I am an optimistic person and so I believe somewhere in my heart and in my mind, Mr. Daydream resides.

Well, for Mr. Strong it is very obvious I may not be as physically strong as Mr. Strong but deep inside I know that I am a strong woman.  For me, being strong is not just a physical aspect it is something intangible and really hard to describe. When you can persuade another person - you are strong.  When you can survive your day to day challenges - you are strong.  When you can face your fears - you are strong! The list will definitely go on and on and on and on...

So goodnight everyone!

Making of Orchids Soap

I am thinking of what soap should I make for Mother's day.  Then, I remembered that I had an orchid theme soap mold that I bought some time ago. I didn't have any reason to make an orchid soap but I really really like the design of the mold so I bought it. Now I find my reason already!

I made orchids soaps in preparation for mother's day. I know that mother's just like my mama loves gardens and flowers. She didn't have any orchids at home because she told me that taking care of orchids at home is a big responsibility. You need to know the correct environmental conditions to successfully grow and maintain orchids.

Speaking of orchids,  did you know that orchids is the national flower of singapore?

Vanda Miss Joaquim var. Agnes, an orchid hybrid, was selected as Singapore's National Flower on 15 April 1981.  This inaugurated the first National Flower Week in Singapore.  The plant is named after Agnes Joaquim (1854 - 1899), in whose garden it first appeared.  It is considered the first orchid hybrid from Singapore and the first Vanda hybrid to be registered. Source: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_752_2005-01-10.html

Alright, alright, going back to my soaps - here are the photos and the soapmaking video:

Happy Mother's Day to my Mama and to all the Mommies and Grandmommies out there!!!