Tall and Skinny Shimmy aka Wall Pour Soap Challenge

This November challenge for Great Cakes Soapworks is the tall and skinny shimmy, also called the wall pour. The colors remind my of the stages the sky can go through; blue, pink at sunset and dark charcoal for storms. The micas I used are from Nurture Soap Supplies and TKB. My tall and skinny mold is from American Soap Supplies. I love this mold! For a hobbyist, it really is too big to be practical (wish I had a small 1 pound ts mold), but for certain challenges and soap swaps it is perfect! It is sturdy and has held up wonderfully. The tutorial for building a mold was wonderful, but I just never got around to buying supplies and giving it a try.

I used high lard, sweet almond oil, olive oil, coconut and castor for this batch. I also remained with my standard 40% lye concentration. For a very well behaved fragrance you are certain doesn't accelerate, 40% lye can give extra time for working with thin trace I've discovered. It also allows me to unmold and cut in less than 8 hours normally if forcing gel.

I used an itp swirl each layer.

My fragrances were-
1.2 oz Mysore Sandalwood by Oregon Trail Soapers Supply
.6 oz Velvet Peppercorn by Mad Oils
.4 oz Cedarwood by Bramble Berry
.05 oz Sweetgrass also by Bramble Berry

Finally, here was my setup. I did an itp with
Grey in white
White in grey
Pink in white
White in pink
Blue in white
White in blue
Colors were baby blue, red raspberry (both Nurture), and storm (TKB).

I do wish the itp was better defined, but overall I'm pleased with the basic shimmy I got.

Here are my "didn't make the cut attempts".

Thanks to Amy and Tatiana for a wonderful tutorial and a fun challenge this month!