#handdesigned

To all of you followers, this is a special notice that you will be getting from me. In the next few days, i will be releasing some of my "work in progress" for my upcoming opening of my designs and merch~ Yes, indeed! If you keep up with me on my instagram page. You would have seen a little of the progress!

Just to add on a little, as you know. My style has always been on the "gore" "menhera" and a hint of "kawaii", and I wish to cater to all of my audience/fans as much as possible! Do comment below what is YOUR fashion style that you love the most and I will try my best to make it up to you! Otherwise, I will prepare something else from me to give you.

Something else to add on, I will be opening my own online shop so anyone can get to view and purchase my merch. All merch will be designed by me (burning the oils these days) and you will have it reached your place safely (of course there are times where there is no guarantee that your merch will reach there on time/safely but will do pray for the best. Not only do I do hand designed merch such as pins, badges and vinyl stickers: just to name a few. I am doing some handmade upcycle clothings. Yes, you heard it right! I am currently working on one and another one that was hand designed last year (check out my instagram page and scroll through~).

It would be great if you can be a lovely cloud and spread the word~ Reblogging this on tumblr, screenshot this and post it on facebook or twitter or even instagram to help me gain some more audience!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you have checked out my second making soap video, but if not please check it out here;

https://youtu.be/tKsHJLD06Ys

I am still enjoying making soaps and have tried to use different techniques in each one so I can learn as much as possible.

Below is a bit more information and some hints / tricks.

Cherry Blossom soap

Lesson 1

Mica Paint

Even before making the main soap, I found that when mixing ‘mica paint’ you don’t need much liquid (either water or oil), I definitely used too much and think that a thicker ‘paint’ would have made for a slightly better result.

L esson 2

Placing an Embed

I wanted the embed to be exactly in the centre of my soap, but ended up with it being a little low. In future I will be more aware of where the embed is sitting within the soap.

Lesson 3

Piping is Hard!

I think I should have let my soap get a bit thicker before piping, I know some people use completely different recipes for piping soap.

I think if I improve my piping technique it would save me a lot of time ‘fixing’ top details.

Eucalyptus Swirl Soap

Lesson 1

Mix Micas to Liquid Before Adding

Especially with Titanium Dioxide this really helps make sure the colours mix evenly and easier than if they were just added as a powder.

Lesson 2

Different Fragrances/Essential Oils Have Different Intensities

For this soap I only used 10ml (less than half of what I usually put in) yet the fragrance still comes through.

Lesson 3

Lining Up the Decoration

Lining up the decoration with where the bars will be cut – this is true of both my flower soaps. On the Cherry Blossom one many of the bars only had a few petals and most of the flowers I spent ages on had been cut awkwardly.

With this soap I needed to make my figure 8’s smaller to ensure each bar would has a swirl on top.