Feathered Circles Winners
December 2023 Soap Challenge
The Feathered Circle design is trickier than it appears, but once you get the trace correct, it is highly addicting! The goal is to create round pools of soap with interlacing colors. Get all the tips and tricks from the video and written tutorial, now available in our Tutorial Shop!
We love having Majestic Mountain Sage as our sponsor in December! They are a woman and family-owned and operated, full-service supplier of raw materials to the handcrafted soap and cosmetics industry. Founded in 1996, they have been a resource to makers by providing quality ingredients, technical support, and rapid order processing. MMS was one of the original sponsors when I first started the Soap Challenge Club in 2013 and have continued to support the Club by sponsoring at least once a year. Grand prize for the competitive categories and their Sponsor’s Choice pick in the non-competitive bonus category is a $100 gift certificate! Second and third place winners will receive a 20% off coupon code.
This challenge has been completely blind, so no names were attached to the entries until now, and no one was allowed to post anything on the internet about their soaps, so if you’d like to find more information about these soaps, check #soapchallengeDec2023! The links go to Instagram profiles for those that have them. The photos are not linked to specific posts about the soaps.
Winners Category
Grand Prize
Cerulean Swirl
Second Place
Supernova
Third Place
Pastel Feathered Circles
Recognition Awards
Best Technique
Criteria Soap colors interlace in consistent, circular pools
Name Julia Vitkovskaya
Location Russia
Link Instagram
Ice & Fire
Best Presentation
Criteria Well displayed soap with interesting presentation and excellent photography (focus, lighting, etc)
Name Melanie McNeice
Location Australia
Link Instagram
Pete’s Pom-Poms
Best Use of Color
Criteria Well-mixed, beautiful color palette with excellent contrast
Name Irina Beketova
Location Texas
Link Instagram
Cosmic Harmony
Advanced Category
Grand Prize
Raspberry Moscato
Second Place
Gentle Breeze
Third Place
Name Nikki Gagliardi
Location Oklahoma
Prize 20% off coupon code – MMS
Electric Youth
Recognition Awards
Best Technique
Criteria Soap colors interlace in consistent, circular pools
Name Nikki Criscolo
Location Vermont
Earth Essentials
Best Presentation
Criteria Well displayed soap with interesting presentation and excellent photography (focus, lighting, etc)
Name Hiromi Fujisawa
Location Japan
Link Instagram
Candy Swirls
Best Use of Color
Criteria Well-mixed, beautiful color palette with contrasting colors
Name Pat Stinnett
Location Washington
Jealous Peacock
Regular Category
Grand Prize
Name Linda Lee
Location United Kingdom
Prize $100 gift certificate from MMS
Bouquet Ripple
Second Place
Ocean Swirls
Third Place
Name Kerry Fraze
Location Indiana
Prize 20% off coupon code – MMS
Winter Blues
Recognition Awards
Best Technique
Criteria Soap colors interlace in consistent, circular pools
Name Kristin Raabe
Location Germany
Link Instagram
Vertigo
Best Presentation
Criteria Well displayed soap with interesting presentation and excellent photography (focus, lighting, etc)
Name Dionne Gule
Location New York
Link Instagram
Double Bubble Trouble
Best Use of Color
Criteria Well-mixed, beautiful color palette with excellent contrast
Name Gladys Chua
Location Singapore
Celebration!
Bonus Category
Sponsor’s Choice
Name Amber Coon
Location New York
Link Instagram
Prize $100 gift certificate from MMS
Feedback “This bright and cheerful soap has me jammin’ to my “Happy” playlist and having a blast. The colors and circles just pop and grab your eye. Color me impressed!” -Andee
Groovin’ Grapefruit
Great job to all our winners, as well as everyone else who participated in the challenge this month! If you would like to see the rest of the entries, check out these links. The names are now attached. Just click on the title of the entry to see them.
Registration for the 2024 challenges opens Monday, January 1st! We kick off the year with Watercolor Techniques by our guest teacher Marina Baranov of Creamy Obsession! Our brand new sponsor for this event is Little Bee Scents. Check out the Upcoming Challenges page for more information about the January through April challenges and sign up to be notified as soon as registration opens. This is the ONLY time you can register for the entire year of challenges for just $150 and get 2 months free!
Here is the soap Marina made for our video tutorial:
