Have you ever wanted to know how us crazy soap people get such beautiful designs? Here's the way I make my Lilac Sunday Soap.
First, I plan and pre-mix my colors.
Then, I mix up the entire batch of soap. When everything is mixed well, I portion out the soap in 3 bowls since I'm going to have 3 different colors. Next, I add the green color and the fragrance to one of the bowls, mix well and pour the soap into my molds.
I mixed the green layer up pretty good, so it gets thick, because I want the soap batter to be thick enough to create these grassy peaks with my spatula.
Next, I sprinkle a thin layer of skin safe mica on top of the green. I have to work fast because I have two bowls of soap batter waiting for me.
After the room is dusted lightly in gold, I add my white color and fragrance to the next bowl and mix. Then, I pour this layer into the molds.
I repeat the same process for the purple layer...
I then add a little detail with my spatula and lastly, top off the soap with a dusting of skin safe glitter.
Voila! Here is the same batch of Lilac Sunday Soap cut.
Planning my soap is an interesting process because I cut down through the layers. What you see on the top of the soap is very different looking than the finished bar.
You can buy Lilac Sunday Soap here.
Happy day,
Jill
The purple came out so gorgeously, thanks for sharing your amazing pictures. =)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Anne-Marie! I used your "add a little ultramarine blue to your ultramarine violet" tip for the purple! =0)
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