I finally felt brave enough to try using micas! I wanted to make a 2-color swirl soap for Halloween. I thought I could put a thin layer of green in my loaf mold, then layer it with orange, and create a swirl using a chopstick as I've seen so many others do. Unfortunately, my batter came to thick trace very quickly! By the time I had mixed and placed the evergreen, the orange had thickened up so much, that all I could do was jam it into the mold and squash it in. I thought, well...maybe...and used a chopstick to try and swirl at least *something*. First picture you can see all that did was create a dent. So I rebatched it!
Day #2. I cut off the green top and part of the orange and shredded it using a cheese grater. I placed the remainder of the orange in the loaf mold. Then I made up a small batch of the original soap recipe (sans color and FO) mixed it with the soap shreds, and smashed it on top. I can't say it's beautiful, but it is just fine for a first attempt!
Notes. This soap batter is malleable, even a day later. It's soft, but holds its shape. I'm going to put a pin in the recipe for when I feel brave enough to try rolling soap dough. I added sugar to the Aloe Vera and made a simple syrup out of it. In the future, I won't stick blend it. It came to thick trace quickly just using a spatula the second recipe - reasonably doable.
Ingredients.
Aloe Vera Gel100 g100 g
| Liquid Required | 49.53 g |
| NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity | 74.76 g |
BB Pumpkin Souffle FO 1.2 g
Evergreen and Scarlet micas from WSP.
Also, I superfatted at 10%. I know this isn't as good as most soapers here, but for me it was a challenge! The Pumpkin Souffle smells yummy! I am thinking in the semi-near future I will try piping shapes on top. For me, it's one-thing-at-a-time until I feel skilled enough.
