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Challenge – Mica Outline Swirl Technique
Hi everyone and welcome to this month's soap challenge ... Mica Outline Swirl Technique.
This is a new-to-me swirl technique that I found in Stephanie Graham’s Micas & More group on FB. Her video is found here:
I am not sure that she is the creator of this idea, merely the source that I found for the technique.
The video I made can be found here:
Written instructions are included in this post.
The May challenge is to make a soap in at least two colors and at least one contrasting colored mica outline swirl. Some of us may find that choosing the right colors to make the swirl stand out to be the bigger challenge than the actual making of the soap! (This girl, right here
)
You may swirl with any hanger, chopstick, or spoon swirl technique that you like.
You may use more than one color for the mica outline, in different locations.
You must have at least two soap colors.
How to create the mica outline swirl: Mix mica with any liquid oil of your choice. A recommended ratio is 1 tsp mica to 1 TBSP oil, but you may adjust as needed. Mix your batter (separate, color, and fragrance as normal). Place your main batter color in the mold, spread the mica oil mixture over the entire batter surface. Note: you do not need to use all of the oil. Cover the mica oil with accent color soap batter. Repeat spreading mica oil line - You may use a second mica oil color or repeat the first color. Cover with your main batter color. .Swirl using a hanger, chopstick, or spoon, making sure you go through both mica oil lines.
For the entry thread you will need a photo(s) of the mica oil(s) placed in your batter and a photo of your finished soap.
The Entry Thread will open on May 20th and close on the 26th. Voting will start on the 27th and close on May 31st. *ETA to correct dates from April to May*
PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THIS FIRST (and ALL Rules)-
General Rules:
1. The only members eligible to vote are those with their names on the sign up list - regardless of whether or not you have submitted an entry.
2. This month’s voting will be password locked. Passwords will be PM'ed to registered participants ONLY. So please check your PM's when the voting begins.
3. No posting your entry photos until the entry thread is made. Non entry photos are very welcome!
4. You are allowed to change your entry photo up until the entry thread closes. So if you decide after you post your entry you want another try, and you like the second better, you can change it up until the deadline.
SMF Challenge General Rules
· To enter you must have a minimum of 50 posts and been a member for a month (sorry but no exceptions on this)
· Please add your name to the sign up list if you wish to participate (however, you don’t have to enter a soap at the end if you don’t feel happy with what you have produced)
· The challenge thread should be used to upload pictures of any of your challenge attempts where you can ask for advice and discuss the technique with other members.
· Constructive criticism is welcomed, but please try to keep your comments polite.
· Competition entries must be uploaded to the separate entry thread before the closing date. The thread will open on May 20, 2018 (Please follow the challenge specific rules as to what you need to enter)
· After the closing date May 31, 2018 the winning entry will be chosen using survey monkey and the winner announced on June 1st or 2nd, 2018. There is no prize attached to this challenge. *ETA: corrected the closing date. Man, I really suck at dates!*
· If you fail to make the challenge deadline, you are still welcome to upload your soap onto the thread, but your entry will not be eligible for voting. We still love to see anything you have produced.
· Even though there is no prize, this is still a competition. If your entry is deemed not to fulfil the general rules or the rules specific to the challenge in any way, then you will be given the opportunity to amend your entry. If this is not possible then your entry will not be included in the voting.
· The challenge team reserves the right to have the final say on whether a soap is eligible for voting.
Hi everyone and welcome to this month's soap challenge ... Mica Outline Swirl Technique.
This is a new-to-me swirl technique that I found in Stephanie Graham’s Micas & More group on FB. Her video is found here:
I am not sure that she is the creator of this idea, merely the source that I found for the technique.
The video I made can be found here:
Written instructions are included in this post.
The May challenge is to make a soap in at least two colors and at least one contrasting colored mica outline swirl. Some of us may find that choosing the right colors to make the swirl stand out to be the bigger challenge than the actual making of the soap! (This girl, right here
)You may swirl with any hanger, chopstick, or spoon swirl technique that you like.
You may use more than one color for the mica outline, in different locations.
You must have at least two soap colors.
How to create the mica outline swirl: Mix mica with any liquid oil of your choice. A recommended ratio is 1 tsp mica to 1 TBSP oil, but you may adjust as needed. Mix your batter (separate, color, and fragrance as normal). Place your main batter color in the mold, spread the mica oil mixture over the entire batter surface. Note: you do not need to use all of the oil. Cover the mica oil with accent color soap batter. Repeat spreading mica oil line - You may use a second mica oil color or repeat the first color. Cover with your main batter color. .Swirl using a hanger, chopstick, or spoon, making sure you go through both mica oil lines.
For the entry thread you will need a photo(s) of the mica oil(s) placed in your batter and a photo of your finished soap.
The Entry Thread will open on May 20th and close on the 26th. Voting will start on the 27th and close on May 31st. *ETA to correct dates from April to May*
PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THIS FIRST (and ALL Rules)-
General Rules:
1. The only members eligible to vote are those with their names on the sign up list - regardless of whether or not you have submitted an entry.
2. This month’s voting will be password locked. Passwords will be PM'ed to registered participants ONLY. So please check your PM's when the voting begins.
3. No posting your entry photos until the entry thread is made. Non entry photos are very welcome!
4. You are allowed to change your entry photo up until the entry thread closes. So if you decide after you post your entry you want another try, and you like the second better, you can change it up until the deadline.
SMF Challenge General Rules
· To enter you must have a minimum of 50 posts and been a member for a month (sorry but no exceptions on this)
· Please add your name to the sign up list if you wish to participate (however, you don’t have to enter a soap at the end if you don’t feel happy with what you have produced)
· The challenge thread should be used to upload pictures of any of your challenge attempts where you can ask for advice and discuss the technique with other members.
· Constructive criticism is welcomed, but please try to keep your comments polite.
· Competition entries must be uploaded to the separate entry thread before the closing date. The thread will open on May 20, 2018 (Please follow the challenge specific rules as to what you need to enter)
· After the closing date May 31, 2018 the winning entry will be chosen using survey monkey and the winner announced on June 1st or 2nd, 2018. There is no prize attached to this challenge. *ETA: corrected the closing date. Man, I really suck at dates!*
· If you fail to make the challenge deadline, you are still welcome to upload your soap onto the thread, but your entry will not be eligible for voting. We still love to see anything you have produced.
· Even though there is no prize, this is still a competition. If your entry is deemed not to fulfil the general rules or the rules specific to the challenge in any way, then you will be given the opportunity to amend your entry. If this is not possible then your entry will not be included in the voting.
· The challenge team reserves the right to have the final say on whether a soap is eligible for voting.
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