My Second Soap

[Booker]

This is my second CP soap I've done. It has olive oil, coconut oil, and palm oil. No scent. I used activated charcoal and some gold glitter from Brambleberry.

Question, the gold glitter I poured on top, I mixed it with 1 tbsp of olive oil. As you can see it made rivulets. What should I have done differently to avoid that?


Here it is in the mold just after swirling.

Unmolded and cut. I was not patient; the soap stuck a bit. Looks pretty.

Here are the rivulets. There is glitter everywhere.

 

[artemis]

Question, the gold glitter I poured on top, I mixed it with 1 tbsp of olive oil. As you can see it made rivulets. What should I have done differently to avoid that?

That's just what happens. The oil absorbs into the soap and leaves the mica behind. You can mix it with a little soap batter instead, but you would lose that shininess of the mica.

I don't know of another way to get shiny mica swirls. I wonder if you could use clear melt and pour instead of oil.

 

[Ford]

Hi, try mixing with alcohol. Apply with pipette. Then, Swirl Baby, Swirl.

 

[Booker]

Thank you!

 

[akseattle]

@Booker, your soap looks great!
I haven't tried using glitter on cold process soap (I'm a newbie, too), but I have lots of glitter.
I'm going to make a note of all responses and suggestions and then try some glitter swirls!!
BTW, how much glitter to 1 Tbsp of olive oil did you use?

 

[Booker]

Hi @akseattle I used 1 tsp glitter in 1 tbsp olive oil.

Enjoy your soap making! And post pictures! I love looking at soap!

 

[AliOop]

These look fantastic to me!

I agree with @Ford - try it with alcohol if you don't like the rivulet look.

 

[Booker]

I'm always amazed how nice and supportive everyone is on this forum! Thank you!

 

[justsomeguy]

I'm always amazed how nice and supportive everyone is on this forum! Thank you!

It's nice to be nice!

 

[Mobjack Bay]

Pretty soap!

 

[Barefoot Farm Girl]

Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh sparkles!!!!!! Super pretty soap!!! 🤩

 

[Zing]

Really pretty soap there. I can't make decent tops! And by "My Second Soap" you mean "My Second Soap Today After A Decade of Experience"?!