Newbie, comments like that are very flattering coming from such great soapers, so first thank you so much. But as you can see from the pumpkin spice my swirls aren't always great. But from what I can tell about the twisty swirly ones is that they do best when working with a thin trace, and you MUST use a log mold, then I just pour sort of slow and move from end to end making sure to not get too much of one color in any given area. (if that makes sense) And as far as the colors go I always use micas or oxides. I LOVED, LOVED the pop colors, :cry: the blue in the stormy night is still the blueberry pop, and I love it, but I only have very little left so I'm hoping the colors from BitterCreek will be a good replaced for them (I do like the rainbow purple mica from there that's what I've used in the love spell [with TD])