navigator9
Well-Known Member
I've watched the videos of people making yin yang soaps, and I've always wanted to try it, because they always make it look so easy, don't they? Yesterday, I was making a batch of buttermilk bastile with oatmeal for a friend, and I thought I'd make a little extra, and try a yin yang design. I had some plastic notebook dividers that I thought would work for the design. I cut the tab off, and twisted it into my Crystal Lite mold. First problem, I thought I had enough AC to color half the batch black. Not so much...it's gray. But that's OK. I was hoping for really nice yin yang designs. Well, I got one (lower left) that I'm happy with, 2 that are so so, and one that's all gray. That must have been the one at the bottom, maybe I didn't cut the tab off evenly enough, and the soap leaked through. Also, next time I will try to pour both sides simultaneously, maybe that will help. And I'll mix the AC in better, you can see some in the soap on the lower left, that's not mixed in well enough, along with some oatmeal pieces, looking orangey in this pic. So if anyone has any ideas on what I should do differently next time, please let me know. At least the soap itself is really nice. I tried some this morning, and as fresh as it is, it's creamy and wonderful. I really do like buttermilk bastile a lot. So that part at least, was a success. 
P.S. A hint that may come in handy for some of you. I like to gel all my soaps, and I always had difficulty with the Crystal Lite molds, because they're fairly small, and don't always gel on their own, and I'm afraid to CPOP them. So a friend gave me a small styrofoam cooler, and what I do is, heat up one of those microwaveable neck warmers, put it in the cooler, and then put in the CL container or any small mold, and put the lid on and leave it overnight. The heat generated by the warmer, and the ability of the styrofoam to hold the heat in, seems to be enough to get the soaps to gel all the way through. Works like a charm!
P.S. A hint that may come in handy for some of you. I like to gel all my soaps, and I always had difficulty with the Crystal Lite molds, because they're fairly small, and don't always gel on their own, and I'm afraid to CPOP them. So a friend gave me a small styrofoam cooler, and what I do is, heat up one of those microwaveable neck warmers, put it in the cooler, and then put in the CL container or any small mold, and put the lid on and leave it overnight. The heat generated by the warmer, and the ability of the styrofoam to hold the heat in, seems to be enough to get the soaps to gel all the way through. Works like a charm!
