I'm participating in this month's soap challenge sponsored by Amy of Great
Cakes Soapworks. This challenge is to use
soap embeds in cold-processed soap.
The embeds have to be made of cold-processed or hot-processed soap (not melt
and pour soap).
This was a fun challenge and I learned a few things, as usual. I've made hot-processed soap before, but it was never this easy. The microwave method for hot-processed soap as demonstrated by Amy works great. For this challenge I wanted to make small, white soap balls and cover them with colored soap to make larger, colored balls that look like fruit loops when the bars were cut. I ran out of white so some of my soap balls had to be solid.
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| Colorful Soap Balls |
The balls were then placed into a batch of white cold-processed soap.
Easy and fun!
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In the Mold
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I used the Fruit Loops fragrance oil from Wholesale Supplies Plus and
it smells fruity and good. I didn't want to forgo using goat's milk in the
cold-processed portion since I normally add goat's milk to my soaps. The
drawback is that the hot-processed white soap turned out whiter than the cold-processed white soap. For this reason I may try using the cold-processed method for making embeds in this particular soap next time, but I'll definitely be trying this technique again soon!
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| Cut Bars Showing Embeds |
