Making my soap for the Soap Challenge Club’s Ultra-thin Horizontal Swirl technique. I also included some clips of my other two attempts at the end of the video (one of which I thought was a fail but ended up being my favorite). Thank you so much for watching!
- Holly :)
••• LINKS MENTIONED •••
✨ Soap Challenge Club
Website: soapchallengeclub.com/
Instagram: bit.ly/2WvLXqZ
Facebook: bit.ly/3abVI1u
✨ Tatiana Serko of Creative Soaps by Steso
Instagram: bit.ly/2V0FpPD
Website: bysteso.blogspot.com/
✨ Teri of Tree Marie Soapworks
KZfaq: bit.ly/3mUUbDz
00:00 Intro
00:54 Colors
01:54 Blending Oils & Lye
03:10 Dividing & Coloring
05:28 Pouring the Soap
06:37 Ultra-thin Swirl
08:44 Cutting & Planing
09:47 Steaming
10:04 Final Photos
10:22 Second Attempt Swirl
11:26 Third Attempt Swirl
12:20 Cutting & Planing
••• SAFETY INFO •••
Remember to always wear safety glasses and gloves when making soap. If you’d like more info on lye safety or basic soapmaking, check out these video series:
✨ Soap Queen TV Lye Safety & Beginner Series: goo.gl/FqA0Yt
✨ Lovin’ Soap's free ebook on basic soapmaking - Basic Cold Process Soap Making Guide: bit.ly/2PlwB3s
✨ Understanding Water Discounts & Lye Solutions by Modern Soapmaking: bit.ly/2Yvyq2m
••• AFFILIATE STORE •••
In case you’re interested or need a link to something you see, I have an affiliate store where I’ve listed all of the soap making supplies and materials that I purchase on Amazon:
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If you use those links to buy anything, it won’t cost you anything extra, but I will receive a very small percentage of the sale. Every little bit helps, though, so thank you very much if you do! :)
••• RECIPE •••
Total recipe weight: 1050g
Mold Size: 9¾ x 6¾ x 1¼”
Bars are about 3" x 2¼" x 1⅛"
(I used my old BrambleBerry 9 bar slab mold without the silicone liner)
I used one of the recipes provided to us in the Soap Challenge Club tutorial.
soapchallengeclub.com/tutorials/
Superfat: 5%
Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) & Distilled Water:
33% lye solution (Lye Concentration = 33% if using Soap Calc)
Water = 2 x NaOH
Use a soap calculator like the one at Majestic Mountain Sage (bit.ly/2ABEluj) or Soap Calc (bit.ly/3hmGMAB) to calculate the amount of sodium hydroxide required for your recipe.
Essential Oil Blend:
(one of my favorites…smells like sweet peppermint candy to me)
Lavender - 3 parts
Rosemary - 2 parts
Peppermint - 1 part
For help with EO usage:
✨ www.eocalc.com/ by Modern Soapmaking
••• NOTE: Amazon & Nurture Soap Links are AFFILIATE Links •••
••• WHERE I PURCHASED INGREDIENTS •••
Oils & Butters - Soaper’s Choice
Sodium Hydroxide - amzn.to/3digUEU
Essential Oils - Camden Grey
Titanium Dioxide - bit.ly/336DPAc
Pink Clay - bit.ly/36cjzPw
Purple Clay- bit.ly/2S1DFDB
Orange Clay- Symphony Scents
Brown Clay - Symphony Scents
Indigo Root Powder - Botanical Colors
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Gloves- hard to find the ones I used - try kitchen dishwashing gloves
IR Thermometer- amzn.to/3gGQ75D
Scale- amzn.to/2woRyUs
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Slicer- Bud’s Woodshop-Etsy
Planer- CustomSoapStamps-Etsy
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••• WHERE TO FIND ME ONLINE •••
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••• MUSIC INFO •••
Music by Epidemic Sound (www.epidemicsound.com)
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DISCLAIMER: I make these videos to share my own personal methods for how I make cold process soap. These videos are not intended as tutorials for beginners. Cold process soapmaking involves working with sodium hydroxide (NaOH or lye). Lye & raw soap can damage eyes & burn skin. When making soap, you should know & practice lye safe handling procedures. While I hope you find watching my videos helpful, many variables go into making soap and even the smallest change can affect the results; therefore, I am not liable or responsible for your results if you try any of the methods or techniques that I use in my videos.