Showing posts with label Melt and Pour Soap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Melt and Pour Soap. Show all posts

Saturday, November 1, 2014

November 2014 | Heart Cupcakes | KCK Soapery


Five oil and two butter recipe.  My first batch of soap after almost two weeks.  Got a crazy October this year.
 
 
Made the little hearts using melt and pour soap base. 
 
 
Ingredients for the cold process soap include Coconut oil, Palm oil, Olive oil, Rice Bran oil, Castor oil, Cocoa butter and Mango butter.
 
 
The black was colored using activated charcoal and the white with titanium dioxide.
 
 
The black was fragranced with Chocolate Lover's blended with Butt Naked and the white part was with China Rain fragrance oil.
 
 
Frosting texture was a little on the soft side.  Most held up the spiked tip though.
 
 
Topped the frosting with the hearts.
 
 
The hearts stayed where I placed them and did not melt into the soap batter.  I was worried about the hearts melting during the saponification process since they were so small.  But they held up.
 
 
The leftover batters were poured into the regular soap loaf mold.
 
 
The frosting and the hearts behaved just as good as in the mini cupcakes.
 
 
The black was not as black as I wanted.  I hope it darkens as it cures since the fragrance oils used contain vanillin.
 


Happy Soaping!


Sunday, September 28, 2014

September 2014 | Bubblegum Agave | KCK Soapery

 
 The video below will show how I was in a "panic" mode right from the beginning of the soap batter making.   The near disaster started when I realized I forgot to dilute my colors with some oils.  I had to add colors to thickened soap batter and just poured my titanium dioxide to the rest of the batter.  Definitely not the right way to add colors.
 
The bubblegums were made with "melt and pour" soap.  They were added on to an Agave scented handmade soap.
 
 
These colorful balls were added on top of the piped soap frosting to give it some texture.
 
Agave soap ingredients include Coconut oil, Olive oil, Rice Bran oil, Palm oil, Mango Butter and Castor oil.
 
 
Skin loving additives used were silk and kaolin clay.
 
 
The soap were made on Friday, we were away Saturday and it sat for a total of 48 hours before being cut. 
 
 
It was still a little soft when I cut the bars and the MP balls did perspire and are a little dewy.  But aesthetically they look just as planned.  We shall see how they perform in the shower or bath.
 
 Enjoy the video and watch me working in panic mode.