I hope you have checked out my second making soap video, but if not please check it out here;
https://youtu.be/tKsHJLD06Ys
I am still enjoying making soaps and have tried to use different techniques in each one so I can learn as much as possible.
Below is a bit more information and some hints / tricks.
Even before making the main soap, I found that when mixing ‘mica paint’ you don’t need much liquid (either water or oil), I definitely used too much and think that a thicker ‘paint’ would have made for a slightly better result.
I wanted the embed to be exactly in the centre of my soap, but ended up with it being a little low. In future I will be more aware of where the embed is sitting within the soap.
I think I should have let my soap get a bit thicker before piping, I know some people use completely different recipes for piping soap.
I think if I improve my piping technique it would save me a lot of time ‘fixing’ top details.
Mix Micas to Liquid Before Adding
Especially with Titanium Dioxide this really helps make sure the colours mix evenly and easier than if they were just added as a powder.
Different Fragrances/Essential Oils Have Different Intensities
For this soap I only used 10ml (less than half of what I usually put in) yet the fragrance still comes through.
Lining up the decoration with where the bars will be cut – this is true of both my flower soaps.
On the Cherry Blossom one many of the bars only had a few petals and most of the flowers I spent ages on had been cut awkwardly.
With this soap I needed to make my figure 8’s smaller to ensure each bar would has a swirl on top.