- 60g Cocoa Butter
- 400g Olive Oil
- 90g Apricot Kernel Oil
- 300g Coconut Oil
- 400g Palm Kernel Oil
- 187g Sodium Hydroxide (Caustic Soda/Lye)
- 320 - 470 mls/g of Distilled Water (Use larger quantity if you are a beginner)
- We used 35ml (approx 7 teaspoons) of Moonlight Pomegranate Fragrance to give this batch its yummy, fruity Fragrance!
Scented with Moonlight Pomegranate Fragrance , we coloured our batch with Brite Pink for CP at low concentration, and used 1/2 tsp Titanium Dioxide into the entire base as the fragrance can discolour a creamy beige colour. For the Red Swirl colour, we used Carmine Liquid Dispersion and a touch of Brite Pink to liven it up. The picture below shows the intensity of the swirl colour prior to swirling and subsequent curing.
Method:
For how to make soap from Scratch, please see our Cold Process Soapmaking Instructions Page
If you are a beginner, we recommend make this soap just one colour. If you are more advanced, you can follow the instructions below and make the centre pattern similar to marbling with a contrasting colour down the centre.
- Prepare all ingredients and line the mould as usual
- Set aside a small container or icecream bucket for the Red Swirl colour
- Bring soap to thin trace, mix through the Titanium Dioxide and then remove approximately 1-2 cups of soap (I used a extra large waxed cup for this)
- Colour the soap in the ice cream container to a fairly dark shade as above
- Colour the main pot of soap with a very light shade of the Brite Pink, just enough to see it’s there - careful not to overtrace
- Now quickly tip the Red portion back into the main soap pot portion (the very pale pink/white
- DO NOT MIX THIS
- Working quickly, pour the soap into the log mould – the colours will mix as you do this creating the effect as shown in the pictures
- If you need to adjust the surface colour you can use a chopstick or spatula to drag the colour around or into the textured top and to soften the sharp colour
- See full instructions for In the Pot Swirling Technique here).
- Spritz with Isopropyl Alcohol to avoid possible ashing of the top surface, then insulate for gel, or you can cover with acetate once firm enough to lie this over the top without it sticking
- Unmould and slice as usual
