This yummy fragrance does discolour your soap, so we have done a "Blind Swirl" in white. This means you mix the fragrance into half the batch, and leave the rest uncoloured, or in fact in this case, with some Pearl White Mica added. Then wait for the discolouration to happen, and you'll end up with this lovely, natural, rustic coloured bar.
- 400g Coconut Oil
- 400g Olive Oil
- 100g Cocoa Butter
- 100g Shea Butter
- 250g Rice Bran Oil
- 178g Sodium Hydroxide (Caustic Soda/Lye)
- 400 mls/g of Distilled Water
- We used 35ml (approx 7 teaspoons) of Warm Vanilla Sugar Fragrance.
This soap is coloured with Pearl White Mica (approximately 1/2 teaspoon hydrated in some water) or you can use 3/4 teaspoon Titanium Dioxide hydated in Water.
Method:
For how to make soap from Scratch, please see our Cold Process Soapmaking Instructions Page
If you are a beginner, we recommend making this soap just one colour. If you are a little more experienced, you can follow the instructions link to "In the Pot Swirling" instructions. The Picture above is a classic blind swirl, but an In the Pot Swirl works well too.
- Prepare all ingredients and line the mould as usual
- Set aside a small container or icecream bucket for the white colour In this case, we used Pearl White Mica Powder to colour the swirl colour a slightly whiter "white"
- Bring soap to thin trace, and then remove approximately 2 cups of soap (I use a 1000ml plastic ice cream container for this)
- Colour the soap in the ice cream container with the Mica
- Leave the main pot uncoloured
- Mix the Fragrance quickly through the main soap pot portion - don't over trace
- Now quickly pour the unscented, whitened swirl colour in one go straight into the main pot - NO MIXING - PUT AWAY THAT STICK BLENDER!!!!
- Immediately Pour the whole contents of your soap pot into the mould
- See full instructions for Classic Swirling and In the Pot Swirling Soap here
- Cover and insulate
- Unmould and slice as usual
- The Soap will begin to discolour after gel - the time frame depends on which discolouring Fragrance you have chosen.
• Almond Biscotti
• Amber
• Black Amber & Lavender
• Chocolate!
• Dragons Blood
• Gingersnap
• Mayan Gold
• Musk
• Oatmeal Milk & Honey
• Turkish Mocha
• Pomegranate
• Dragons Blood
• Vanilla Select
There are of course more, all our discolouring Fragrances have notes about this in their description on the website so you know what to expect.
