Shaping Re-batched Soap to use in CP
I was testing the milled (grated) soap in the microwave and and the thought came to me that I could roll this into shapes and place it into a mould then pour a fresh made batch of Cold Process soap into the mould. It worked fine and the combinations are endless. You could even just dice up your bars into 1cm cubes (½ inch), use one two or even three colours. The pink rose I didn't use, I'm just showing off. ;-))
The mould I am using is 2 inches by 3 inches and 3 inches deep. This gives me the choice of pouring just a single layer or fill it to the top and then hand slice it to get three bars out of each segment. This is sometimes preferred as the desired pattern is not always on the outside of the bar, cutting through it gives a good cross section view.
The mandarin scented soap was too 'orange' I made the mistake of colouring the batch without knowing the mandarin oil was a deep orange colour too so it received a double dose, I'll know next time.
This lavender scented mix was coloured with mauve ultramarine and it could have had a little more but I was happy with the finished result, sort of a pale dove grey with a white marbleised effect which happened all by itself. This is the first recipe I have used a higher amount of coconut oil and I only hope I can repeat it later as the effect is attractive. The recipe is below:
