Alcohol in a Small Spray Bottle (rubbing alcohol, isopropyl or vodka)
Kitchen Scales
Tray lined with Grease-Proof Paper
Rubber Scraper
Small Glass Measuring Cup
Bamboo or Metal Skewer
A Pair of Scissors
Sticky Tape
A Pencil
A Retractable Craft Knife
Paper Towel
Microwave or Double Boiler
Ingredients
180gClear Melt and Pour Soap Base~3 1/3 oz
70gWhite Melt and Pour Soap Base~2 ½ oz
4Ornament Silicone MouldsWinter Themed
4Regular Sized Paper Cups8oz
Soap Fragrance or Essential Oilsoptional
Dark Blue Soap Colouring
Holographic Eco Glitter
Instructions
Set out all of your equipment and ingredients ready to be used.
Altering the Silicone Mould
Take a sheet of paper and cut a 1cm (1/2”) strip off the length of it with a pair of scissors.
Place the strip of paper inside the cavity of an ornament mould and curve it around the circumference of the mould cavity (ie the circumference of the ‘silhouette’).
Take a piece of sticky tape and tape the paper to itself so that you have a paper template identical to the circumference of the ornament mould cavity.
Cut the excess off the strip of paper and tape down the edges.
Double check the size of your template by putting it back in the ornament mould and ensuring that the template sits snug around the edge of the mould cavity.
Take a paper cup and slide the paper template up around the outside of the paper cup until you cannot push it up any further. Ensure the paper template is sitting parallel and level with the rim of the paper cup.
Take a pencil and draw a line along the upper edge of the paper template marking a ring around the paper cup where the template sits.
Remove the paper template from the paper cup.
Using a retractable craft knife, cut the paper cup about 0.5cm (1/4”) below the marked line all the way through.
Set the bottom part of the cup aside for later use.
Now use a pair of scissors to cut along the pencil line around the paper cup ring. Try to be as accurate as possible.
Place the paper cup ring inside the round cavity of the ornament silicone mould. It should fit perfectly.
Repeat steps 6 - 12 for the remaining silicone moulds.
Place the altered ornament moulds on a tray lined with greaseproof paper.
Melt your soap base as per the instructions in a microwave or double boiler.
Scent your soap with fragrance oils or essential oils.
Gently and slowly pour a small amount of soap into the cavities of each ornament mould until the ‘silhouette’ design is just covered.
Spray the surface of the soap with alcohol as you go. This will help the soap move into the smaller parts of the silhouette and prevent bubbles in the design.
When you are finished, pour the remaining white soap base into the bottom part of a paper cup that you cut up earlier.
Set the soap aside to harden for 1 hour.
Once the soap is set, remove any excess soap and overpours from around the ‘silhouette’ with your fingernail or a rubber scraper. Also check the inside of each paper cup for drips and remove those too.
Tear apart the paper cup to remove the excess white melt and pour soap base left over from pouring the ‘silhouette’ part of the soap bars, cut it into small cubes, and add 20g (0.7 oz) to the glass measuring jug along with the clear base.
Add an extra cube or two for wastage.
Melt your soap base as per the instructions in a microwave or double boiler.
Scent your soap with fragrance oils or essential oils.
Tint the soap to a deep, dark blue colour using liquid soap colouring.
Add holographic eco glitter. Use only a tiny amount (4 x the end of a skewer dipped into the glitter and then stirred into the soap base).
Position the tray holding the moulds on a set of kitchen scales
Press TARE.
Pour the blue soap base into a mould until the weight measures 50g (~1 ¾ oz).
Spray the surface of the soap with alcohol to remove any bubbles.
Repeat steps 19 - 21 for each mould.
Set your soaps aside to harden overnight.
Demoulding the Soap
Once the soap has set hard, gently ease away the silicone ornament mould from the soap bars by peeling the mould back little by little as you turn the soap in your hand.
Once the silicone ornament mould has been removed the soap bar should pop easily out of the paper cup (see the video tutorial if you have trouble releasing the soap from the paper cup).