I set out to make a duplicate of this colorful soap that I made as a test batch called “Celebration”. I believe it sold quickly first and foremost because of the beautiful colors. It also smelled really great, so I’m using the same fragrance that I used before. However, I’m using a different process to make this colorful soap into full-sized bars of soap, rather than the half-sized frosted cakes of soap. The frosted cakes are cute, but look more like decoration than something you might use in the shower. The method I’m demonstrating is fairly simple. I am going to use colorful chunks of soap in a single colored base. (I am making the assumption that if you want to attempt this method, you have some knowledge about making cold process soap and have made a batch or two.)

So far today, I started making a batch of soap like I normally would, only using half the amount of soap. Once the soap got to trace, I added the fragrance. Then I separated it into three mostly equal parts and colored each part differently, using the same colors I used for the frosting part of the original soap. My colorants were FD&C red, FD&C yellow, and chromium green oxide with a hint of ultramarine blue added to the green.

As you can see, the FD&C colors are a bit brighter than the oxides, probably because I used more colorant. I put the soaps in three separate rectangle shaped molds so that when I chunk them up tomorrow, they will be cube shaped. I covered each one with plastic wrap to keep out the air and prevent the white powdered ash that can tend to show up on uncovered soap.

I also melted the oils for the other half of the batch that I will make tomorrow as the base…