Hello again loves!  Welcome back fo Fairmount Soapery!  Today I'm going to share the process for making the Dazed and Confused soap that is available in our Etsy Shop. 


Dazed and Confused is inspired by one of my favorite movies, and honestly was an experiment for me.  As you can see in the photos the soap was intended to have a straight white base and top layer; however, the fragrance oil seemed to slowed trace a bit so everything remained fluid for a long time for me.  The swirled colors were also thinner than intended, so they ended up being quite fine and thin in places causing a tad bit of muddying of the colors. 

The process used was fairly simple, as you will see in the video below or on our YouTube page.  I brought my oils and lye water solution just to an emulsion since I wasn't sure how the fragrance oil would cooperate.   Once I had that blended I split the batch into the different colors and poured the white into the mold.   In retrospect I should have blended the white first and had it setting up in the mold while I worked on blending the colors for the swirl.    As mentioned above the colors in the swirl were also thin when I poured them.  In retrospect here I would have given each of them a quick whirl with the stick blender to speed up trace; however, I hand stirred them in.

As for the swirl, I hand mixed each color and then poured them back into one bowl to create an in the pot rainbow swirl.   When I was ready to pour the center swirly layer I used a spatula to break the fall of the colors on the white layer; however, as you can see the colors still broke through the layer. 

You can see in the graphic to the right all of the colorants used to create this particular soap.  All of the colorants, and the titanium dioxide were from TKB Trading aside form the blue which is Blue Vibrance Mica from Nurture Soap.   The titanium dioxide I have been using is the water dispersible version, and the oxides were all dispersed in oil.

As previously mentioned these soaps are stamped with "SM" which is our old logo and name (Signal Mountain Soap Co), so ignore that in the photos.   I will be working on some new soaps soon.  I purchased a different mold that is a tall, skinny mold that is about half the size of this mold which will be great for me just starting my shop.   I have plenty of inspiration sketches hanging around my desk and my notes app on my phone at the moment, so be on the lookout for those soon.  In the meantime, this soap and a few others are available in our shop, and be sure to check out our YouTube video of the making of this soap!



*If you have never made cold process soap or handled lye please refer to the link below for more information.
Free Beginner’s Guide to Soapmaking: Cold Process

If you are interested in a bar for yourself you can find them here.  Overall I love the way this turned out, and it smells so lovely and refreshing in the shower.  The bars turned out so unique and interesting, so I will definitely keep this process in mind for another soap!   Let me know what you think!

All the love,
Pam
Fairmount Soapery

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