Remember the failure (or two!) I had a few weeks back while making the Mantra Swirl soap? I wanted a way to use up some of that not-so-pretty soap and this is what I came up with:
First I grated up a whole load of the red and green portions of the ugly soap, then made up some soap batter and fragranced it with a blend of Patchouli and Red Mandarin essential oils. I then split the batter into two equal halves, then split one of those halves in half again to give me three portions of soap – one half and two quarters. Ā I added all the soap gratings to the larger half portion, mixing it gently but thoroughly to make sure there were no air pockets in there:
Next I poured one of the quarters of soap batter into the mould, then slowly started to add the gratings mix:
Finally I added the last quarter of soap over the top of the grated mix, and gave it some texture:
This is the soap immediately after cutting. Ā The small bars at the front are the two end pieces cut up for samples:
I’m so pleased with it that I’ve decided to make it the first in a series of three. The second has just been made and will be revealed very soon. The third is still in planning stage but will be made this week. Ā Keep an eye out for updates!