Soap Challenge Club: Layers with Drop Swirl (Aug 2020)

Soap making video for the Soap Challenge Club August 2020 - Layers with Drop Swirls: Beginner Entry Category as I still haven't reached my 50 batches of soap yet.
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After last month's challenge, I really the colour palette of black, grey and white and I wanted to have thin layers on the bottom and have the same colours for the swirls on top. I think when comparing the two techniques, I prefer playing with the drop swirl technique more :) What about you?
I think this challenge was difficult how the two techniques require a good control of trace to show the design element and you can see in the end I didn't do that well with the layers. It would be a good tip to either stick blend the batter to at least a medium trace or use an accelerating essential oil/fragrance oil in between the layers or at least wait up a bit between the layers if you really want defined layers.
The colourants I used in this video were:
White - Titanium Dioxide
Black - Activated Charcoal
Grey - Activated Charcoal
Essential oil blend: Sweet orange, Bergamot, Litsea Cubeba, tea tree
Time links to the video:
0:18 Mixing of lye solution and oils
0:43 Adding essential oils
0:53 Splitting the batch into one third and splitted the two thirds into three equal portions
0:56 Colouring of the soap
1:20 Splitting the soap portions in half and pour into the soap mould
2:17 Splitting of the remaining soap into three equal portion and colouring of the soap
2:34 Drop swirls
3:10 Decorating the top of the soap
3:19 Cutting the soap
3:40 Finished photos
My favourite part of this soap is the colour palette :) haha I definitely need more practice with creating layer. Maybe purchasing a new mini blender will help too.
Thank you Amy for organising such a challenge again.For more information about the Soap Challenge Club: soapchallengec...
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[@lorimackey598]

I like your color palette. Great job on your soap.

[@TheScraftworks]

Thank you ❤️

[@AmyWarden]

I really enjoy the neutral color palette as well! Using an accelerating fragrance would definitely help your layers set up better, but otherwise, those drop swirls turned out pretty great! The batter was the perfect texture! :)

[@TheScraftworks]

Thank you Amy! I just got lazy with the layers 😂