I made this soap in February and have been told that it looks like a gemstone, something like malachite.
Since then I knew I had to make cold-process soap that would resemble gemstones. At first I picked onyx and here is my cold-process soap called Onyx:
After that I prepared a soap called Fordite and planned to submit it as my entry for the Soap Challenge, because I was using the spinning swirl technique to create it. But I changed my mind and decided to go with another entry. I haven't taken pictures of the fordite soap yet.
absolutely gorgeous
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary!
DeleteHi Jelena!
ReplyDeleteAmazing soaps! Can you tell me how you achieved the colors for Malachite?
Again, just beautiful!
Sure! I used 3 blends to achieve different shades of green:
Delete1) Chromium green oxide (mineral pigment),
2) Chromium green oxide + TKB's neon green,
3) NS's Spring green mica + TKB's neon green + a touch of green oxide.
For the black, I used activated charcoal.
Thank you for the nice words, Mark!
Thank you, Jelena!
ReplyDeleteDo I see a few little swirls of white in there as well?
I get lost in your blog and lose all track of time!
Mark
It's more than just a few little swirls of white. :) The white part was approximately 60% of the total soap batter weight. It's hard to believe, right? :)
DeleteWow! I thought a little white may be in there, but not 60%!
ReplyDeleteDid you use squeeze bottles to pour alternating lines of colors?
Thanks!
Mark
No Mark, I didn't use squeeze bottles to pour the soap.
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