Feathered in-the-pot swirl

I've been experimenting lately with making the Feathered ITP Swirl soap. It's a traditional soaping technique with a little twist, which allows to achieve a feathered look in the final soap. Here are some photos of the process and the results.

The first soap is called Satsuma, I love the smell!
In the pot, after a quick stir:

in the mold:

after being cut:



 

The 2nd soap is called Black Cherry, it's colored with red, black and gold mica.

In the pot:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see, the trace is a bit thicker here - I did that intentionally to see if it makes any difference in the feathered look. Just one stir this time before pouring into mold:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cut bars, all of them. Yes, it was a very small batch. :)

 

And finally the 3rd attempt at this soap technique, it's scented with sandalwood fragrance oil.

The soap has reached medium trace:

 

Just poured into the mold:

 

I should have left it this way, but I decided to make a textured top, as there was still quite a lot of soap batter left in the pot.

 

The cut bars:

 

I am pretty happy to see that there are feathered swirls in each batch, although they look differently.