Soap Challenge Club – DNA Helix Swirl

Here is my entry for the February Great Cakes Soapworks soap challenge. The design is a DNA / Helix swirl.
I used 8 colors: Red mica, Orange vibrance, Yellow vibrance, Spring green, Blue vibrance, Klein blue and Vibrance Purple and Black mica, from Nurture Soap Supplies.

The initial pour:

Then using a chop stick I made a back and forth motion that produces a Chevron pattern. The next step was to make “S” curves. Here is the result!

Here is a close up picture:

 

And here are the cut bars:

 

 

Below is my initial attempt at this technique. I like the soap but unfortunately the 'spiral swirls' were not defined enough. :)



As usual, this was a fun swirl challenge. Thanks Amy!

January Soap Challenge Club – Butterfly Swirl

So this is my butterfly swirl soap that I made for the Soap Challenge Club. It is colored with Orange, Yellow and Blue Vibrance Micas, Black, Wisteria Purple, Violet red micas (from Nurture Soap Supplies), and Titanium Dioxide. I scented it with TSW's Fire Island Dunes - love how that smells!

I didn't take any pictures of the process, but here's my butterfly!

 

Each bar looks different. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below is my first attempt at the butterfly swirl. :) It's scented with Butterfly Beach FO from TSW and colored with 2 shades of gold mica and activated charcoal for black:

 

update:
I'm adding another picture of this black and gold soap, here you can see the mica sparkles:

The lather of the soap is white - I used activated charcoal to color the black part of it at 1 tsp per lb of oil.

December Soap Challenge - Cherry Blossom

 

This is my Spoon Swirl soap for the Great Cakes Soapwork challenge. The soap is scented with 'Sakura Hana' - The Scent Works' dupe of BBW Japanese Cherry Blossom. It smells divine!
For colorants I used Hollywood pink and black micas from Nurture Soap Supplies, and titanium dioxide in the main batter.

Here are few more pictures:

 

 

 

 

Thanks Amy for another challenge!  I really liked this technique.