Layered Soaps - An Artistic Natural Soap.
Let the artist in your emerge while
making this layered soap. This artistic natural soap is
completely natural with no added toxins, additives, chemicals,
or synthetic perfumes. This layered soap can also be an artistic natural soap
for children to help with.
2-4 oz. size bars glycerin soap
10 drops fragrance oil (your choice)
10 drops fragrance oil (your choice, different than choice above)
2 drops different colored food coloring (your choice)
To Make This Artistic Natural Soap:
In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt one bar of glycerin soap until liquefied.
Remove from heat and stir in one drop food coloring and 10 drops fragrance oil.
Pour half of the mixture into 2 soap molds, filling each mold halfway. Wait 20
minutes. Melt your second bar of glycerin soap until liquefied. Remove from heat and stir
in the other drops of food coloring and fragrance oil. Pour this second layer on
top of the first layer that's already in the molds. Let set. Your finished bars should
come out half one color and half another.
Glycerin is a gentle skin moisturizer soap
that is available in clear and opaque that allows freedom to make a great artistic natural
soap. Glycerin makes soap making less intimidating
because glycerin soap recipes don't require lye and fats. The key to great
glycerin soaps is to keep the heat as low as possible. High heating temperatures
heat will produce a mushy or beaded appearance. To keep the glycerin from
attracting moisture from the air, tightly wrap the glycerin soaps in plastic
after making. Glycerin can be found at health food stores, some drug stores,
craft stores or major department stores.
This layered soap recipe also makes a perfect gift. Your friends and family will
appreciate the gift of this artistic natural soap. That
this gift came from the heart and your creative hands makes them even more special.
Packaging and presentation play a predominant role in the gift-giving of
your handmade soaps, salts and lotions. Below are several packaging ideas,
but don’t let this brief list limit your creativity!
Cellophane and polypropylene are clear plastics that can be used
as packaging for soaps that you want to show off even while wrapped. When making
artistic natural soap creations, this will certainly be the
case! Jute weave washcloths or
tulle also make wonderful layered soap wraps. Fabric can be wrapped around soap like a
gift and tied with a ribbon. Different fabrics will provide different effects.
Corduroy and velour provide a rich, plush look while silk gives an elegant look.
Calico and burlap throw a truly "rustic" look. The fabric you use depends
largely on the soap you made.
Paper is a popular packaging medium
because of the variety of papers available. You can use brown Kraft paper,
marbled paper, gift wrap, wallpaper, any kind of paper you want. Your
creativity is the limit! You can use your computer to add designs and logos
to plain paper or you can paint or draw on the paper for an added personal
touch. You can wrap individual bars like a gift and either leave plain or
add extra embellishment by tie with ribbons, cording, raffia or lace.
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