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How To Make Halloween Soaps - Using Melt & Pour
As the nights get dark earlier and we draw closer to Halloween, it’s time to start crafting some essential decorations that'll make your Halloween extra spooky! If you want to switch up your usual home-made decorations, why not try making Halloween soaps? It's a fun little project that won't break the bank. You can make all kinds of shapes, sizes and with your preferred scents! Using melt and pour makes things even easier - so there's no need for any previous soap making experience. Read on below for our step-by-step guide on how to make these Halloween soaps!
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For this recipe, we have crafted a creative design, using our clear soap base to display our skulls, whilst emphasising the details of the red liquid dye. Adding character to our spooky creations and take our soap designs to the next level,
To stop of the colour of our skulls from blending with the clear base, we used Zenicolor, a non-bleed paste that create crisp colours without the risk of blending. We then used a liquid dye, with is known to disperse, to create a bleeding effect with our soaps. An eerie touch for our Halloween Soaps.
What are the benefits of making Melt & Pour Soap?
Making melt and pour soap is a great way to get started with soap making. Not only is it quick and easy, but the variety of pre-made bases available make it incredibly simple to use! Even better, each base has amazing properties that make them worth considering for your next DIY project.
First off, glycerine based melt and pour soap is extremely versatile when it comes to adding colourants like liquid dyes or micas. The glycerine will hold onto these colours in amazing ways that can't be achieved with cold process soaps. You'll also find unique ingredients like goat's milk in the ready-made bases which have excellent benefits for skin care products. Other bases include shea butter, honey, olive oil and donkey milk among dozens of others - all ready made just waiting for your inspiration!
Another great benefit of using pre-made bases is their safety factor; melt and pour are considered “ready to use” so you don't need to worry about calculating saponification values or learning advanced techniques like hot process or rebatching soaps. This makes them perfect choice if you're just beginning in the craft (or a bit scared!) Pre-mixed batches allow you to create beautiful designs without all the hassle involved with making traditional cold processed bars from scratch - plus they can harden faster than regular cold process recipes since no curing time is needed before packaging up your goodies!
Equipment for making Halloween Soaps:
• Suitable Moulds
• Spatula
• Pouring Jug
• Microwave
Ingredients for making Halloween Soaps:
• 120g High Clarity Vanilla Stable (HCVS) Soap Base
• 120g Shea Butter Soap Base
• 6g Fragrance
• Zenicolor
• PCD Liquid Dye - Red
• Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) - Optional
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This recipes makes approximately 2 x 100/120g soap bars. Always check the IFRA and legal limits for your chosen fragrance or essential oil.
How To Make Your Own Halloween Soaps...
- Firstly, prepare your area by gathering all the necessary equipment needed and measuring out your ingredients.
- Next, start by cutting your white soap base into small cubes. Then add to your jug and melt in the microwave in short bursts.
- Once melted, add in your Zenicolor for your skull, we used a small amount of Pink and Yellow Zenicolor and mixed well.
- Then, pour in 3g of your Fragrance Oil and stir until dispersed.
- Next, carefully pour into your Skull Mould, spritz with IPA to remove bubbles and leave to set.
- Once set, cut up your clear soap base into small cubes. Then add to your jug and melt in the microwave in short bursts.
- Whilst melting, carefully remove your skulls from their moulds. Add a few drops of red dye to the eye sockets, nose and around the mouth. You won’t need a lot of this.
- Once your clear soap has melted, pour in your remaining Fragrance, and stir well. Then pour a thin layer into your Oval Mould.
- Carefully place your skulls into the layer facing down. Then, slowly pour your remaining soap mix in and around your skull until submerged.
- Again, spritz with IPA to remove bubbles and leave to set.
- Finally, once set remove from your mould.
- And you’re done, you can enjoy your Halloween Soaps!
Please note, this style is more as a crafting option, the colour will continue to bleed into the clear soap. After time the aesthetically pleasing Halloween touch disappears.
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