Unleash the potential for a delightfully spooky Halloween with this Candy Corn Scream Soap guide and create a soap that screams fun!
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What you will need:
Recommended Ingredients:
Recipe (makes 6 bars) :
- 730g SFIC Shea Butter Melt and Pour Base
- 22g Jasmine and Pomelo Fragrance Oil
- 250ml Isopropyl Alcohol in Spray bottle
- 1x 0.15cc scoop of Neon Nuclear Orange
- 1x 0.15cc scoop of Neon Yellow Electric Slide Powder
Recommended Utensils:
- 1x Spooks Tray Milky Way Soap Mold
- 1x Easy Pour Measuring Cup
- 1x 0.15 cc Plastic Scoop
- 1x 100 ml Glass Tube Dropper
- 2x small mixing cups
- Stainless Steel Heavy Gauge Soap Cutter
- Scale
- Sticks to stir
- Gloves
Directions:
- Step 1:Weigh out and cut 100g of the Shea Butter Melt and Pour Soap Base and place in an easy pour cup.
- Step 2: In a microwave carefully heat up the Easy Pour Cup. It's best to heat up Melt and Pour Soap in 10 second intervals to prevent overheating. Once melted, add 2g of the Jasmine and Pomelo Fragrance Oil. Mix well.
- Step 3: Now using the 100ml glass dropper , begin to fill the ghost faces inside the mold with the White Base. Be sure to pay attention to detail as some of the faces around the edges are easy to miss.If you get soap somewhere in the mold outside of the faces be sure to use a detailing tool to remove it. Don't forget to spray Isopropyl Alcohol on any occurring bubbles to pop them. Once all faces are filled with White Soap let the Soap harden for about 5 to 10 min.
- Step 4: Meanwhile begin to cut up 315g of the Shea Butter Melt and Pour Base and again melt in 10 second intervals until it is fully melted. Then add 10g of the Jasmine and Pomelo Fragrance Oil and mix well.
- Step 5:Add a mix of Isopropyl Alcohol and Neon Nuclear Orange Powder into the melted Soap. Mix until all the color evenly dispersed.
- Step 6: Spritz Isopropyl Alcohol over the White Faces inside the mold (this helps the 2 layers to adhere to each other) and then slowly pour all of the Orange Soap into the mold. Spritz some Isopropyl Alcohol to pop any bubbles and then let the Soap cool down for about 25 minutes.
- Step 7: Now cut up the remaining 315g of the Shea Butter Melt and Pour Base and again melt in 10 second intervals until it is fully melted. Then add 10g of the Jasmine and Pomelo Fragrance Oil and mix well. Add a mix of Isopropyl Alcohol and Yellow Electric Slide Powder into the melted Soap. Mix until all the color is evenly mixed in.
- Step 8: Spritz Isopropyl Alcohol over the Orange layer inside the mold and then slowly pour all of the Yellow Soap into the mold. Spritz some Isopropyl Alcohol to pop any bubbles and then let the Soap cool down for about 1 hour
- Step 9: Once fully hardened, unmold the Soap by turning the Soap mold around and pushing firmly against the Mold from all sides. You will see how the suction breaks slowly as it releases.
- Step 10: Now lay your soap in front of you , align your Soap Cutter on the lines of the soap and cut straight down until you have all 6 rectangle soaps cut into even pieces.
- Step 11:Your Scream Soaps are now ready to use or package! Melt and Pour Soaps do not need to cure and can be used right away.
Common Issues:
Discoloration:
Fragrance Oils are most of the time the Culprit when a soap discolors. Some fragrance oils already have a dark color straight out of the bottle. Also you will want to check each fragrance for its Vanillin content. If the Fragrance contains Vanillin, your soap will over time turn to a tan color. Some Fragrances can even turn them to a very dark brown. Keep that in mind when wanting to make a bright or white colored soap.
Ripples:
Ripples can happen when the Soap is not fully hardened and the mold is being moved or a fan or air draft is blowing across the cooling soap.
Bubbles:
Bubbles happen when mixing fragrance and colorants into the soap, however they burst easily by being sprayed with Isopropyl Alcohol
Sweating:
If your Soap starts sweating after a few days of making it , it could be due to the humidity . It's best to package Melt and Pour Soap right away into shrink wrap or plastic wrap. Sweating does not mean that your soap is bad, it merely does not look appealing. However, sweating can also be caused by overheating the base. So be sure to not have it boil in your microwave . Even if the base starts steaming as you remove it from the microwave it's very likely burned.
If you have a lot of issues with your melt and pour sweating, try our SFIC Low Sweat White and SFIC Low Sweat Clear bases.
Botanicals:
While dried Botanicals look amazing in Soaps, they are not compatible with Melt and Pour Soap. Due to Melt and Pour Soap being Glycerin based it will rehydrate dried Botanicals and cause them to eventually mold . Lavender buds will turn the soap brown and moldy so its best to refrain from adding them into your soap. Besides, they will just fall off into your sink and clog up your drain.
Layers separating:
When adding a 2nd layer to a soap you may notice it separating from the first layer, if this happens you likely poured the 2nd layer too long after pouring the first. The bottom layer has to solidify but cannot be too cold. The top layer cannot be too hot nor too cold. You can also score the first layer and be sure to spritz some Isopropyl Alcohol as it helps the layers to adhere to each other.
Low lather:
Adding too much of an additive will reduce lather. This is often seen when adding powders or additional oils.
Powders such as clays or even activated charcoal in excess will increase the volume of the soap, with more of the powder there will be less soap hence your lather will be affected.
Adding oils will also cause this low lather affect. While adding oils will increase moisture it will decrease the ability to lather, as oil by itself does not lather.
To prevent a loss in lather use small amounts of additives to your soap, just enough to give the desired affect but not too much to disrupt the ratio of soap to additive.
