Feb Soap challenge attempt 1

Sooooo, today I am doing double duty 😊. I am making sandalwood soap, a highly requested soap, for Sherwood Forest Faire, but I am also doing it for the Feb soap challenge. The challenge is called a kiss pour, an acrylic painting technique that translates well to soap. For this technique, you need a slow tracing recipe with a slow tracing fragrance oil. The trick is to be able to pour multiple colors into 2 separate jugs and then pour them together into the mold so they “kiss” or create a waterfall of all the colors together.
I am using the recipe provided in the challenge:
27 oz distilled water
30 oz olive oil
27.55 oz coconut oil
12.15 oz rice bran oil
11.60 oz lye
4.05 oz shea butter
4.85 oz avocado oil
2.45 oz castor oil
2.4 oz sodium lactate
2 oz sandalwood fo (bescented)
2 oz senuous sandalwood (bramble berry)
1 oz nocturnal black
.5 oz silver mist
.5 oz harolds purple crayon
.5 oz peacock
.5 of shimmer gold
.01 oz tussah silk

So, I need to do a few things differently. Use a larger slab mold or less batter. This was a 9x9 but should have been a 12x12, I need to pour slower next time to see if I get a better pattern, I may need to use a white or grey base instead of black. This would be an awesome galaxy soap if I used the enviro glitters! It will be interesting to see what happens once this one is cut and cleaned. Once shaved the swirl should be more visible. At least I hope it is.

So, this one has been cut and cleaned up! This technique is fantastic and I plan on using it alot!