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Do you also want to make Instagram-perfect ombré soaps? We bring you a simple guide on how to achieve the desired ombré effect when using melt-and-pour soap bases. Try making ombré soaps for yourself or as a gift and let yourself be surprised by the beautiful result.
To make ombré soap you need soap bases, which are a combination of transparent layers that will be coloured with mica powder and a white layer that will make the individual colours stand out better. You can choose mica powders according to your own imagination; try different combinations of colours and fragrances to prepare ombré soap exactly to your taste.The amount of soap base in the table is calculated for one oval soap bar made in the specified mould.
Below you will find tips that will help you when making ombré soap.Besides the microwave, the soap base can also be heated in a water bath; the whole process will take longer, but on the other hand you do not have to worry that the soap will quickly come to a boil and foam over, as can easily happenin the microwave oven. If your soap has set during production, do not despair; you can still melt it again, either in a water bath or in the microwave.When making a larger amount of soap, multiply the weight by the number of individual soaps you want to prepare. The stated amounts, however, apply only to the mould we have chosen. If you choose a different mould, it is necessary to recalculate the amount of soap base, with the coloured layers having the same weight and a sufficient amount of white base to cover the entire surface of the soap.For production, moulds with a smooth bottom are suitable. If the bottom contains a relief or other protrusions, this may visually disrupt the ombré effect of the soap.The consumption of soap base also depends on how much you prop up the edge of the mould. The more the mould is tilted, the more soap base you will use in order to cover ¾ of the bottom of the mould. The stated amounts of the required soap base, colourants and fragrance are in grams and not in percentages precisely so that you maintain the correct ratio of raw materials to create the desired appearance of the soap. The weights are related to the mould we used; when changing the mould you will need different amounts of soap base, but you can keep the ratios provided you do not want to change the thickness of the individual layers.
Do you want to find out more about the individual raw materials used to make the ombré soap? You are in the right place. We will introduce the individual ingredients that were selected for preparing the ombré soap.
For making the ombré soap, a combination of transparent soap base to achieve the desired colour effect and a white base to highlight the colours was chosen.ZENIOSOAPBASE Clear is a universal transparent soap base that you can use for various types of melt-and-pour soap projects. Its advantage is that it produces non-sweating soaps, i.e. your soap will not become covered with dew-like droplets after standing for a longer time. Another advantage is that the soap dries out more slowly; however, if you want to store the finished ombré soaps for longer, wrap them in cellophane to prevent the soap from drying out or warpingas a result of water loss.ZENIOSOAPBASE Pro-W is a great soap base for larger projects because, in addition to protection against sweating, it sets faster than types of soap bases intended for more demanding design creations. Thanks to this, you can have your soap finished more quickly. The stated soap bases can be replaced by other soap bases; always choose combinations of transparent base for the coloured layers and white base for finishing the soap.
For colouring the individual layers of the soap, mica powders were chosen. The guide lists the exact shades that we used for the individual colour combinations. These are the yellow shade Bonny buttercup, the pink Frosty rose petal, the blue Deep ocean blue, the purple Soft amethyst and the green Lime. The range of mica powders is really wide, so do not hesitate to use your imagination and combine your favourite shades. Dosage is also flexible in this case; you can add more mica powder after the soap has melted until you achieve the desired shade.An alternative to mica powders are colourants for soap bases, for example ZENICOLOR, which combine well with the soap bases of that brand. These colourants can also be used in other soap bases, but you may not get exactly the same shades as those given by the manufacturer.
For scenting the soap, a bamboo and green tea fragrance oil was chosen, which combines a floral scent of peony with a sweet apple scent. However, you have at your disposal a truly wide range of various fragrance oils that you can combine freely and create an ombré soap exactly according to your ideas. For example, you can choose a different fragrance oil for each layer of the soap or leave the soap unfragranced.A replacement for fragrance oils is represented by essential oils, although some dark-coloured essential oils may affect the final colouring of the soap.
Bubble remover or isopropyl alcohol is a substance that fulfils two functions when making soaps from melt-and-pour bases. The first is that it helps remove bubbles and foam from the surface of freshly poured soap. Therefore, it is necessary to spray each layer immediately after it is poured, while it is still liquid; otherwise, the bubbles will not be removed.Subsequently, each layer is sprayed after setting, just before the next layer is poured. It is the IPA that ensures better adhesion of the individual layers to each other.
As mentioned, you can experiment with homemade formulations to achieve the desired properties. However, the final result can be influenced by many factors, such as humidity, temperature, quality of raw materials or their storage. Before you use any raw material to make a cosmetic product, familiarise yourself with its properties, recommended dosage, storage conditions and safe handling. Each raw material may have the potential to trigger an allergic reaction in sensitive individuals; therefore, before using the product, we recommend finding out whether you suffer from an allergy to any of the raw materials or to the final product, for example by means of a patch test. If you have very sensitive or very acne-prone skin, or if you have other skin and health problems, we recommend that you consult a medical professional before applying a new product to the skin, whether it is a homemade cosmetic product, a pure raw material or a commercially available product.
Have you ever been so happy with your creation that you had to share it on social networks right away? If you create this colourful ombré soap, be sure not to forget to show it to us. Send us photos to marketing@handymade.sk or tag us on Facebook.We thank Ivana Jačalová for this great tutorial on making ombré soaps.
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Until soaping time, friends.
