Making a Wave Soap

I like making an ocean or beach themed soap every summer. This year, however, I did not want to repeat any of my past ocean soap designs, and did not want to represent the sand either, the way I did with the Seashell soap or the sea life soap. I wanted this soap to be all about the water. And I wondered if I could create a wave soap, similar to the pineapple coconut soap I made before, but using clear melt and pour soap, for a better wave effect.

My problem was that I did not know how to achieve it. I had a couple of ideas, but once I got to making the soap and tried them, they did not work out. Fortunately, idea number three worked out fairly well.

Since this would be an experiment, I decided to only make a small batch. I also had a small amount of clear melt and pour on hand, so this ended up working out better. Here are the supplies I used:

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Fragrance:

0.3 oz of Lemongrass Mint for 6 oz (which will be colored white)

0.65 oz of Sun and Sand blended with 0.2 oz of Satsuma Orange (all from Wholesale supplies)

Equipment

• List of regular equipment Please pay special attention to safety equipment

Mold

I used the below with a 3d printed divider to make only four bars.

• Tall and skinny liner with my DIY mold or you can buy the set

For the Wave

• Soap Base (Melt and pour): Crystal Clear MP

• Silicone sheet or cylinder shape silicone (I used an impression mat like this one. However for longer molds something like this might work
• If I attempt this again, I might cut one of the popsicle cavities from this mold, or try to make the wave ahead of time as a top embed. I found this one too, but it seems too wide.
• Flexible blade to cut excess melt and pour soap

Colorants

• 1/2 tsp Winter white mica

• 1 tsp azure blue mica

Recipe Totals

Note: I am using a lye blend that includes Koh (Potassium hydroxide), mainly because I bought some for a project, did the project, now I have a lot leftover and want to use it up. Also because I have read that it helps increase bubbles, and my husband loves a bubbly soap. You can enter the ingredients in a lye calculator and modify the recipe, to get the correct amount for just Naoh.

Liquid Required	4.6 oz	130.27 g
NaOH Weight	2.19 oz	62.02 g
KOH Weight	0.18 oz	5.09 g at 90% Purity
Lye Weight	2.37 oz	67.11 g
Oil Weight	16 oz	453.59 g
Fragrance Oil Weight	1 oz	28.35 g
Superfat		3%
Total Batch Weight	24.21 oz	686.35 g
Lye Concentration		34%
NaOH / KOH Ratio		95% / 5%

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil	%	Ounces	Grams
Olive Oil	30	4.8	136.08
Tallow Beef	30	4.8	136.08
Coconut Oil, 76 deg	25	4	113.4
Castor Oil	8	1.28	36.29
Shea Butter	7	1.12	31.75
Total	100	16	453.59

Custom Additives

Add with the Fats
Rosemary oleoresin	0.01 ounce
Add at trace
EDTA mixed with water (50/50 Solution)	0.24 ounce

For more information on these additives you can click in the links below, please note above links are affiliate ones

• Rosemary oleresin (My oils already had this added when I masterbatched the oils)

• Tetrasodium EDTA

NOTE: This project is intended for intermediate soap makers, if you are a beginner I would suggest you read this post before.