Nautilus Soap

I find soap challenges to be, well, challenging. One of the reasons why I like to participate in them is because it forces me to try a technique I may not attempt otherwise. I made this soap for the monthly challenge from the soapmakingforum a few months ago.

Usually I do one attempt at a challenge and leave it at that, my first attempt at this did not work out at all, so this was my second one. The challenge was to make a soap using the lollipop swirl technique, and we could use this as the final soap or as an embed into a larger soap. I went for the latter and surprisingly for me, I chose neutral earthly tones instead of my usual brighter colors. It had to be because I wanted to make a nautilus embed (enclosed in his shell).

I was not getting the design of the lollipop until the very end. First I thought it was because of the oval shape, but eventually realized my pours were too short, I was getting something closer to pinwheels. But If I let my pour reach at least the center of the mold, then it worked. It is definitely a tricky soap technique.

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Here is the video of the making:

I do not have a recipe for this soap because I made it with extra soap batter from another project. (A Frida soap that I hope to share soon). However, here is my basic beginner soap recipe recommendation.

Equipment

• List of regular equipment

Mold

4 inch mold for final soap

Oval silicone container for the embed (I used the 2 cup one)

Colorants

(Added into 2 oz of soap per color)

• 1/4 tsp of Copper Mica (added to 5 oz of soap batter)
• I left another 5-6 oz of soap batter uncolored for the nautilus

• 1/4 tsp of Turquoise teal mica
• Silver Bio glitter (for the top)

Additives

• Cornmeal for the sand effect

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