Drop Swirl Technique, Cold Process Soap Making, Jan. 2019 Saponification Nation/Soap Challenge, #2

This video shows my technique for making Drop Swirl cold process soap. This is also my entry for the Challenge Club/Saponification Nation Drop Swirl Challenge in January 2019. Stick around for the soap cutting. Please turn the volume down and bear with me while I learn video editing.

Music will be addressed in future videos—no need to comment on that.

This is an advanced soap making technique. If you have never made cold process soap, please research soap making basics, especially lye safely. Here is a video about lye safety.    • Lye Safety And Ingredients For Cold Proces...  

Tools:
-Digital Scale https://www.amazon.com/My-Weigh-KD-80...
-Stick Blender https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Intern...
-Mini Mixer https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/M...
-Infrared Thermometer https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/i...
-Batter Bowl https://www.amazon.com/Anchor-Hocking...
-Funnel Pitcher https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/3...
-Ceramic Side Sauce Dish https://www.amazon.com/Ceramic-2-9-In...
-Measuring Spoons with 1/3rd, 1/8th, 1/16th of a teaspoon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C8998QN/?
-Spatulas https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M15MTN0/...
-Palette Knife https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004O7CFT4/...
-Vegetable Peeler https://www.amazon.com/Old-School-Pro...
-XXL Heating Pad of putting through gel https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KJN6N49/...
-Wire Soap Slicer https://www.brambleberry.com/shop-by-...
-Wire Soap Cutter https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/c...
-Planer my husband made from instructions in this book https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Soa...
-10” Loaf Mold https://www.brambleberry.com/shop-by-...

Recipe:
-46.9 oz Total Oil Weight (10" Sil Mold and 4" Sil Mold)
-Dist. Water (25% "Water as a percent of oil weight" in soapcalc)
-Lye - NaOH (6% Superfat)
-Coconut Oil (25%)
-Lard (30%)
-Avocado Oil (5%): https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/A...
-Castor Oil (5%) https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/C...
-Olive Oil (35%)
-Sodium Lactate (1t PPO) https://www.brambleberry.com/shop-by-...
-LemonSugar FO (4.5%) https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/L...
-Lemongrass EO (1.5%) https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/L...
-Lemon Twist Mica https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/l...
-Blinded by the Light https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/b...
-Yellow Oxide https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/y...
-Chromium Oxide Green https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/c...
-Radioactive Green https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/r...
-Groovy Green https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/g...
-Smooth Coconut Carbon https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/C...
-Titanium Dioxide https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/T...

Thank you for watching, liking, and subscribing. You can follow me on Facebook here: You can follow me on Facebook here   / treemariesoapworks  
And Instagram here   / tree_marie_soapworks  
I also have some written tutorials here https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/f...