Soap Challenge Club: Marble Soap (Natural Stone Technique July 2020)

Soap making video for the Soap Challenge Club July 2020 - Natural Stone Techniques: Marble Soap Category to make soap that resembles naturally occurring marble.

Please always follow safety requirements while making soap! Sodium/Potassium hydroxide is caustic and can cause burns on skin or on mucous membranes!

I have always wanted to make marble soap and I actually have tried before and made a mess. Now this is the perfect opportunity to practice and make a better one! I love pouring the soap to create the veining effect as it is quite mesmorising for me.

Make sure you use don't over blend for this technique and getting it to a light to medium trace might work it best. You only need about 6-7% at max of soap amount to create the veining effect. I used 7 percent for this soap batch.

The colourants I used in this video were:
White - Titanium Dioxide
Black - Activated Charcoal
Grey - Activated Charcoal
Essential oil blend: Rosemary, litsea cubeba and lavender

Time links to the video:
0:26 Mixing of lye solution and oils
0:43 Adding essential oils
0:54 Splitting 7% of the batch
1:01 Colouring of the soap
1:31 Pouring each of the soap batter into pitcher
1:48 Pouring into the soap mould - in the pot swirl technique
4:11 Twist and turn the soap mould
4:28 Finished photos

I think I did a good job this time making this marble soap! I am happy with the results overall. But I think I prefer a soap with a less veining effect. So if I make this again, maybe I'll reduce the veining soap portion to only 5%. What do you think about this soap? Let me know in the comments.

Thank you Amy for organising such a challenge again.For more information about the Soap Challenge Club: https://soapchallengeclub.com/

I am a soap hobbist so I don't buy my materials in large batches. I love shopping at iherb for my oils and essential oils. You may get a 5% discount through my link below:
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Or applying the discount code at the shopping cart: AKV0278

Direct links to the essential oils/oils:
Lavender: https://hk.iherb.com/pr/Now-Foods-Ess...
Rosemary: https://hk.iherb.com/pr/Now-Foods-Ess...
May Chang/Litsea Cubeba: https://hk.iherb.com/pr/Aura-Cacia-Pu...

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