Frosted Cookie Soap

Do you ever get in that mood where you kinda want to make soap but also kinda not? It sounds equally fun and like a big hassle. I try to abstain when I'm in these moods. I like to make soap only when I really WANT to! Perks of not owning a business.

This time I decided to meet myself half way (?) haha. I made the smallest batch of soap I have ever made! Just a half a pound. Since I was making such a teeny batch I decided to just do whatever with it! I did 40% Babassu Oil and 60% Shea butter. This is way more cleansing oils (babassu) than I would normally do. I usually stick to 20-25% Coconut or coconut-babassu mixture since too much can be drying. This is also way more shea butter than I would use, normally capping out around 20% max. I superfatted to 10%. So we will see!

Aww! Look how cute! Haha that is my lye, weighing in at under 1oz.

Adorable lye water in a measuring cup.

I just read on Sirona Springs Blog the other day about a suggested mica to oil ratio for mica swirling. 1 part mica to 2 parts oil. It was much thicker than the mixture I used before (which didn't really turn out) so I was excited!

I couldn't find my skewer so I used this stainless steel yarn needle (awww mini skewer).

I first mixed with my mini mixer, but it was slow going. I scented it with Bramble Berry's Cream Cheese Frosting.

I figured it was enough soap to try a few pulses with the stick blender. It just covered the blade area!

That sped things up nicely.

I poured the soap into the molds and put about 5 small droplets of mica/oil per cavity.

I swirled pretty randomly. The first one (top left) was a little too wispy so I left bigger pools of mica after that one.

Here is what they look like after discoloring for about a week. They were actually pretty hard to photograph and are darker brown in real life. They are a little crumbly and they discolored unevenly, but I still think they are kinda cute.