LUSCIOUS WATERMELON SOAP (Melt & Pour Version)

(Submitted by Ela Heyn)

MATERIALS:

Opaque M&P Crafting Soap Base
Watermelon Scent
Black, color fast colorant (black oxide would be ideal - can be obtained in the Natural Pack.)
Red and green colorants (color fast colorants are better. Food colors might be too light for this purpose; a mica or gel colorant would probably work better.)
Thick, large straw . . one from a stadium "sipper bottle" is ideal, or very small, round cookie cutter.
Round soap mold(s)
Knife with thin blade

TECHNIQUE:

Melt opaque soap base, color it a solid black with the black, color-fast colorant. Pour in thin layer (1/8" to 1/4" in thickness) on a plate or onto waxed paper; let set up.

Use the end of the straw (or cookie cutter) to punch watermelon "seeds" out of the black soap base. Set seeds aside.

Prepare red soap base with watermelon scent. Pour into soap molds, and quickly add "watermelon seeds" you just cut out. Try to place seeds more in the middle of the soap mold, as opposed to near the edges.

Let the watermelon soap set up. Using your knife, VERY carefully cut approximately 1/4 inch of the outside of the soap off, all the way around. Set the cuttings aside; you can use them later for decoration in another soap, or add them to a "fruit cocktail" soap.

Put watermelon soap back into center of round soap mold, trying to leave an equal amount of space from the side of the soap mold to the soap all the way around. Now prepare green soap base with watermelon scent. With one hand, press the watermelon soap FIRMLY against the bottom of the soap mold. With the other hand, very carefully pour the green soap base into the space in the soap mold between the soap and the side of the soap mold. Hold this for about 10 or 20 seconds, then gently release pressure, and leave soap alone so it can set up.

Gently unmold soap. Voila. . . . a watermelon soap!

NOTE: You might need to trim the very bottom of the soap off a bit, in case some green base slid under the soap as it was sitting in the mold. If your mold was sufficiently deep, you will even be able to cut the soap into multiple "watermelon slices". Make sure you wrap these finished soaps promptly, preferably in shrink wrap, to keep them from drying out.

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