Video: Painting Soap with Mica

Mica powder has been used to color soap.  Did you know you could use Mica as paint to add pizzazz to your melt and pour soap?  You betcha!  In this video tutorial called Painting Soap with Mica from the Soap Queen you can do just that.  Once you get the hang of this particular project, you can try and create your own designs.

Cup of Joe Melt and Pour Soap

Love that cup of Joe to wake you up in the morning? Would you like to have an additional jolt with your morning shower by using this Cup of Joe Soap? Learn to create this melt and pour soap in this video called Cup of Joe Soap Slices Video from Go Planet Earth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4NA-6kMxbE&feature=youtu.be

Soap Queen TV Holiday Special Edition: Gingerbread Man Soap

Do you love the smell of gingerbread cookies baking? This is the time of the year when this lovely smell is rampant throughout the house. How would you like to duplicate your favorite scent into a soap? Here is a special holiday edition from Soap Queen TV. Learn how to make your very own Gingerbread Man Soap. Mmm! It is really making me hungry! I love the aroma of gingerbread man cookies baking in the oven at this time of the year!

In order to make these adorable soap, you will need to purchase supplies. Brambleberry sells kits with all of the supplies you need or you can purchase the supplies individually. The supplies you need are: Gingerbread Man Soap Mold, Clear Melt & Pour soap base, White Melt & Pour soap base, Merlot Mica, Cappuccino Mica and Gingersnap fragrance.

To see how to make these adorable soaps, check out this video clip on how to do it. Making these soaps are fun and would make fantastic gifts!




Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/soapqueentv#p/u/1/KLr_3CLqir8

Fish in a Bag Soap Project Instructions and Video

When I was a child, I remember going to the county fair and visiting the fairway with all of the games.  One that always stuck out was the game where you one a gold fish. 

Now the summer is here and the county and state fairs will soon be here, how you have the same memory and would like to recreate in soap here are the instructions from Go Planet Earth.  In addition you can find the complementary instructional video from the Martha Stewart Show.  So print out the instructions and follow along.

Tools and Materials

Clear plastic bag: 4 inches wide by 8 inches tall, and at least 1.5 millimeters thick
Clear glycerin soap
Heat-resistant measuring cup
Double-boiler or microwave
Rubbing alcohol
Small spray bottle
Plastic fish
Clothespin
Ribbon
Gift tag

Fish-in-a-Bag Soap How-To

1. Open the plastic bag and cuff the top enough so that the bag will stand on its own.

2. Place 4 ounces of solid clear glycerin soap in a heat-resistant measuring cup, and melt in a double-boiler or microwave.

3. Pour half the melted soap into the bag. Spray with alcohol until bubbles disappear. Allow to cool and harden for about 1 hour.

4. Re-melt remaining soap. Pour a small amount of melted soap on top of cooled soap in bag. Spray with alcohol. Position fish in melted soap, and let set 15 minutes to lock into place.

5. Pour the remaining soap over fish. Spray with alcohol. Gather bag above soap and pinch with clothespin. Allow soap to cool for 15 minutes.

6. Remove clothespin, and tie with a ribbon threaded with a gift tag.

Resources

Fish, bags, and soap can be purchased through Go Planet Earth
 
Source:  http://www.marthastewart.com/article/fish-in-a-bag-soap
 

Soap Queen TV Presents: How to Make Rebatch Soap

Anne-Marie shows you how to make Rebatch Soap aka french milled soap. Rebatch is the perfect soap if you aren't ready to take Cold Process soap and lye but want something more natural than melt & pour soap.The ingredients used in this episode are as follows:

1 oz. Pink Grapefruit Essential Oil
1 oz. Lemon Essential Oil
2 oz. Dried Calendula (Marigold) Petals
1/2 oz. Sweet Almond Oil
1/2 oz. Annatto Seeds
4 pounds Basic Rebatch
3 Tbsp. Distilled Water

Molds used were:

ELF Slim Rectangle mold
Bramble Berry's 2 pound loaf mold
Plastic food container

Anne-Marie Faiola is the owner of Bramble Berry brambleberry.com, author of Soap Queen Blog soapqueen.com, and developer of Teach Soap teachsoap.com.


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