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RT-COLD PROCESS SOAPMAKING METHOD 
& ZIP LOCK SWIRL TECHNIQUE

Property of Laurie Teason

Conditioning Soap (Winters Blend) Soap Recipe

Hard Oils:
2 oz       Shea Butter 

4 oz       Mango Butter 
22 oz     Coconut
30 oz     Palm

Liquid/Soft Oils:

6 oz       Hazelnut
39 oz     Olive

14.46 oz     Lye (NaOH)
34 oz oz     Water

Scent:

2 oz Peppermint
1 oz Tea Tree

1 T Spirulina
1 T French Green clay
1/2 T Red Clay
Picture
A picture of the soap made with this swirling technique.

Instructions
(Recipe and directions are intended for experienced soapmaker)
  • Measure out hard or solid oil and butters and place in soap pot
  • Slowly add lye to water, stir and when the lye is dissolved pour over hard oils in soap pot
  • Use the stick blender to break up chunks
  • Once chunks are melted add liquid/soft oils to soap pot and stick blend
  • Bring to a thin trace
  • Pull out about a cup of soap per swirl color and set aside
  • Before add scent to soap prepare soap for swirling so you are all set to go
  • To the soap pot add your scent and stick blend to a medium light trace
  • Pour into lined mold, shake to level soap out
  • Now you are ready to start swirling but first..

Preparing Soap for Swirls
  • For each cup of soap base you reserved you will now add colorant and mix well using a whisk. Pour into a Freezer Zip-Lock bag and make sure it is completely sealed
  • Repeat this step for ever swirl color you are using

Ready to Swirl
  • Now snip just a little bit of the corner of the bag
  • Making sure the tip of the cut corner of the baggie is in a downward position, squeeze while making a Curly Q pattern.
  • Depending on the amount of pressure you use to squeeze the soap out the baggie will determine how far down the soap will hit the mold.
  • When squeezing if the colored soap disappears there is a good chance it hit bottom.
  • Keep the curly Q pattern moving so you don't create a huge blob of colorant on the bottom of the soap
  • When squeezing, if the colored soap is just laying (raised) on top of the soap, there is a good chance it is just on the surface and did not go any deeper
  • When squeezing, if the colored soap is still visible on the surface but not raised, there is a good chance you hit the middle of the soap base
  • You are aiming to do all three depth levels!

Tips
  • Don't crowd your swirl pattern, leave yourself some swirling room so you can spread the swirl pattern out.
  • Don't over swirl- it is easy to do because you are having so much fun, try to contain yourself. LOL
  • I personally do not scent the soap that is being used for swirling
  • Cover the soap, bring to a full gel, and then remove the lid.

The soap we made earlier that day was made at 2PM. The lid was removed at 4:30 and placed it on the cool concrete floor.
Soap was cut it at 7:45 PM (which you can see in the slide show- it is the soap that had been cut into bars)
Everything pre-measured. It only took 15 minutes to make this RT- Clay swirl soap

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