Winter Storm Cold Process Soap

Recommended Ingredients:

Step 1: Gather all the tools and ingredients to prepare your workspace. Put on your long sleeves, gloves, and eye protection. Now, pour the oils from the oil kit into a large bowl. If they are too hard to pour, heat the bottles with the cap off in a microwave for 10 seconds until all the oil is melted. However, be sure not to overheat the oils.

Step 2: Weigh out 500g of water, then carefully add the lye while stirring. The caustic lye water solution will heat up very quickly and reach high temperatures, so be extremely careful when working with and around it.

Step 3: Now place the Lye water in a cold water bath if you want the process to be a bit faster. You will want the lye water solution to be around 120F, as well as the oils in the large bowl.

Step 4: Slowly heat up your oils in the microwave until they reach 120F while the Lye Water is cooling down. Keep checking the temperatures of both the Lye water and the oils to be sure they will be at the same temperature.

Step 5: In a large measuring Cup add 3x 0.15cc scoops of Brilliant Blue and mix it with 10g of Castor Oil. Now in another cup mix 2x 0.15cc scoops of Titanium Dioxide with 10g of Castor Oil.

Step 6: Once the Oils and Lye Water are both at 120F, slowly add the Lye water to the Oils while whisking. Now rotate between the stick blender and the whisk. But try not to stick blend more than 30 seconds at a time. As the Soap Batter thickens you can eventually see a light trace. (lines on top of the batter as you move it)

Step 7: When you see a light trace you will not need to blend with the stick blender anymore at this point.

Step 8: Pour 50g of Winter Storm Fragrance into the soap batter and if you have any leftover white soap from old batches, cut it into tiny pieces and add into the batter as well (this will later look like snow flurries). Mix well.

Step 9: Once fully mixed , pour about 500g of the soap batter into your measuring cup with the Brilliant Blue mica and Castor oil. Mix well using the stick blender and let the soap become a bit thicker, this will help make the layer look more like mountains.If you're not happy with the darkness of your blue add another scoop or two of the brilliant blue mica into your batter.

Step 10: Now pour the thick soap batter into the mold up to about 1.5” tall , use a spatula to form mountain peaks after.

Step 11: Now add a bit more of the uncolored batter into your blue batter to achieve a lighter blue color mix well. Then add a couple drops of the Titanium Dioxide and Castor Oil mix, stir only a little. Then pour another layer up to about 1” using a spatula so it doesn’t break through your first layer.

Step 12: Repeat this and gradually mix the layers into a lighter blue tone until you get to the last layer. Here just use the leftover batter , mix with the Titanium Dioxide and Castor Oil mix and pour the white layer on top.

Step 13: Now using a popsicle stick, place a few drops of the Brilliant Blue Mica and Castor Oil mix onto the top of the soap.

Step 14: Then using a Chopstick or Toothpick, pull through the drops to create beautiful swirls on the top.

Step 15: If you have Snowflake embeds, place them gently about 1.5” apart from each other on top of the soap. Then spritz the soap top with Isopropyl Alcohol to prevent Soda Ash. Cover the wet Soap with a baking sheet, then place under a tall enough Cardboard box and cover with towels. Keeping the Soap Warm will cause it to go through the Gel Phase which will make the colors more vibrant.

Step 16: After 12 to 24 h your soap should be solid enough to be cut. If you let it harden for too long, the soap might get too hard and difficult to cut, so be sure to not forget to cut your soap the next day. After the cut, let your soap cure for 4 to 5 weeks. During this time your soap will get harder as the water content evaporates.

Lye, in all its forms, is a caustic substance. It can be harmful if it’s not handled with care, and you cannot make soap without it.

Follow this Lye Safety list to keep yourself and others, as well as your home protected.

Wear eye protection.
Protect hands with lye-resistant gloves.
Use gloves that are also essential/fragrance oil resistant: rubber, nitrile or latex.
Wear long-sleeved clothes that cover your skin, as well as long pants and closed shoes.
Wear an apron.
Consider wearing a respirator mask while mixing the lye solution.
Work in a place where you will be undisturbed.
Keep children and pets out of the room while soap making.
Ensure your workspace is clean and clear of clutter.
Prepare your work space for your project.
Use lye and heat-resistant equipment.
Make soap on a surface that won’t react with lye.
Keep paper towels on hand.
When making soap, work near a sink so that water is always available.
Mix the lye solution in a well-ventilated place.
Store lye in a safe place.
Protect skin and eyes from essential and fragrance oils.
Only use glass, metal, ceramic, or PPE containers/utensils with essential and fragrance oil.
When your soap is finished, keep protective gear on to clean your equipment.