Response to Soap making questions.

For swirly effects, also called marbling,after the soap traces,pour most but not all of it into the mold- it needs to be something you can stir,not individual molds.Working quickly, color the reserved soap with soap dye chips or herbs or whatever you are using, and stir it well until it is all the same color. Pour the colored soap onto the plain soap and use a slotted spoon or a stick to go back and forth through the two layers a time or two.Too much stirring will ruin the effect. The plastic trays that storebought cookies and muffins come in make very nice individual molds.YOu can ask friends to save them for you and give them a bar of the soap after you make it.I also like the small size yogurt containers, the ones made with soft plastic, filled about 1/3 full they make a very nice round soap that is tapered just enough to pop out nicely.

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