Making cold process round soap embeds is super easy to do! If you have a batch of soap where the design did not turn out as planned, make embeds.
I love telling people about this story! This actually happened a few years ago, but I completely forgot to blog about it.
I was teaching a class in Dallas. Each student got to make a 2 pound batch of soap, but for some reason after pouring their soap into their mold there was a bit left over. I didn’t quite calculate the batch size correctly.
I happened to have a large slab mold on hand so each student poured their soap into the mold. Check out this beautiful swirl!
After class I loaded up my car. I left a perfect and flat area in my trunk for the soap. It was still a bit soft, but it would be okay. Just as I was shutting my hatchback, I glanced at the pumpkin sitting next to the soap. Surely, that won’t roll into the soap. It had a flat base and was nice and steady…no way would it roll.
Well, I bet you can guess…it rolled. Right into this beautiful soap!
Grrrrr! I didn’t want to waste the soap so I decided to make embeds out of it.
I broke off little pieces and rolled them into balls.
Then I created a new soap and embeded the balls into it. It really came out nice!
The balls are adorable bursts of color. So if you have a soap where the design or swirl doesn’t come out just right, make embeds!
Happy Soaping!
-Amanda Gail
Wow… That is super amaze-balls!!! LOVE IT!
I have an ugly 6 week cured soap! Can I use it?
That was a great save, in not so sure I would have thought of that so quickly as I’d still be agreivated and kicking myself in the but for ruining such a beautiful batch of soap, and secondly now I’ve got this giant mess of soap soup to cleanup. But great save, thanks for sharing it’s always helpful insite for new soapers
Standing O, Amanda! Great save!!!