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<\/a><\/p>\nCoincidentally, I happened upon making one the other day so I wanted to share. I am in no way, shape or form a soap dough expert. But this recipe might be a good starting point for those looking to formulate this type of recipe themselves.<\/p>\n
So what is soap dough?<\/p>\n
Soap dough or soap clay is a mold-able soap that you can use just like you would clay to form little embeds and figures for embeding on soap.<\/p>\n
I first saw soap dough being done by the whimsical Sarah Chapin of Whimsical Soap Works. She wrote an article for Soap Collaborative (a soap magazine that isn’t being published right now) teaching how to make adorable nests with robin’s eggs.<\/p>\n
Do you have a favorite soap dough resource? Please share in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n So like I said, I came upon this recipe by accident. I was making piped flower embeds<\/a>. The next day I didn’t use all of the embeds so I rolled them into balls for another soap design. It rolled easily and was nice and smooth. I immediately thought soap dough<\/em>!<\/p>\n So I made a new batch, increased the water a bit and it was even better. Here is the recipe that I came up with and how I made the dough.<\/p>\n This recipe makes a small batch (447 grams total), perfect for testing. If you are new to soapmaking, be sure to download our free Basic Soapmaking Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n I used a 5% superfat and used water at 2.5 times my lye. If you wanted a softer dough (that takes longer to cure) then you can use water at 3 times the lye. This soap did not go through gel phase.<\/p>\n So here is what I did!<\/p>\n I made my soap as usual, bringing it to a light trace.<\/p>\n I then decided how many colors I wanted and grabbed some plastic cups. You could also use individual silicone molds or pour directly into plastic food storage containers.<\/p>\n I colored my soap using mica for the colors and charcoal for the black. I added about 1\/4 teaspoon each. I wanted it nice and saturated.<\/p>\n Once I got them mixed up, I put the cups in a bag so that air would not dry them out.<\/p>\n Again, you can even pour straight into food storage containers and put the lid on them.<\/p>\n I ended up using my soap dough about a week later and they were still perfectly pliable.<\/p>\n The main thing is to store so that air doesn’t touch them. You can wrap in plastic wrap and put into bags upon unmolding.<\/p>\n Here they are unmolded.<\/p>\n Grab a pinch and work it in your hands to warm it up. This makes it more pliable and easy to shape.<\/p>\n I searched YouTube for easy polymer clay tutorials and one of the first ones to pop up was this owl tutorial<\/a>. This looked easy enough!<\/p>\n So I gave it a shot. Not bad! But I do have a lot to learn. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nVegan and Palm Free Soap Dough Recipe<\/h2>\n
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