If you haven’t done a soap DIY before, I highly recommend it. There’s something extremely satisfying about popping your finished soap out of the molds and thinking, “I made that!? Nice.” They also make great presents, and they are super customizable with colors and scents too. Here on ABM we’ve done stained glass soap, tie dye soap, latte soap, grapefruit poppyseed soap, and soap on a rope, but I thought it would be fun to try a color blocked soap as well! There are a couple of ways you can get a color blocked effect with soap, but I think this method of tilting the pan for each color is actually the easiest (and coolest) effect. Ready to make some soap?
Supplies:
–melt and pour white soap (I used two blocks to make 5 bars)
–soap dye
–silicone soap mold
-essential oils (I used lemongrass and orange)
-microwaveable glass container
-knife to cut soap and stir sticks for stirring (a spoon will work too)
-spray bottle of rubbing alcohol
First you’ll want to cut 1/3 of your soap into smaller 1″ cubes. Melt the cubes in a microwavable glass container for 15 second intervals (stirring each time) until the soap is melted. Add your dye and a few drops of essential oils to the soap, and stir to combine.
Use an object or some clay to prop up the outside edges of your soap mold, and pour your soap into the inside corners until it almost reaches the opposite end. Mist with a spray of rubbing alcohol to help remove air bubbles. Allow the soap to cool and set.
Repeat the process with the second 1/3 of soap, but this time use another color and prop up the inside edges of the mold so the soap will collect in the opposite side. Mist with rubbing alcohol and let cool.
Once that cools, lay your mold flat and use your last 1/3 of soap to fill in the middle gap all the way to the top. Mist with rubbing alcohol and let cool.
Once the soap has totally set, pop each one out of the mold and admire your handiwork!
The lemongrass and orange combo is great for soap since it smells so sweet and clean. Since you can customize the colors, I can totally see making a batch of these to coordinate with your bathroom scheme or seasonal colors as well. Making beauty and home products is always extra fun for me. So if you haven’t started DIYing in that realm yet, this might be the perfect project to start on! xo. Laura
Credits // Author and Photography: Laura Gummerman
Wow, these soap looks so beautiful ! Thanks for posting lovely soap. I will try to make it for my diy project
Sorry – I forgot to ask, which colours did you choose?
These look so lovely! You mentioned that you used two blocks to make 5 bars, does that mean I would have to buy 2 lots of the melt and pour soap from the link you have given?
Great! Thank you, Jackie and Laura 🙂
It is great idea… I’ve always wanted to do myself soap … thanks for the post …
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I love the way this looks. I’ve been wanting to make soap for a while and this is the perfect style x
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They look so cool, what a great idea! I really like the colours!
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Love these soaps. I’m always looking for handmade beauty goods to brighten up my day (or use as gifts). Will definitely refer to this since the holidays are coming up!
Hmm, I’ll go back and make that more clear. It’s rubbing alcohol and it helps eliminate any air bubbles after you pour it 🙂
Laura
Basically any oil you want! The combinations are endless 🙂
Laura
Hmm, I’ll have to look into that, thanks Cait!
Laura
Thanks for the info Elizabeth and thanks for the sourcing tip Jackie!
Laura 🙂
They are so pretty! I was to do soap ages ago, always postponed.
But yours are so beautiful, I need to make them 🙂
I have never made soap before, but this looks easy enough! Unfortunately I don’t have access to amazon here… Any other aussies getting their soap making supplies somewhere good?
Laura, your DIY ideas are brilliant! This is so cool and seems simple to create.
I have been really loving the geometric soaps that have been on Pinterestand then I saw this post and I think I love these even more! Can’t wait to make these for gifts- I am thinking a spa basket.
Beautiful!!!!
I think they are the cutest soaps I’ve ever seen. I want them. thanks for sharing how to make.
DIY soap? Seems like Fight Club 🙂
I reread it too…the spray bottle isn’t mentioned as far as I can see. Perhaps it contains a release agent?