Gold and White Layered Melt & Pour Soap Recipe

Gold and White Layered Melt & Pour Soap Recipe

Create elegant handmade soap with alternating shimmering gold and creamy white layers. This luxurious design is ideal for Christmas gifts, special occasions, craft markets and handmade gift hampers.

Ingredients

• 250 g clear glycerine melt & pour soap base — Shop clear soap base
• 250 g white glycerine melt & pour soap base — Shop white soap base
• ½–1 teaspoon gold mica powder — Shop colourants and mica powders
• 5–10 ml fragrance oil in total, or less if required — Browse fragrance oils.
• 99% isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle, optional — Browse solvents

• Equipment

  Silicone soap mould

  • Heat-resistant jug or microwave-safe container
  • Digital scale
  • Spoon or spatula
  • Knife and chopping board
  • Spray bottle for isopropyl alcohol

  Find your mould: Shop soap moulds at Fun With Soap

  Method

  Step 1: Prepare the soap bases

  Cut both soap bases into small, even cubes. Divide the clear base into two portions of 125 g each, and divide the white base into two portions of 125 g each.

  Step 2: Melt the first gold layer

  Melt 125 g of clear soap base gently in short microwave intervals, stirring between each interval. Do not allow it to boil. Stir in a small amount of gold mica suitable for melt & pour soap, followed by an appropriate portion of fragrance oil.

  Step 3: Pour the first gold layer

  Pour the gold soap into the mould. Lightly spray the surface with isopropyl alcohol if bubbles appear. Allow the surface to set sufficiently to support the next layer while remaining slightly warm.

  Step 4: Prepare the first white layer

  Melt 125 g of white soap base gently. Add an appropriate portion of fragrance oil and stir thoroughly. Allow it to cool slightly so it is warm and pourable, not excessively hot.

  Step 5: Pour the white layer

  Lightly score the surface of the first layer with a clean tool if needed. Spray a fine mist of isopropyl alcohol over it, then slowly pour the white soap over the back of a spoon to minimise disturbance. Allow it to set sufficiently.

  Step 6: Add the second gold layer

  Melt the remaining 125 g of clear soap base. Mix in gold mica and fragrance oil as appropriate. Lightly spray the previous layer with alcohol and gently pour the gold soap over it.

  Step 7: Finish with the final white layer

  Melt the remaining 125 g of white soap base. Add the remaining fragrance oil as appropriate. Lightly spray the gold layer with alcohol and carefully pour the final white layer.

  Step 8: Set and unmould

  Allow the soap to cool and harden completely. Remove it gently from the mould. Wrap the finished bars once cool and dry to help protect them from moisture and glycerine sweating.

  Tips for Beautiful Layers

  • Allow each layer to set enough to support the next, but do not let it become completely cold if possible.
  • Keep each new layer warm and pourable, not hot enough to melt the layer beneath it.
  • Use only mica that is suitable for soap making.
  • Do not overheat the soap base, as this can cause bubbles and affect the finished appearance.
  • Fragrance oil quantities must be adjusted to the supplier’s safe usage guidance.
  • Use a mould that accommodates the total amount of soap.

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  Find your melt & pour soap bases, colourants, fragrance oils and moulds at Fun With Soap.

  Visit www.funwithsoap.co.za and start creating your own beautiful layered soaps!