After the previous attempt to make soap led to less-than-pleasing results, I decided to try again with Kevin. This time I used the wax-paper-lined wood molds that I made for the previous attempt, and it worked pretty well.

I was attempting to make a three-toned soap reminiscent of space / a nebula. It would be part black, part pinkish purple, and streaks of sparkle mica suspended in glycerin. Upon mixing the soap, I separated the the mix into two, colored each independently. I poured one, then the other on top, and tried to gently swirl the two without mixing the colors to much. I then added the sparkle-mica glycerin mix, though I should have added it at the same time as the soap, and probably between the two layers – because I’d already swirled them, I couldn’t afford to swirl much more without risking mixing the colors.

It didn’t come out as well as I’d hoped (the mica is hardly visible), but I suppose it could have gone worse.