Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Glycerin Soap with Eraser Toy recipe and video

Hi Kin Community viewers and all Soapylove fans!  Today we are making the classic glycerin soap project - the toy-in-soap!  :)  This is a hit with kids and has lots of creative potential for non-kids, too!  Think of different color and item combinations.  You don't have to be limited to toys.  Any item that will not be sensitive to submersion in moisture and heat will be fine.  You can even use little plastic containers to put a message or gift inside!  Here is the video and full project instructions...



Toy Soap
Cutting board, knife, pyrex cup.
Spray bottle with rubbing alcohol 
Plastic treat bag, ribbon.

Cut clear soap base into cubes and melt in microwave.  Start with 30 seconds on high power and stir.  Repeat until soap is mostly melted, then stir until completely melted.

Add a few drops each colorant and fragrance oil.

Fill mold ¼” full.  Allow to form a firm skin, spray toy with alcohol, then press toy into soap layer.

Spray soap and exposed side of toy with alcohol, then top off with remaining soap.  You may need to warm up your soap again.

Allow to harden at room temp, freeze for 10 minutes.  Invert mold and pop out by pushing with your thumbs.  Pulling the edge of the mold away from the hardened soap will help release the bar if it's not coming out easily.

Wrap in plastic treat bag, tie with ribbon.

For more Soapylove tutorials, check out www.soapylove.com!

Friday, October 12, 2012

Soap Slime recipe and video

Hi Kin Community viewers and Soapyfans!  Today's video features a really fun project for Soap Slime!  This would be great to make with kids since it's so simple, and adding the colorant is the best part!  Here's the video and below you will find the supply list.



Supplies and directions:
3/4 cup water
1 packet powdered gelatin
1/2 cup of clear liquid soap
Green soap colorant or liquid food coloring, or blue plus yellow 
Fragrance oil of your choice
Plastic bail jars or any plastic jar/container
Rubber / plastic eyeballs, bugs,  or other creepy objects (optional)

Place the gelatin powder in a bowl. Meanwhile, bring the water to a boil. Stir water into gelatin until powder is dissolved. Stir in liquid soap.

Add colorant. Now add a few drops of fragrance oil.
Put creepy objects into cups or jar and pour in soap (it is lukewarm at this point).
Put soap into fridge for several hours or overnight. 

Voila!  For more of my tutorial videos on Kin Community, click here.  Or go to Soapylove.com to see more of what I've been cooking up!  :)

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Tutorial video: Fun and Simple Soap Balls

Hi there!  Before I was bitten by the glycerin soap crafting bug, I fell in love with rebatch soap making.  Rebatch is a method of using cured CP soap (CP means "cold process" which is the most common way soap is made from scratch). Rebatch is great because you don't need to handle lye.

I can tell I'm already rambling, so let me get to the point.  I made soap balls!  It's easy and fast!  Here's a quick video showing how to do it.



So now I can ramble. Rebatch is typically recooked soap (since I didn't cook my grated soap, maybe it's more like recycled soap.  I don't know.  Don't call the soap police on me).  If you don't have any CP soap scraps laying around you can buy grated, unscented soap online that's made just for this purpose.  Since it's unscented you can add your own additional ingredients like essential oil, exfoliants such as ground luffa or oatmeal, moisturizers like aloe vera, and even colorants.  If this interests you, head over to The Soap Queen for this great video about rebatch soapmaking and links to lots of supplies.  Have fun!